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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
now THIS is an amazing thread!
i basically built my truck with all under 50$ mods except drivetrain.haha one could do so many things with cheap items its crazy,love custom........im tinkering with making a new look on the radiator overflow bottle bracket. bend aluminum sheetmetal around it nicely and screw it on in the back with chrome screws.polish the aluminum.
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
I redid my door panels and consol for about $50
Turned out pretty good I think.
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70 GMC Short Stepside "Rose"-An American Beauty: Factory 402/TH400, AM/FM, AC, Tilt, Tach, Buckets, Posi, PS, PB, 3-5 Drop, Complete Resto-Rod 67 C-20 Slant Back Wrecker "Mad Max" 67 C-10 Ratrod "Step-N-Wolf" 71 Serro Scotty Sportsman camper "Scotty" 97 LT1 Z28 "The Hornet" Link to more pics of "Rose" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...p?albumid=1684 Check out my "Cheap Tricks" thread and add to it if you can, lots of good info there. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=489394 |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Definitely. Nice work!
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Wow, Big difference.
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
wow those panels and console look amazing!
if you could, whats the process on how you went about re-finishing them? i did mine in my 78 but just sprayed em with vinyl dye and a clear.
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1969 Shortbed in progress 1982 short step, few suspension and motor upgrades.getting a 468 1978 Shortbed fleet side bonanza fully loaded 1978 k20 Silverado loaded.currently engine-less 1989 k10 suburban 9" lift 65 nova And more |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
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70 GMC Short Stepside "Rose"-An American Beauty: Factory 402/TH400, AM/FM, AC, Tilt, Tach, Buckets, Posi, PS, PB, 3-5 Drop, Complete Resto-Rod 67 C-20 Slant Back Wrecker "Mad Max" 67 C-10 Ratrod "Step-N-Wolf" 71 Serro Scotty Sportsman camper "Scotty" 97 LT1 Z28 "The Hornet" Link to more pics of "Rose" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...p?albumid=1684 Check out my "Cheap Tricks" thread and add to it if you can, lots of good info there. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=489394 |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
built a console for right at $50 (not counting guages) and 2 cans of rattle can and ALOT of taping made my door panels a bit more interesting...
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Nice touch on those panels! I'm sure that was quite a bit of taping
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Sorry guys but I'm not ready to let this thread die yet
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Painted rims for around $15 with some Metalcast rattle can.
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
How is the headlight relay done and what parts are needed?
Thanks, Tony
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
10 guage hot wire 2 5 prong bosch relays big ground wire connectors
ah leme find the thread
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
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John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
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'67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! |
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I have a radical idea!
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Double the value of beater by making it a shop truck!
Cost of mod: around $20* *Must already be skilled and cunning in the art of redneckery! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=333485
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'67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 06-27-2011 at 01:20 AM. |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Got a hole in your truck in a place it doesn't belong? I show you how to fix it for less than $5!
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'67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 06-27-2011 at 01:21 AM. |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
If somebody spray paints the door of your beater -don't let it get you down - I got you. I got you!
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'67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 06-27-2011 at 01:25 AM. |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
I loved watcing you build that truck ^
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Any tips or tricks I should be aware of? Looks alot better, going to have to do this with mine!
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
I was cheap on mine, used red standard lights instead of LEDs and some chrome spray
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
dunno if it quite qualifies scored this seat upholstery from this interior guy i live by for free. its blue sude and tanish vinyl.
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
My favorite so far has got to be the door panels. For $10 vinyl paint and $15 material they came up like new with only a days work. Even have enough material to cover my bench seat so once done I will include that in the $50 budget.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=428373 Jay
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Get a HEI distributor advance curve kit...change it to the lightest springs in the kit and get a 1977 corvette vacuum advance unit.
These 2 will cost about $35 and will gain use about 15 horsepower out of your smallblock with about 30 minutes to put them in...and you will feel the difference it will make..Under $50 If you have a factory posi rear end and it is chattering while driving at low speeds..you simply need to find an empty parking lot..and do 4 figure "8's" with the wheel lock to lock..2 to the left and 2 to the right.. This will scuff the clutches in the posi and work fresh gear oil into them..problem will be gone..and best of all its free...no money needed.. |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Whats so much more special about the corvette vac can? jw not trying to be smart...
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
i bought LED replacement bulbs for the dome lights in my 72 burb c20 ($10 each) but glad to hear LED's for the instrument cluster are available on ebay.
i went with CPP sway bars, but if you have a 2wd, the 1-1/4 sway bar from an 80's 1 ton or camper special chevy/gm 2wd is the perfect upgrade for the 1-1/8 bar available on our trucks (grab the frame brackets if you don't even have a front bar). should be able to get poly bushings pretty cheap too. as for my burb, spent big money on a 4 core radiator and all new mounting hardware, but the 7 blade fan from my dad's 72 burb (w/ air) was free as he'd had it up in the attic for over 20 years and the radiator overflow bottle was a universal never-installed unit found in the attic as well. hung it on the driver side of the rad support with a stainless screw and put a tiny black bungee cord (big assorted bungee package from walmart) around it to keep it stationary. nice not to have to fill up the radiator every time i drive it. |
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