New Project Mighty Max Mini FTW!

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

Just bought this truck the other day for $160

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[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

It has a little front end damage but nothing that can't be fixed. The doors came shaved but I swapped out the doors with some stock ones. Still have the shaved ones sitting around so if I ever decide to use them then I'll swap them in again. The engine is bad so a rebuilt one will be going in in about 3months. The guy who had it before me screwed with the wiring and messed it up so I was outside for a while earlier today trying to get it all back to normal. I got most of what he did fixed but there is still a few things that I need to do. The interior will be redone by a guys shop that is right next to me so the interior is of no concern to me

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

looks perfect for the trailer park

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

LOL...at this point it doesn't look all that pretty but I have a drive to get this thing into a clean truck. The guy who had it before me treated it like crap and messed it up. Now I'm bringing it back to life

 

[KidThump 10+ year member]

What Audio plans u doin for it?

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

What Audio plans u doin for it?

Haven't really put all that much thought into it yet..But maybe four 10's? Idk yet...Much of the system depends upon how big of an alt I can get for this thing...I have a ton of room under the hood for multiple alts or even just one big on like a 300amp one. I could make a bracket for it and it'd fit easily. There is also room for an additional batt under the hood if I wanted to do it.

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

Looks like there's a 200 amp alt for my truck that does 160@idle

 

[AVSTANG02]

You paid too much.

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

lol....

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

You paid too much.

I know you're just flapping your jaws. But $160 for a truck that I want to fix up is a decent deal IMO. These trucks are good looking and you don't see very many of them, atleast the ext cab ones. The interior isn't as bad as it looks, there is just a ton of dust on the inside. It sat for about 2yrs. I have been wanting a truck for a while and finally came across something that I liked. This truck is fun to work on and I am enjoying it. Maybe you haven't had the pleasure of fixing something so you can't uderstand how fun it is.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

i woulda picked that up for 160, those little trucks are getting rarer and rarer. Especialy the ext cab... Id love that to bag and make a show truck out of it.

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

i woulda picked that up for 160, those little trucks are getting rarer and rarer. Especialy the ext cab... Id love that to bag and make a show truck out of it.

Yep^^^^^^^^ Try and find an older ext cab might max...Definitely hard to fine.

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

Okay so today we ripped the motor out and started to tear it down. Ended up that the head is blown and cracked...So...Gonna take it down to the local shop to see if it can be repaired. Gonna have the block dipped and machined and also gonna get the intake dipped as well. Whatever head I end up using will also be dipped and machined as well. I don't plan on boring the engine out but if need be then I will. I hope not though cuz that will end up costing quite a bit more money due to the new larger cylinders and crap that would be needed...

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

Hopefully it'll be up and running in a month or so. After it's running and whatnot I'm gonna begin work on the body/interior. Plan on sanding the body and getting everything lined up real good and then I'm going to primer it. Once it's primered I'll prob tear out the interior and dynomat it and then go on from there.