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Originally Posted by Wasted Income
Can we see pics of this $85k/300k '70 GMC?
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Hey, whoa, I never said $300K - that was IF it were done by professionals (like one of maybe 10 shops in the country). And I specifically said my work is NOT at a professional level. My truck's not even correct in a number of ways,
so I'm not claiming any VALUE, just what I spent (less than 85K, but not much less).
Things that add time: the gas cap and every other original or NOS part that I hand-restored to high lustre/like-new.
Things that add cost: the two reproduction batteries, one T62, one R59, because that's how it came.
So it's that sort of thing - you could have an identical truck with Costco batteries for $600 less. But that kind of thing matters to me.
I also have NOS hubcaps on factory wheels. Do you know what me and 28 other bidders
agreed NOS 8-bolt chrome hubcaps are for a one-year (or 2) option? About $1500. So you could have the same truck for $1500 less. Or don't cad-plate the booster, save another $250. Don't rebuild the rear end, the posi is probably fine. Don't dyno the motor, that's almost a grand. Don't replate the carb, that's pricey. You get the idea.
The engine compartment photo is old and unfinished, hence the tape where I'm checking AC o-rings, but I wanted to post an engine photo. Getting all the stock stuff in the right place matters. The engine is painted with autobody supplies and a gun using the correct leaded acrylic enamel. It's even hard to find. But a rattle-can works, I get that.
Since it has the original 402 Big Block, AC, Buckets, Console, Air, Tach, Tilt, Vacuum, Speed Warning, AM/FM, Dana 60 Posi, GM PleasureLift, GM PowerPack Compressor, GM Compass, and more... Honestly it might bring $30K on eBay, but I built it for me, not eBay.