project food stamp

[fredscarryall]

im helping a friend of mine build a 1950 chevy truck with a very limited buget. basicilly he doesnt have any money to build the truck.we descided to name the truck project food stamp.i remember one of the toughest time i had growing up was when my family had to live on food stamps.for a few years we had hardly any money. He wants to see if he can still hotrod with no money. by no means is it to make fun of anyone getting state assistance.in this ecomony alot of people have it real tough. He wants to see if he can actually build a truck with a very tight buget mostly by borrowing,trading and shelling out little or no cash.He started out with $500 and borrowed a trailer.he got a cab, a tilt column, power booster, gauges hooked up, wired up for 12 volt with a modern wire harness,2 ton fenders,2 ton hood, grill,a 10x20 storage tent with doors and sides,4 wide white coker tires.he then sold the 2 ton fenders and hood for $150. then he traded a gun for 1/2 ton fenders,1/2 ton hood,a stock rolling chassis with a camaro sub frame welded in with power steering, a bed,and running boards. the only thing he is missing is a 350 engine, transmission and tailgate. so far by selling the 2 ton fenders and hood its cost him $350 and a old rifle.

[fredscarryall]

here are some pics of the craiglist add inside the storage shed the guy included. it has alot of surface rust but no holes

[fredscarryall]

heres some more pic with the 1/2 ton fenders.

[fredscarryall]

the sandblasted frame comes later week. i have a freind who is going to blast the frame for $75 and deliver it. but chris my buddy that owns the truck is going to try and trade the ammo for that rifle for the sandblasting and delivery.

[OrrieG]

If you have not already take a look at Kustombrad (and my) threads. We both are always figuring out how to do things elegently on the cheap. There are lots of 350's out there. Trick would be to find a rig that ran, but had something else wrong, blown radiatior, rear ended, blown trans or rearend and they just want it gone. Even if you have to pay a little bit, you can still get a couple of hundred dollars from a scraper to haul the rest away. Wanted ad on CL might kick something out of the woodwork. I'll be following this...

[CHIZZLER]

There is a guy posting a freeeee 54 pickup in salems craigslist.lots of parts.good luck.look under by owner in stayton.

[mknittle]

looks loie a prettygood start!

[OrrieG]

Just noticed you are in Gresham, daughter lived there for two years and still has an unsold house and property. We like Portland, spent long vacations each summer with our grandkids while mom and dad went on theirs. Her place was out east of town by Oxbow area in the large nursery farms. I grew up in Eugene.

[fredscarryall]

heres a rendering of what the truck will look like when its done

[arturo7]

Nice sketch!

[knotty chevy]

That's a cool looking truck there. It's grey and burnt orange.
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[fredscarryall]

heres a picture of $10 rim painted bright green. hes not sure about it. he may descide to go with stock steelies with moons.also painted the front bumper

[fredscarryall]

my buddy descided to go with an S10 frame swap.he got a complete roller frame less engine and trans for $350 delivered on tuesday. he going to fab up most of the brackets himself and the one he cant he will get from ad engineering.com. so far about $700 has been spent. i will post pics as soon as the frame gets here.

[Clay54]

Originally Posted by fredscarryall

my buddy descided to go with an S10 frame swap.he got a complete roller frame less engine and trans for $350 delivered on tuesday. he going to fab up most of the brackets himself and the one he cant he will get from ad engineering.com. so far about $700 has been spent. i will post pics as soon as the frame gets here.

Good luck on getting brackets from ad engineering.com. I recently ask if they would sell me the right and left radiator brackets and was told they only sold them as a replacement. I took that to mean if I damaged a bracket that came in a kit they would then sell me a replacement. Clay

[fredscarryall]

he shot the steering wheel and column with paint today

[fredscarryall]

got the S10 frame today

[fredscarryall]

pics of the frame