biggest budget builder project (jds_truck) lots of pics

[jds_truck]

k well got alot of pics compiling in my photobucket so figured id show what i have all been doing to my dailly driver

what she looked like the day i bought the beast




and ended up paint front to match first off (one the many front ends that has been on here ) also had deflector that i got sick of fast


mirrors i got off ebay



painted interior trim and new wheel

[jds_truck]

caddy tail instal still planing on redoing though since is my first big build and learning as i go
patch i made

[jds_truck]

my small system for now not much but she been good to me and made it through 7 years with out blowing up

[jds_truck]

some pics when finished shaving handles and when she was a pos ugly two tone

[bagged85]

slowly but surly, i got u won when it comes to budget tho :P

[jds_truck]

was nice backround so figured id take some snaps

[jds_truck]

Quote: Originally Posted by bagged85

slowly but surly, i got u won when it comes to budget tho :P

how u figure i spent more money on materials so far then i did for whole truck. got truck for 500 bucks

[jds_truck]

the drop begins i got ground force springs and blocks kit , new upper ball joints, tie rod sway bar link kit and nitro active drop shocks




rear done


now this another reason to also change the springs






sure she has dropped a bit more after settaling but this finally numbers and remeber i bought the v6 kit so when i got to drop the bigger engine in she can hold er

[jds_truck]

scraps from the lowering couple empties in there to gotta while u work


all painted same colour and phantom grill tossed on that still not done (yes another project started and not finished hehehe)

[jds_truck]

then tossed on the toyota bumper

[bagged85]

ya the bumper improves it (Y) now get some bondo over the welds on the rear

[masssdime420]

looks good, but u gotta lose the hubcaps! lol, id ride stealies first man!

[jds_truck]

i decided that the chrome bumper looked better with the chrome grill

took dub caps off and put back on old rims that came with her till got enough cash for nice set of wheels

[jds_truck]

u guys gettin ahead of my posts here hehehe

[masssdime420]

nice, looks much better wit steelies! lol. i still like the phantom better. get a chrome phantom! :P

[esaenz]

your not going to leave the welds showing like that on the tail light fillers are you?

[jds_truck]

and then glad i work where i do they were ready toss this cover out at work for a full size chevy and i asked if i could just take it home instead they said sure and this is the results i get after solid day of fracting and very percise cutting with cut off wheel






and all the scrapes from shortening it in width just shy of 7 inches and lenght of side rails roughly 4 inches

[jds_truck]

Quote: Originally Posted by esaenz

your not going to leave the welds showing like that on the tail light fillers are you?

hells no i actually gonna redo them even better like i said uptops so not puttin any fillers on yet the fun of having a daily drivers is you gotta cover it somehow though or else she will rust if u just look at it weird

[BLUESONOMA]

wow what progress looks great..

[BlueTorchS010]

u still have to fill in where u welded shut the old tail lights and get a roll pan but other than that truck looks good

[jds_truck]

ya still lots of shit thats gotta be done but slowly gettin there

[jds_truck]

also gotta redo tailgate since ****ed it up first time doing it with no support from behind and only put patch through the center

[NevurMind85]

lloks good.

[jds_truck]

well after long debate i decided im not gonna sell it and im gonna work on it again and now have doner engine that i can slap in it :P

[jds_truck]

well recent updates i bought to box sides, one fender so far but getting two, set of extreme wheels eventually will do bigger but those will do nicely for now especailly for $350 canadian , and most important a good condition 350 , couple more things to buy ie 350 adapter, manifold, intake, carb and tranny think of going 4.3 standard tranny that way can still play with stick ( o ya anyone know if that will bolt up to a 350 out of 87 full size ?

[jds_truck]

ok here is teaser pic for ya
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...lackandred.jpg

[AcidDrive]

Quote: Originally Posted by jds_truck

well recent updates i bought to box sides, one fender so far but getting two, set of extreme wheels eventually will do bigger but those will do nicely for now especailly for $350 canadian , and most important a good condition 350 , couple more things to buy ie 350 adapter, manifold, intake, carb and tranny think of going 4.3 standard tranny that way can still play with stick ( o ya anyone know if that will bolt up to a 350 out of 87 full size ?

tranny should bolt right up no problems.

[jds_truck]

ok she now for sale dont have time to finish her selling for a 1200

[bustedknuckles]

did you end up selling

[jds_truck]

ya i ended up selling it last year was sad to see it go i had so much planned to do to it