Bigrick31's Sick New Project

[dbornotdb 10+ year member]

It is even in more pieces than those pics.

The entire heating and cooling has been stripped from the dash, firewall shaved and I have stripped the rest of the deadening material out of it.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

Just put 1 coat of white primer on the cab floor will be adding a second coat in an hour

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

Ok so this weeks progress first up Relocating the battery to the back (well the wiring atleast) and upgrading wiring to 2/0

I picked up some rubber tubing to protect the wire from heat and objects since its run under the truck. the tubing normally costs about $1.45 a ft but i got a hook up from a friend so i only had to pay $.40 for it

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

next i masked off areas of the truck so i could primer them with rustolium primer to prevent further rust. luckly all the rust on the truck was jsut surface rust and could be sanded off.

heres the tool i used for sanding 40 grit grinder disk

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

me ready for painting

cab primered white. i chose white because thisy way i can make sure i dont miss any spots and when im ready to deaden it it will be easy to identify which areas need deadening rather than the floor being black.

font tub primered

rear of cab sanded down to metal ready for primer

and hit with a coat of primer

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

next i began sanding down other areas that were exposed to rain

rear fender sanded

cowl vent sanded and part shaved just tacked together for the moment ill have to finish welding it and then grind it down and primer that.

cowl vent ont he truck

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

and finally puting the front back together

door on

fender on

both fenders and doors on now

new radiator in (cost me $130)

pick of the valves ill be using they are G C 250 extreme valves

 

[mikey060 10+ year member]

awesome work...wish i had the tools/ money to do something like that:crying:

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

And thats about all for this week. i need to get 2 more headlights for the truck (there are 4 total and i only have 2) i also need to pickup an overflow for the radiator. then finish sanding the bed and attach it then get some wheels and a battery. after that ill get the valves all wiered up along with the compressor and switch box and it should be good to roll!

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

awesome work...wish i had the tools/ money to do something like that:crying:

thanks

 

[ilaydit 10+ year member]

good choice of valves, thats the same ones I had on my hardbody

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

good choice of valves, thats the same ones I had on my hardbody

yea my buddy hooked me up with a great deal on them i heard they were pretty nice i especially like the way they are wired and how the have protection for the wiring

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

250psi...you know what that means

Nitrogen !

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

This truck is going to be f*cking sick... Rick how much do you estimate this project costing?

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

250psi...you know what that meansNitrogen !

im already thinking about it!

skeptikal This truck is going to be f*cking sick... Rick how much do you estimate this project costing?

well so far

$600

$200 for valves

$130 for radiator

$150 in misc parts/tools

so so far its about $1080 i got some wheels hopefully for about $150 shipped and i need to spend another $200 on parts untill it will be fully drivable $1380 for a fully functioning bagged and bodydroped truck. however ill be putting a lot more into it with stereo equipment changing out the rear end and possibly suspension. paint job and so on. im not sure the cost of the finished product Mainly because i dont even know what finished will be for this truck. my ideas keep changing/evolving all the time so its really hard to say. im trying to just take it step by step and think out my next move before i do it so i can get teh trucks prioritys straight.