Polished a turd!
03-13-2010, 09:30 PM
#1
Polished a turd!
Well I think I'm done with the $250 beater. Was at a friends place who said he had the polish and the eguipment to make my sacked out red paint look decent, and here it is. Even had a buddy throw a few lines on my $60 pick and pull bumper for good measure. That, and a free set of 33's didn't hurt. So after $250 for the truck, I figure I got $1700 all in. This includes a complete rebuild on the front end, ball joints, u joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, brakes (calipers, rotors and lines), hubs (pick and pull Warn premiums). Also has all new shocks, rear brakes (drums, wheel cylinders, pads and e brake cables) and new exhaust. $217 ebay winch, horse traded canopy and box liner. A few interior parts (colours aren't perfect but who cares) and here's the new winter beater. Now I don't know what to do, sell it and build another one I guess.
03-13-2010, 09:57 PM
#7
Ya, it was a deal. The funny thing was when a friend told me about it, he said it was just for parts. I've had a bunch of these trucks and didn't want any more "junk" laying around. It bothered me for a few days until I finally went and looked. It didn't look like this, but it was all there (factory rallys even), I really only have my time in to it, and was just looking for a winter beater to save my other trucks from the wrath of Canadian winters. The body looked like this, just really dull and a few surface rust spots that I actually spray bombed in. Had to beat the original tailgate open with a sledge hammer, but had a spare in my junk pile. Didn't turn out to bad and I enjoyed doing it, on to the next project!
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03-13-2010, 10:54 PM
#8
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yea anything around here for less then $1000 is either rotted or the engine is shot, right now im looking for a wrecked vehicle that i can fix up on the cheap, found an '03 explorer with some minor front end damage, only had like 100k on it and they wanted $700, but the time just wasn't quite right
and honestly for what you've got into it, i'd probly use it as a play toy and wheel it through the woods
and honestly for what you've got into it, i'd probly use it as a play toy and wheel it through the woods
03-13-2010, 11:05 PM
#9
yea anything around here for less then $1000 is either rotted or the engine is shot, right now im looking for a wrecked vehicle that i can fix up on the cheap, found an '03 explorer with some minor front end damage, only had like 100k on it and they wanted $700, but the time just wasn't quite right
and honestly for what you've got into it, i'd probly use it as a play toy and wheel it through the woods
and honestly for what you've got into it, i'd probly use it as a play toy and wheel it through the woods
