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$17,000 is "budget" my @ss
i know that they want to stop alienating us by doing something "down to earth". but most guys that only have a 2 car garage to begin with would need to re-mortgage their house to get $17g's i built a frame, dropped a body onto it, rebuilt an chev 350, popped in an sm465 trans, with a an np205 t-case
put a 12-bolt, rear and dana 40 front. and get this all for under $2,000!! once it is all shiny and done i will be far less than $5k
(here is a more detailed thread about it: http://broncoii.org/forum/index.php?topic=9152.0)
a cehvy frame that i shortened 41" out of, and fabricated new body mounts onto
a bronco II body that i bough from a junkyard, and set onto the frame.
and a chev 350 with vortec heads, comp cam, and 12:1 pistons
i wish that they would be more realistic when they say "budget build"
put a 12-bolt, rear and dana 40 front. and get this all for under $2,000!! once it is all shiny and done i will be far less than $5k
(here is a more detailed thread about it: http://broncoii.org/forum/index.php?topic=9152.0)
a cehvy frame that i shortened 41" out of, and fabricated new body mounts onto
a bronco II body that i bough from a junkyard, and set onto the frame.
and a chev 350 with vortec heads, comp cam, and 12:1 pistons
i wish that they would be more realistic when they say "budget build"
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Permalink Reply by Robb Szwarc on -
"guess who" ? i have no idea
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i still am drawing a blank........
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Permalink Reply by Gene-0 on -
I believe they are actually in Tennessee, but hey who's paying attention? I shot my $1000 budget in one shot, and all I got was paint, really cool paint but still just paint. I replaced the engine 6 years ago for $3000, so at this rate by the time I'm dead I probably still won't have spent $17000 on my project. I do agree with everyone here though, budget build to me is a few hundred dollars here and there. The only thing I could even see spending a ton of money on would be a roll cage, and only if you couldn't find a deal on something pre-fab.
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