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Old 03-17-2011, 03:02 AM   #1
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"sylvia" my first build

so i have had the truck for about a year now and have been using this site as my main "guide" the entire time finally decided to register and now i think im gonna start a build thread
now remember im 20 and virtually no money so bare with me here
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Old 03-17-2011, 03:06 AM   #2
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

well i guess i will start at the beginning .... after helping a friends father rebuild his 73 4x4 i asked him if i could have all the extra parts laying around from his many parts truck

and this is how my driveway looked when i got home
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Old 03-17-2011, 03:10 AM   #3
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

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Old 03-17-2011, 04:27 AM   #4
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

in a few days i managed to get a "truck" together
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Old 03-17-2011, 04:28 AM   #5
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

it has a stock 350 and a 4speed granny low 2wd
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Old 03-17-2011, 05:45 AM   #6
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Go Brother...Go!
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Old 03-17-2011, 05:50 AM   #7
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

this is how it sits now i have had it almost a year and i have about $500 into it total the initial "truck" was free

i have BIG plans for it
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Old 03-17-2011, 10:03 AM   #8
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

Cool!
Is it a driver?
What are your plans?
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Old 03-17-2011, 10:17 AM   #9
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

Keep it up....most of the trucks on the Board look like that at one point or another.

The hardest part is to get them to the point when they get sprayed with primer --- and you've done great so far!
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Old 03-17-2011, 12:27 PM   #10
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Nice way to make spare parts whole..welcome..

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Old 03-17-2011, 06:40 PM   #11
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looks good!....and the price wasn't bad either.
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Old 03-17-2011, 08:11 PM   #12
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Re: "sylvia" my first build

ya its my dd some days i end up walking to work but i still love her

and plans are hard to say but my next steps are bagging it and a 3 inch chop

thanks everyone for the support its been a hell of a year with her but its going pretty well
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Old 03-17-2011, 10:04 PM   #13
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too cool...I love how you took parts and made something out of it...that's awesome man
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