slimmer90210
CAMAROBOY69... nice taste in trucks... And you are exactly right, find out what is cheap in your area. My 85 is built to be a daily driver and do a little of everything off-road and I only have about $1300 in it
Thank you!
👍 I have about $1,000 or so into the white truck in parts.
Mike Rotch
Say Camaro, how much work did you do on your trucks? Where they in working order when you bought em, or were they "rusting in a barn" style?
Oh, and good point Slimer 👍 Trails would be the primary objective.
This is the condition they were in and some of the stuff I did to them.
-White truck
I looked for about 6 months and found the
white truck about $900. Believe it or not it actually has power windows too. The white truck actually got quite a makeover when I first got it. I already knew it wasn't going to be built for mud so I knew I didn't have to put a crazy lift on it or huge tires or even severely heavy duty axles. I swapped in the ENTIRE drivetrain from my previous truck which was a 1979 Blazer. So with the drivetrain came the front and rear axles, leafs, engine, tranny, and transfercase. This instantly got me a 4" lift for free since it was all from the other truck. I sold the original engine out of the white truck for $500 so now lets do easy math. Bought the truck for $900 then sold engine for $500. So far that means I have this entire white truck for only $400!!!!! After that I did some mild bodywork to the cab and some work to the box.
I then installed brand new poly tranny mounts, cab mounts and engine mounts. What a huge difference.
Next I bought brand new shocks Rancho 9000 that are 9 way adjustable and well worth the money since I knew I would be in different terrain including snow, sand, and trails.
It really is the perfect all around vehicle and I havent put any money into it at ALL since I put it together 6 years ago. I even have video of jumping the truck at the sand dunes and tons of other good times.
-Mud truck
Believe it or not this thing was set up quite well when i bought it. I did do some reinforcing to the front stabilizer bar. It was just way too small and too weak to handle 44" tires. The rear came with a Dana 60 axle which is sooo strong I couldnt even imagine breaking it. Inside the axle was a Spool and 4.11 gears. I could easily spin the 44" tires with the brand new engine that only had around 900 miles. I only got this truck so cheap because the guy was having a kid and lost his job. (yup like most rednecks)
So I ended up with the best deal of my life and had sooo much fun. Tons of video of this truck too.
So to sum this up if you are just going to be trail riding then it will be very easy and inexpensive to do. You could take just about anything to do that.
Mud and rock climbing are the expensive ones. Trail vehicles are a lot cheaper. Good luck with it and if you have ??? just ask.
Major suggestion would be to get a "Hi lift" jack and a couple good 3" or 4" tow straps and you will be all set. Also a couple shackles or clevis' Always try to go with friends.
Tires are also very important. Without good tires you wont go anywhere.
EDIT: Ohhh I forgot to add that I added a snorkle set up to the mud truck and made it as waterproof as possible for the water holes and mud. There were also several other things I did but just not necessary to post.
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Rather South Africa 
So that answers slimers questions.
my dad just finished restoring a '48 series one, no seat belts and speed bumps dont mix tho 
