93 bodydrop

bigsjr420 · 02-02-2007, 12:13 AM

i've had this for a couple years now and decided to finally get at it and finish it up. i bought it with a traditional to the pinch mold and the 4-link and tubular arms in. so far i all but finished up the painless wiring harness and am ready for the smallblock. i'm re-doing the interior cause i think the color is hideous. i'll be working on it pretty much every weekend to try to get it driveable by the spring time. here's some pics.

i'm going to raise the floor of the bed and redo the sheetmetal that was done. i'm also thinking about removing that gas tank crossmember. if i do that do i have to make a new crossmember there just for strength in the frame?

just finished cutting the pockets and installing the shocks this past weekend

this is the old interior. if anyone wants it, make an offer, its complete.

and here are the new cavy seats

i also originally had my 2 viair 450s, 2 5 gallon tanks, and 8 valves in the bed, but i ripped it all apart to locate it underneath. (my little brother helping out)

DropNDestroy · 02-02-2007, 08:38 AM

lookin good man. I agree with you about the interior

Keep us posted

-Parker

slam · 02-02-2007, 12:05 PM

truck looks nice man......... Good luck with it !!

DCSHOECOUSA · 02-03-2007, 11:20 AM

nice truck wow that interior is ****in gah lol

bigsjr420 · 02-03-2007, 03:15 PM

yea i know the interior sucks, its comin out. i'm gonna use a dash from a 83 s-10 and just find the other pieces as i go along. i'm more worried about gettin it driveable than anything else.

RustyButTrusty · 02-03-2007, 05:01 PM

Dude, round ou those cuts in the pocket before your frame cracks.

Other than that, looks good... minus that interior, lol

fiveinchbodydrop · 02-03-2007, 05:25 PM

nice project

jman · 02-04-2007, 05:10 AM

looks like the body is pretty clean. hopefully nothing is hiding under the paint.

bigsjr420 · 02-04-2007, 10:59 AM

the body is good. it only has 55k on it and was garage kept. i'm gonna cut the old sheetmetal out of the bed today to move the floor up to cover the notch hole. kinda sucks the bed is only goin to be 6 inches deep though. i'm kinda worried its gonna look stupid.

bigsjr420 · 02-05-2007, 08:48 PM

well, over this weekend i got the floor of the cab cut out and leveled for the bucket seats to be directly bolted in. i have 2 pieces to tack into place yet and then run the full welds.

i'm going to cut the sheetmetal out of my bed in the next weekend i get time. from reading i should use 16gauge right? and what should i use for the frame for the bed floor? 1", 3/4" or 1/2" square stock?

bigsjr420 · 02-25-2007, 08:02 PM

i haven't done much lately after getting the floorpan all welded up. i did finally find a smallblock 350 so i'll have that this weekend to clean up and put in.

bigsjr420 · 03-07-2007, 07:23 PM

here's the engine. its a 92 crate engine, 4 bolt main, 9k on it, weiand intake, edelbrock 600 carb, and i havent' decided on installing a cam or not. here it is when i got it and now ready for paint. my plans are to get it installed over spring break and hopefully get it to the point of firing it up.

s-dimebaggin · 03-07-2007, 07:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bigsjr420

i haven't done much lately after getting the floorpan all welded up. i did finally find a smallblock 350 so i'll have that this weekend to clean up and put in.

looks good here. i love those wheels. what are they?

bigsjr420 · 03-07-2007, 07:51 PM

boss 303, they only make them in black w/ polished lip now.

bigsjr420 · 03-25-2007, 12:30 PM

i got the engine in. hopefully today or tomorrow i'll get a chance to put all the front sheetmetal back together and cut the hood for the carb scoop.

2 LayLo · 03-25-2007, 02:28 PM

Looks good, nice motor

bigsjr420 · 03-26-2007, 09:55 PM

Thanks. i got the hood cut today and the front end put together except for the grille. I have to cut my old one to put my phantom grille into it. It should really tie the front end together. I think the carb scoop sits down a little too low so i'm going to get a carb spacer to bring it up an inch.

Droppedime08 · 03-26-2007, 10:05 PM

badass..I think you should bring it up about .5in
That would look badass!

down2earths10 · 03-27-2007, 02:10 AM

looks tits.

bigsjr420 · 03-27-2007, 02:52 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Droppedime08

badass..I think you should bring it up about .5in
That would look badass!

