WHOA BABY! do I know about shoestring budget builds Tony.
I search the countryside for parts that I can afford and time being the only thing on my side, I actually find good deals.

Not too long ago I was tripping over TH200-4r transmissions (the grand national type 4spd autos) and now that I want one I can't find one to save my butt. SBC motor parts are so freaking cheap that I question my sanity at times for using my Pontiac motor and I need to pull out the dyno sheet to remind myself why I did.

It is fun to drive these trucks that's for sure.
I sometimes wish I could just work on my truck until I get sick of working on it but I don't have an extra two years to try that.
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Building Genuine Pontiac Firepowered cars and trucks for several decades.
Why Pontiac?? That's just me daring to be different.
Projects..
63 C10
Short
Wheel
Base fleetside (The Pro-Street) currently under reconstruction.
440CID 2X4 Pontiac