Well I'm 17 and a senior in highschool. I haven't posted much here but I've read a lot so I know you guys are tough. That's why I want you to read some reasoning before you bash me.
I'm building this to flip (sell, not roll), I want it to be a toy but also a decent looking street truck so I can actually sell it. if I were to build this to keep I would run 52" springs up front and 64" springs out back and 8 lugs and a lighter flatbed. Plus modifications that always come with time.
This is mostly going to be copied from my thread at 67-72chevy. Like I said I'm doing it on a budget to flip but I'm not half assing it and passing on problems to the future owner. And I will have prices listed throughout and in this post for shit so you guys can bash on me for paying to much.
88 burban $450+ $100 for fuel
91 cab no rust $200
Painting shit $100
Consumables (welding supplies) $40
Th350/np205 $200
I got the cab on the frame and started hooking up the harness and changing the few plugs that needed changed, got it all together but didn't try firing it up.
I had to decide whether I wanted this to be a universal street legal rig or make it strictly a wheeler. This is what it looked like
Wheeler- I would have moved the tank above the frame and forward directly behind the cab and chopped the frame at the rear spring hanger.
Instead I wanted a more universal truck that would work and look half decent every where. So I decided to move the axle back 12.5 inches. Leaving me with about 68" behind the cab for a 66" flatbed
Tried getting it started. No cigar... Has fuel out the injectors, and has spark. That's as far as I looked into it. I found that the evrv connector wasn't connected because I couldn't find the connection. I will probably work on that more tomorrow... And I need to pull the trans, it's supposedly new but the input seal has issues, I hate 700r4's grr
Well I don't know where to get a 5.5 foot flatbed and this is on a budget so I am building one out of scrap. I'm not totally happy with it but it's free besides consumables to far. For the sheet metal on the back I had to make do with an irrigation pivot banner which wasn't wide enough to the whole back... I will add big ole mud flaps and once it is more finished it should look much better (I hope)
I got it in paint. But I had a hard time getting it to lay down good and will have to sand and re spray a lot of it tomorrow. I also sprayed the shitty flatbed.
If your gonna hate, call it what it is. I don't even have a bumper on the truck. The back is how it is to cover the gas tank and I didn't have a piece of sheet wide enough, so I made due with what I have.
When you "flip" a vehicle, you want to do as little as possible for the most profit. Certain vehicles are good and tons are bad for flipping. Calculate what your worth per hour, material, power useage and estimated finished value.
This reminds me of the DIY channel where idiots spend 100k and 6 months time to ad 80k value.
I'm 17 and go to highschool. I farm during the summer but I have nothing to do all winter. I calculate everything and I should be able to almost double my money.
Everyone says it's lots of work but I've done it in an easy week.. Really it's not that much work...
Easy for me atleast. Maybe everyone is lazy or slow....
Like I said I'm doing it for me and I like the idea of black and yellow. So that's what I'm doing. I could have done white but that's boring... Plus it's a toy, yellow is a good toy color.
It's a build thread, I'm posting pictures of the build. I will play with it some of course. It's not lost yet. And it will be searchable for people who want ideas in the future.
Thanks for the comments guys, even you pessimists I'm not expecting to make bank but honestly even a few hundred dollars profit wouldn't make me cry, and I WILL have fun with it before i sell it. Only problem for you guys is it won't be super extreme trails lol. Just local stuff. Don't wanna break the 10 bolts.
I chose yellow because I thought it kinda fit the "toy" idea, it was bright and got attention. You guys mean you can't drop the suspension mounts for lift? Shit I was impressed with my 10 inch lifted crew.... Damn:/ haha! Anyone wanna post up a link to that thread? It might make me regret yellow.
Don't let poeple knock u down I'm building cc on a k30 single cab frame. Poeple r just wishing they were ur age doing this stuff I'm only 25 so keep up the good work hope u tripple ur money
Gone Huntin- Your wheeler is one of the ones that i used to get this idea! I have its picture on my phone and thats what i showed people to show what it would kinda be like.
Im putting the tranny in after school and may get it all buttoned up if i have the parts I might need for drivelines. Then Ill go take it for a spin!
the bed being made from scrap material and unfinished could have some potential. This is where you get creative and add things that you need onto it. Not all projects start out looking like they were worth a darn. Just plug away at it, search for more ideas and modify till you are happy.
The fun thing about our hobby is you build it, wheel it, break it, fix it and do it all over again. You started out with a good platform that is easily modified and parts are plenty.
Have fun with it!
I am working on my short bed crew with cummins swap and it takes a while.
Is your crew a brown and white one with a flatbed?
Yeah I have another CCLB that the money goes into... It's the one that's slowly turning into a steet queen (but consider I live on a farm, so street consists of a lot of rutted dirt roads, not a mall parking lot lol) but that's how I want it. Big and poserish but with all the parts it needs to hold it's own haha. I do enjoy this budget build tho. I think it's more enjoyable knowing it's not costing much. Haha
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