I'm going to order a 1 inch spacer. I'm not sure if i should use an open spacer or the one with the 4 bores in it.

bigsjr420 · 04-30-2007, 12:26 PM

I haven't done much lately cause i just don't have the time, but i got the spacer on and raised up the scoop. I also started to fiberglass the dash, have tweed on the way, and got a B & M shifter.

s10fan2000 · 04-30-2007, 12:36 PM

that bitch is nasty man! looks awesome. keep us posted as much as you can.

bigsjr420 · 05-01-2007, 02:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by s10fan2000

that bitch is nasty man! looks awesome. keep us posted as much as you can.

thanks man. I hope to get back on it real soon. I'm fixing some rust and bagging my daily driver this week and next so I'll get back to it after that.

***98layinframe*** · 05-01-2007, 08:04 AM

ehh that color isnt too bad, but the pink/purple axcents seems a little strange.

Either way nice looking truck.

ohh and where is trappe PA?

bigsjr420 · 05-01-2007, 10:27 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe

ehh that color isnt too bad, but the pink/purple axcents seems a little strange. Either way nice looking truck.

ohh and where is trappe PA?

There interior is not that color anymore. It has the cavi seats and I am glassing the dash right now. The grey tweed is on the way. Trappe is NW of philly. 20 min. from King of Prussia mall.

bigsjr420 · 11-10-2007, 06:13 PM

I haven't been working on it for a while since I cut the bed floor out this summer, but now thats its cold out I'm back in the garage on the weekends messing with it.

Here's the covered 82-85 dash and a blazer console with shifter.

NeverEnough188 · 11-10-2007, 07:52 PM

me like!

phillip7 · 11-10-2007, 08:04 PM

Looking good!

twelvam · 11-11-2007, 01:04 AM

looks pretty nice man.......that scoop looks siiiiick

bmack8613 · 11-11-2007, 10:50 AM

Looks good man, cant wait to see it finished

bigsjr420 · 11-11-2007, 11:34 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by bmack8613

Looks good man, cant wait to see it finished

you and me both. This weekend was shot with school work, but I'll be back on it next weekend. I wanna get the dash finished and all gauges wired in.

s10fan2000 · 11-12-2007, 12:50 AM

looking good man. i like the diamond plate on teh frame.

MurderedS10 · 11-12-2007, 12:56 AM

that color and chrome are made for each other. looks great man

bigsjr420 · 11-12-2007, 07:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by MurderedS10

that color and chrome are made for each other. looks great man

Yea I think so too. I have some chrome mirrors and want to get a chrome front bumper for it to go with the phantom grille. If I put the wiper motor back in I have the billet and chrome wiper arms too.

mitch1992 · 11-12-2007, 07:27 PM

i want the interior!

bigsjr420 · 11-12-2007, 07:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mitch1992

i want the interior!

Are you the one who bought it from me?

2.5Dime · 11-12-2007, 07:39 PM

That is one of the sweetest looking s10's i have ever seen. I'm not really a fan of scoops or blowers like that but it looks good on yours. Keep up the great work.

01cherryreds10 · 11-12-2007, 07:43 PM

Any problems opening the hood? Looks like it would be a really tight squeeze

bigsjr420 · 11-13-2007, 08:15 AM

It opened fine before I put on the 1" carb spacer, but now I need to trim a 1/4" off of the one edge on the underside of the hood

bigsjr420 · 12-26-2007, 09:43 PM

So i got the dash in and the brain for the 7" motorized head unit mounted under it. I still have to wire everything up. I also jumped around and trimmed and fit my phantom grille then glued it to the grille shell and installed it. I still want to get some clear lenses though.

Next thing I want to do is re-do the link setup and make it a forward bag on bar setup.

~~Quake Splash~~ · 12-26-2007, 10:33 PM

Diamond plate FTW...

Definitely radius those pockets...

Other than that looks good.

rockinguitar876 · 12-26-2007, 10:45 PM

any more pics of the phantom grill?

black82s10 · 12-26-2007, 10:56 PM

loving that dash man. looks very clean. and with all that detail on the rear frame rails and such, why cover it with a sheetmetal bedfloor? I woud atleast make a hinged "hatch" in the floor to show it off at shows and stuff. and just my taste, but stock hood or cowl would have looked better. never been a fan of stuff coming through the hood, unless its a nice polished 8-71 or something

bigsjr420 · 12-26-2007, 11:42 PM

The previous owner did the diamond plate, so I'm not worried about showing it off and would rather have more room to hide all the air management under the bed floor. The spring pockets will get re-done when the RE-7s go in, cause the 2500 stones aren't going to do the trick. I'll grab a better pic of the front end with the phantom grille once is stops raining.

bigsjr420 · 01-06-2008, 04:12 PM

Well, I got the gauges wired up and the head unit and brain as well. Went to the junkyard to get the rest of my interior pieces so I can tweed them soon.

