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Southpa · 12-17-2002, 05:54 PM

...to add up all those nasty receipts you've collected over the years? I was bored today so I figured, what the hell, lets do it.
I bought the truck in Feb 1995 and have been trying to keep expenses down. The following is a run down of all parts replaced on my 1970 GMC since I owned it. I expected it to be more and actually consider it money well spent for the most part. I can't imagine what the bottom line would be if I didn't do most of the work myself. BTW, all Cdn dollars.

The truck still looks like sh*t , its about 8 different colors now,

crazy longhorn · 12-17-2002, 06:03 PM

Nope, Im chicken......shure wouldnt want to add things up from Dec 1984,especially if the wifey was watchin

jays68yak · 12-17-2002, 06:33 PM

I have a binder for my lemans, I stopped adding up at around $14,000. Im still trying to figure out how it got so high. I think there is a miscalculation. I just dont want to keep take of the suburban. Ill keep the receipts but I dont want to add it up.

teeitup · 12-17-2002, 07:21 PM

I figured out that I had $12,500 in my 67 swb 4x4 and want a different motor in it and now the wife wants me to fix up the 68 burb 4x4. I already got about $4500 in it. I told her she better get a good BONUS of about $15,000 to get the burb fixed up. And she wants a blazer also. She might be worse than me on these trucks.

Randy

Project1970 · 12-17-2002, 08:50 PM

I just did the math...there's over $7000 into my truck so far, and that number is likely on the low side.

On the plus side, is the fact that all I can see that truck needing in the next few years is a bottom end for the engine, headers, a new exhaust, and an interior freshening. Of course, all said and done, that all would probably be another $3000!

Benrs86 · 12-17-2002, 09:05 PM

i guess i might as well confess mine. i have kept receipts for EVERYTHING from paint to every nut and bolt. i havent subtracted the money from extra parts i have sold, but if i did mine would add up to just under $10,000. that is crazy, if i wouldnt have asked for this darn thing when i turned 14 i would be a rich highschooler. So here is my 10,000 dollar life saving. i suppose it was worth it, ive learned way more than i ever thought i would know about cars.

Benrs86 · 12-17-2002, 09:07 PM

lol you can tell ive spent every penny i earn on taht pickup, just behind it in the background you can see i couldnt afford a boat so me and my friend had do build one. thats our fishing raft

**old Rusty C10** · 12-17-2002, 09:23 PM

i have already spent like $1000 and i havent even begun to make a dent on what i need. beu hey its only moent cant take it with ya so i might as well spend it on something nice for me

RON WOODGEARD · 12-17-2002, 09:35 PM

Five years ago, I added it up to be over $14,000 And I've put more and more into it, Mine also looks like i just bought it from the wrecking yard.
I was looking at a new Ford Lightning, (yea, I know I said the FO** word) The wife said if i'd get rid of my endless money pit I could afford it. (I told her I'd had her for 33 years, I wasn't ready to get rid of her yet.) She said NO YOU JERK!! I mean that Truck. hehehe

That gives me an Idea for a license plate, Other woman "OTHRWMN"

RON

minibike · 12-17-2002, 09:40 PM

I am $8700 into a $14000 journey, if I guessed right. I know the $8700 part (receipts), but am hoping the end number stays below $14,000. This is with NO OUTSIDE LABOR...just parts.

Purs · 12-17-2002, 11:02 PM

I started but had to stop 'cause I was feeling light headed....

on the positive side I've been able to offset SOME of my expense trading out my computer work and time with a guy that sells truck parts. I think I finally gonna get me a tilt!

low 84 · 12-17-2002, 11:21 PM

i bought my '64 when i turned 16 for $4100. i had another $6000 in it when i sold it for only $200 more than what i bought it for

i know thats crazy but the market was bad at the time and i wanted a new project. then i used $3500 of that to by the '84 and in less than a year i have $4500 more in it. adding and deducting every thing that comes out to $13000 in about 2.5 years.

Longhorn Man · 12-18-2002, 12:53 AM

So if your puttin together your third truck, and takin parts off of the first two...do you figure in the cost you spent on the parts on those first trucks...or do you look at them as 'just laying around'?
My costs could go either way, but not to any extreem.

Southpa · 12-18-2002, 01:12 AM

Thats right LHM, there were a few other things, I got one bedside off my friend's 67 (box converted to trailer) in exchange for helping him drywall his rec room. I also had a few items given to me, carpet, rear step bumper, pass. ramhorn (thanks Spoof!) I'm gonna show him how to stickweld on his truck next spring,

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12-17-2002, 06:03 PM	#2
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,403	Nope, Im chicken......shure wouldnt want to add things up from Dec 1984,especially if the wifey was watchin __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

12-17-2002, 06:33 PM	#3
jays68yak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gilroy, CA Posts: 1,454	I have a binder for my lemans, I stopped adding up at around $14,000. Im still trying to figure out how it got so high. I think there is a miscalculation. I just dont want to keep take of the suburban. Ill keep the receipts but I dont want to add it up. __________________ 1969 Chevy Project SWB Fleet, 20s, 5.3, t56, in the weeds. 1970 Chevy Truck cab on a 1979 Jimmy frame-8.1 liter 496 bbc/sm465/np203-jeds doubler-np205/d60/14bff Welded/42 tsls on recentered H1s 1998 Chevy Crew Cab K3500 SAS'd with hpd60, links and swayaway coilovers. 8.1l vortec DD/towrig "I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. "

