Hey, A wire brushed clean frame painted rattle can black with some new cab mounts set me back $60 with shipping etc.
I picked up a 79 donor rolling frame with the power steering box on it still for $150. I got the complete wiring harness and steering column out of an 81 Chevy box van for $25 and IT has the key on the dash and the column made it possible to do a bolt in PS upgrade.
I am doing photos for my build thread that I will post as soon as it is done.
I have done Pontiac restorations since 1974 and the 400 I am using was in my 67 firebird before I did the restoration on that. The re-ring/bearing job was less than $500 and I have too many extra Poncho parts laying around so I lucked out there too. Not to mention the 79 frame had frame brackets that made the Pontiac swap a bolt in...
Less than 1K and my truck is going together... Patience my friend... thats when you find the deals that leads to a less expensive build.
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Building Genuine Pontiac Firepowered cars and trucks for several decades.
Why Pontiac?? That's just me daring to be different.
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Base fleetside (The Pro-Street) currently under reconstruction.
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