In the mean time I decided to tear the front end apart cause the 2500s didn't give me shit for lift. These pics are at 125 psi!!!

So I think some RE7s will do the trick.

s10fan2000 · 01-06-2008, 07:55 PM

looking good man. glad to see some work done on the truck again!

bigsjr420 · 01-08-2008, 12:46 AM

thanks. Working long hours is slowing me down right now, but such is life. I'm getting some upper ball joints tomorrow just for the rubber boots and some touch up paint for where I cut the pocket and I hope to have it back together by tomorrow night.

black82s10 · 01-08-2008, 01:03 AM

cool. you will be so much happier with the re-7's. I went from 2500's to them and it was probably the best money I spent on the truck. locks out the control arms at 90 psi, ride height at 60

s10fan2000 · 01-08-2008, 09:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by black82s10

cool. you will be so much happier with the re-7's. I went from 2500's to them and it was probably the best money I spent on the truck. locks out the control arms at 90 psi, ride height at 60

what size wheel you run and what control arms you running?

fmevans · 01-08-2008, 09:04 PM

Awsome truck. I love the dash.

02-02-2007, 12:13 AM	#1
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	93 bodydrop i've had this for a couple years now and decided to finally get at it and finish it up. i bought it with a traditional to the pinch mold and the 4-link and tubular arms in. so far i all but finished up the painless wiring harness and am ready for the smallblock. i'm re-doing the interior cause i think the color is hideous. i'll be working on it pretty much every weekend to try to get it driveable by the spring time. here's some pics. i'm going to raise the floor of the bed and redo the sheetmetal that was done. i'm also thinking about removing that gas tank crossmember. if i do that do i have to make a new crossmember there just for strength in the frame? just finished cutting the pockets and installing the shocks this past weekend this is the old interior. if anyone wants it, make an offer, its complete. and here are the new cavy seats i also originally had my 2 viair 450s, 2 5 gallon tanks, and 8 valves in the bed, but i ripped it all apart to locate it underneath. (my little brother helping out)
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02-02-2007, 08:38 AM	#2
DropNDestroy Gots me a 4x4 too! Age: 25 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,530 Location: Birmingham, AL User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop lookin good man. I agree with you about the interior Keep us posted -Parker
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02-02-2007, 12:05 PM	#3
slam What to put here? Age: 69 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,512 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop truck looks nice man......... Good luck with it !!
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02-03-2007, 11:20 AM	#4
DCSHOECOUSA Ford Ranger Lover Age: 24 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 200 Location: Hamilton, Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop nice truck wow that interior is ****in gah lol
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02-03-2007, 03:15 PM	#5
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop yea i know the interior sucks, its comin out. i'm gonna use a dash from a 83 s-10 and just find the other pieces as i go along. i'm more worried about gettin it driveable than anything else.
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02-03-2007, 05:01 PM	#6
RustyButTrusty The Blue Pwns Joo! Age: 23 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,660 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Dude, round ou those cuts in the pocket before your frame cracks. Other than that, looks good... minus that interior, lol
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02-03-2007, 05:25 PM	#7
fiveinchbodydrop Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,016 Location: mt.juliet, tn User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop nice project
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02-04-2007, 05:10 AM	#8
jman Hardcore 1st Gen'r Age: 29 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,839 Location: Austin, IN User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop looks like the body is pretty clean. hopefully nothing is hiding under the paint.
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02-04-2007, 10:59 AM	#9
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop the body is good. it only has 55k on it and was garage kept. i'm gonna cut the old sheetmetal out of the bed today to move the floor up to cover the notch hole. kinda sucks the bed is only goin to be 6 inches deep though. i'm kinda worried its gonna look stupid.
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02-05-2007, 08:48 PM	#10
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop well, over this weekend i got the floor of the cab cut out and leveled for the bucket seats to be directly bolted in. i have 2 pieces to tack into place yet and then run the full welds. i'm going to cut the sheetmetal out of my bed in the next weekend i get time. from reading i should use 16gauge right? and what should i use for the frame for the bed floor? 1", 3/4" or 1/2" square stock?
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02-25-2007, 08:02 PM	#11
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop i haven't done much lately after getting the floorpan all welded up. i did finally find a smallblock 350 so i'll have that this weekend to clean up and put in.
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03-07-2007, 07:23 PM	#12
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop here's the engine. its a 92 crate engine, 4 bolt main, 9k on it, weiand intake, edelbrock 600 carb, and i havent' decided on installing a cam or not. here it is when i got it and now ready for paint. my plans are to get it installed over spring break and hopefully get it to the point of firing it up.
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03-07-2007, 07:30 PM	#13
s-dimebaggin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 70 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by bigsjr420 i haven't done much lately after getting the floorpan all welded up. i did finally find a smallblock 350 so i'll have that this weekend to clean up and put in. looks good here. i love those wheels. what are they?
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03-07-2007, 07:51 PM	#14
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop boss 303, they only make them in black w/ polished lip now.