12-17-2002, 07:21 PM	#4
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	I figured out that I had $12,500 in my 67 swb 4x4 and want a different motor in it and now the wife wants me to fix up the 68 burb 4x4. I already got about $4500 in it. I told her she better get a good BONUS of about $15,000 to get the burb fixed up. And she wants a blazer also. She might be worse than me on these trucks. Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

12-17-2002, 08:50 PM	#5
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	I just did the math...there's over $7000 into my truck so far, and that number is likely on the low side. On the plus side, is the fact that all I can see that truck needing in the next few years is a bottom end for the engine, headers, a new exhaust, and an interior freshening. Of course, all said and done, that all would probably be another $3000! __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

12-17-2002, 09:05 PM	#6
Benrs86 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Brandon, SD, USA Posts: 1,292	i guess i might as well confess mine. i have kept receipts for EVERYTHING from paint to every nut and bolt. i havent subtracted the money from extra parts i have sold, but if i did mine would add up to just under $10,000. that is crazy, if i wouldnt have asked for this darn thing when i turned 14 i would be a rich highschooler. So here is my 10,000 dollar life saving. i suppose it was worth it, ive learned way more than i ever thought i would know about cars. Attached Images __________________ Brandon, SD 69 GMC 1/2 ton 2wd wide long bed with wood 3 on the tree 350 engine 4 bolt main rv cam AIM = Alphray04

12-17-2002, 09:07 PM	#7
Benrs86 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Brandon, SD, USA Posts: 1,292	lol you can tell ive spent every penny i earn on taht pickup, just behind it in the background you can see i couldnt afford a boat so me and my friend had do build one. thats our fishing raft __________________ Brandon, SD 69 GMC 1/2 ton 2wd wide long bed with wood 3 on the tree 350 engine 4 bolt main rv cam AIM = Alphray04

12-17-2002, 09:23 PM	#8
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,270	money i have already spent like $1000 and i havent even begun to make a dent on what i need. beu hey its only moent cant take it with ya so i might as well spend it on something nice for me __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

12-17-2002, 09:35 PM	#9
RON WOODGEARD Resident Young Old Dude ! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 1,948	Five years ago, I added it up to be over $14,000 And I've put more and more into it, Mine also looks like i just bought it from the wrecking yard. I was looking at a new Ford Lightning, (yea, I know I said the FO** word) The wife said if i'd get rid of my endless money pit I could afford it. (I told her I'd had her for 33 years, I wasn't ready to get rid of her yet.) She said NO YOU JERK!! I mean that Truck. hehehe That gives me an Idea for a license plate, Other woman "OTHRWMN" RON

12-17-2002, 09:40 PM	#10
minibike Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 500	I am $8700 into a $14000 journey, if I guessed right. I know the $8700 part (receipts), but am hoping the end number stays below $14,000. This is with NO OUTSIDE LABOR...just parts. __________________ 69 SWB LT1/4L60E www.classicplace.com

12-17-2002, 11:02 PM	#11
Purs Got Big Block? Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,510	I started but had to stop 'cause I was feeling light headed.... on the positive side I've been able to offset SOME of my expense trading out my computer work and time with a guy that sells truck parts. I think I finally gonna get me a tilt! __________________ "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

12-17-2002, 11:21 PM	#12
low 84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,144	i bought my '64 when i turned 16 for $4100. i had another $6000 in it when i sold it for only $200 more than what i bought it for i know thats crazy but the market was bad at the time and i wanted a new project. then i used $3500 of that to by the '84 and in less than a year i have $4500 more in it. adding and deducting every thing that comes out to $13000 in about 2.5 years. __________________ '51 F100, backhalf with a narrowed 9 and coil overs, 18.5" mickeys, monte front clip, +400" sbc in the works '05 1500 Crew Cab RIP '84 swb 5/7 drop, solid cammed 408 w/ fully ported dart heads, th350 w/ 10 inch hughes, 12 bolt w/ 3.73 richmonds and a locker '80 swb 4x4 in progress: 7" lift, 350 th350/np205, d44 and 1.5" ORD tie rod, 14BFF w/discs , armored diff covers, 40" MTR's

12-18-2002, 12:53 AM	#13
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	So if your puttin together your third truck, and takin parts off of the first two...do you figure in the cost you spent on the parts on those first trucks...or do you look at them as 'just laying around'? My costs could go either way, but not to any extreem.

12-18-2002, 01:12 AM	#14
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,410	Thats right LHM, there were a few other things, I got one bedside off my friend's 67 (box converted to trailer) in exchange for helping him drywall his rec room. I also had a few items given to me, carpet, rear step bumper, pass. ramhorn (thanks Spoof!) I'm gonna show him how to stickweld on his truck next spring, . __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.



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