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This is a great thread!

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You can refresh your parking brake knob by painting it black, then rubbing the recessed letters with a white crayon, then shoot the whole thing with a coat of clear

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Replace your cracked and worn washer hoses with some new ones from Oreillys. They are only like $5 a package, and requires 2
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Redo your leaking and cracked drip rail with this cool stuff. It's a two part epoxy in one bottle that works in a regular caulk gun

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Paint your black emblem areas and switch plate with small brushes and model paint

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Buy an original jack from the yard. Paint it, and get a replacement sticker

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Replace your old, non matching, split ring spare tire with a modern matching steelie from the junk yard and a good used tire the same size as your other four tires

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Paint your pedal arms, and buy new rubber pedal covers and gas pedal

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Get new steelies from the yard. Wire cup them and paint them yourself.

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Paint your dash.

Go from this
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To this ( ignore the new pad)
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This a great thread!

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is there a diagram for the vacuum line set up for the 250 i6 motor? mine is all disconnected, id like to replace all the lines and stuff, may as well get the better can and stuff while im doing that.

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subscribing to keep up with this one

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$15 seat from CL...used scrap metal to adapt brackets, spent $3 on long enough bolts....rides like a Cadillac!

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590535

Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
 

[QUOTE=Mister-B;6191600]Redo your leaking and cracked drip rail with this cool stuff. It's a two part epoxy in one bottle that works in a regular caulk gun

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps862e0be9.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...psad33ff83.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...psb8dac581.jpg
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Hey, I'd like to hear more about the drip rail redo process. How did you go about removing the old, what were the tricks to putting the stuff on, etc. does it run on the vertical parts, etc. etc... great tip, and would love to love to learn more. - oh, also, what exactly is it :)
Thanks!!!

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[quote=BrianG;6221704]No problem. I did a whole write up how to with pictures, explanations, and tips. If you search my old posts for "drip rail caulk", you'll see it. Take a look at that, and if you still need help, let me know
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Link to Mr. B's repair thread...look near the end for his actual repair.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...rip+rail+caulk

Link to another thread with some more info.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=592096

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I may have posted about this before. But for less than fifty bucks, this is the best cosmetic mod I think I've ever done...
Well, the wood bed that I put in cost less than that, but I had the wood. No fair.

I stumbled on this on my own. But I think other Members (Maybe Mr. B...and others) have written about it.

I just washed the spray on bedliner...which was very, very "blotchy" (sorry, no "before" pics), masked up,
and sprayed the stuff in. I'm going to keep it as the finished surface on the inside of the bed.

I think it took three cans, tailgate and all.

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- Thanks again, I was about to do it soon with a single part tube of body sealer that I bought from NAPA. I now think I'll pick some of that two part self leveling stuff up and save the other for different parts of the truck.
Another quick question though... well, maybe two. first, are there any concerns about sag on the vertical edges by the door. Seems that being self leveling, it would tend to sag. Second, is there a good way to make sure that the chrome drip rail trim will still fit. I was thinking about taking a grinder to one of those yellow Bondo applicator throw away things that you can get. Grinding it down so that I could run it along the drip rail and then it would 'scrape' away any wet filler that is going to be an issue for the trim. In a sense, shaping a special template. Does that make any sense. :)
Just wondered your thoughts on these two things. Thanks again!

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Love this Thread, thought I'd bring it back up!

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My interior was a great deal.
Seats were $10 for bolts and gas
The wood cluster was $5 rosewood stock.
7 gauges were elbow grease(except the tach but that came DOA sucks)
The head smash pad was $10
Door panels and head visors were free.
And my Defrost to floor switch was pure inovation.
$20 in shrahdar valves saved me a $1000 in gear.
Tremclad and spool of mig wire.
$50 interior

:ito: happy happy happy

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Couple more. Beer is good and this helps save $ from the $tripper joint.:chevy:

From this thread alone : I am

getting the plastic clips for my wipers so I can finally clean the windows on the I 90

Get the 5 LED 94bulb replacments. that is just awsome to see the gauges

Head light relays is a now must. And probabaly rewire the truck now too while at the wire store.

Cheers to a great site.