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03-25-2007, 12:30 PM	#15
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop i got the engine in. hopefully today or tomorrow i'll get a chance to put all the front sheetmetal back together and cut the hood for the carb scoop.
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03-25-2007, 02:28 PM	#16
2 LayLo Severed TIES pledge Age: 21 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 599 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Looks good, nice motor
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03-26-2007, 09:55 PM	#17
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Thanks. i got the hood cut today and the front end put together except for the grille. I have to cut my old one to put my phantom grille into it. It should really tie the front end together. I think the carb scoop sits down a little too low so i'm going to get a carb spacer to bring it up an inch.
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03-26-2007, 10:05 PM	#18
Droppedime08 Registered User Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,230 Location: Mooresville, NC User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop badass..I think you should bring it up about .5in That would look badass!
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03-27-2007, 02:10 AM	#19
down2earths10 Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,228 Location: utah User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop looks tits.
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03-27-2007, 02:52 AM	#20
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by Droppedime08 badass..I think you should bring it up about .5in That would look badass! I'm going to order a 1 inch spacer. I'm not sure if i should use an open spacer or the one with the 4 bores in it.
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04-30-2007, 12:26 PM	#21
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop I haven't done much lately cause i just don't have the time, but i got the spacer on and raised up the scoop. I also started to fiberglass the dash, have tweed on the way, and got a B & M shifter.
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04-30-2007, 12:36 PM	#22
s10fan2000 is s10-less... Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12,576 Location: macon, ga. User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop that bitch is nasty man! looks awesome. keep us posted as much as you can.
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05-01-2007, 02:49 AM	#23
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by s10fan2000 that bitch is nasty man! looks awesome. keep us posted as much as you can. thanks man. I hope to get back on it real soon. I'm fixing some rust and bagging my daily driver this week and next so I'll get back to it after that.
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05-01-2007, 10:27 AM	#25
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe ehh that color isnt too bad, but the pink/purple axcents seems a little strange. Either way nice looking truck. ohh and where is trappe PA? There interior is not that color anymore. It has the cavi seats and I am glassing the dash right now. The grey tweed is on the way. Trappe is NW of philly. 20 min. from King of Prussia mall.
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11-10-2007, 06:13 PM	#26
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop I haven't been working on it for a while since I cut the bed floor out this summer, but now thats its cold out I'm back in the garage on the weekends messing with it. Here's the covered 82-85 dash and a blazer console with shifter.
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11-10-2007, 07:52 PM	#27
NeverEnough188 Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,125 Location: Des Moines, IA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop me like!
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11-10-2007, 08:04 PM	#28
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11-11-2007, 01:04 AM	#29
twelvam under construction Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,871 Location: amarillo texas User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop looks pretty nice man.......that scoop looks siiiiick
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11-11-2007, 10:50 AM	#30
bmack8613 The Schnauzberrys Age: 27 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,314 Location: lakeland fl User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Looks good man, cant wait to see it finished
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11-11-2007, 11:34 AM	#31
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by bmack8613 Looks good man, cant wait to see it finished you and me both. This weekend was shot with school work, but I'll be back on it next weekend. I wanna get the dash finished and all gauges wired in.
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11-12-2007, 12:50 AM	#32
s10fan2000 is s10-less... Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12,576 Location: macon, ga. User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop looking good man. i like the diamond plate on teh frame.
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11-12-2007, 12:56 AM	#33
MurderedS10 It's Crocoduck biatch! Age: 20 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,335 Location: St. Louis User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop that color and chrome are made for each other. looks great man
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11-12-2007, 07:25 PM	#34
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by MurderedS10 that color and chrome are made for each other. looks great man Yea I think so too. I have some chrome mirrors and want to get a chrome front bumper for it to go with the phantom grille. If I put the wiper motor back in I have the billet and chrome wiper arms too.
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11-12-2007, 07:27 PM	#35
mitch1992 Senior Member Age: 20 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 143 Location: hollister ca User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop i want the interior!
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11-12-2007, 07:38 PM	#36
bigsjr420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 300 Location: Spring City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: 93 bodydrop Quote: Originally Posted by mitch1992 i want the interior! Are you the one who bought it from me?
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