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Best Budget Mods!
Well the 67-72 guys have one! We need one!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=466563 The rules are in that thread. Post away!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
If you have a 2" hitch receiver lightly sand and paint the sucker.
It won't even take a whole can and it makes a world of difference. I do mine every couple of years. ps. awsome thread!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
New leaf spring bushings make a world of difference in the ride.
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Best thing I have spent $50 on has gotta be a tank of gas....Maybe technically not a ''mod'' but what good is a square without it??
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
over the years ive had quite a few GMs and done this in other trucks /vans too
in my Jimmy thread i showed how i wire the stock radio to be used with/without the keys small switch beside the radio,up on, no key,middle off,down works with key (kids,drunk friends,camping don't need to leave the keys in to listen to the radio)
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Flip the air cleaner lid over and make your quadrajet go waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The cheap mod I'm happiest with is the $3 I spent at the boneyard to put a newer windshield washer pump in. It now literally power washes dirt off the windshield. |
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
^^^ nice!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Nice job irishman!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
False advertisement. I want a rebursement on my clicks. This thread contains no usefull info.
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
strip led's in the dash and k&n filter, both under 50 dollars, synthetic oil is nice too hmm about 20 hours and some polish makes rims like A/R's and mags look good to. also buy a buffing wheel and compound and mount the wheel to a bench grinder and polish your trim on the grill and surround,
and my most favorite mod is....metalic sharpie....go to town on your interior guys really!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
A bunch of the budget mods in the 67-72 thread also apply to ours. (I haven't read the whole thread, but will later)
HEI conversion if your still on points ignition. Manual of some sort, (Chiltons, Haynes, GM... not really a mod, but very help-full) Simple maintenance items. Plugs, wires, brake shoes, fluids+filters. Once everything is tip-top, verify timing advance. (check the sticky!) You don't need a fancy dial-back light. Timing tape on the balancer and patience. These old Chevy's really wake up with a little timing.
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I had a worn out shifter assembly for a 203 transfer case. Nothing was available to replace it. So a little reworking was needed.
3/8 flat bar for the second lever. ![]() All welded up. ![]() Exploded view. ![]() And finished. ![]() ![]() About 3 hours work, and about 4bucks. All he needs to do is get a new shift boot.
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Thats a pretty cool fix VegasBruce!!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Thanks
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Does your truck have a buzzer/chime if you leave your lights on? Mine doesn't and i'm hoping it is because it is a Custom Deluxe.
If not, is there a cheap/easy way to add one? You can probably guess what happened to me at work today; It was raining, i was in a hurry............etc. etc. etc. |
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Yes, but how?
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i have done this a few times. i would also like to do this mod. anybody done it before?
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
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Re: Best Budget Mods!
Yo! thirdstreettito! I'll bet you remember this truck!:
I'd love to inform you all about ALL of the stuff I've done to FRANKENTRUCK for less than $50, but the thread would go on forever,...perhaps it's best that I send you to the build thread and you can see for yourselves. From interior restoration to primer paint, this truck has been built the way Chevy never did, and for cheap/but acceptable, and in a working truck. Big stuff cost me more, but I was able to accomplish a tremendous amount for cheap, and maybe you'll find some good ideas in the thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=301610 If nothing else, you'll enjoy the story of this salvaged '78 K20 with twin stick T-case, TH400, 4.11:1 gears, and 325hp 350ci that I built from scratch. Todd.
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