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Project1970 · 01-19-2003, 09:46 PM

Well?

Oh, build a truck of course!!

Just a random thought I had last night. Somehow, some stuff from the Factory Five brochure popped into my head (Factory Five makes Cobra replica kits that use an '87-'93 Mustang as the donor car...you end up with a really nice looking Cobra, that runs like a new car, for a lot less money and work than most of the others...anyway) where they mentioned that they've had groups assemble cars in a few days for fun before...

And it got me thinking...

Let's say we got a decently large group of people from the board together, with all of the funds and/or parts needed to do a frame-up...how quickly do you think we could do it?

I'm not saying we should necessarily (though it would be fun); we'd probably spend a week discussing whether it should be a short or longbed, two or four wheel drive, lifted, stock, or lowered, cut the dash or not, fuel injected or carbeureted, discs or drums or drums plus kevlar, leaf or coil, Chevy or GMC, '67 or '70 or '72...small block Chevy or 500 cube Caddy...stick or manual...

Hell, I bet the only things we'd agree on would be an HEI and a sway bar! LOL...

Just food for thought.

Blue_71 · 01-19-2003, 09:55 PM

a week deciding? for some reason i think it would be a loooot longer then that, lol. it would be fun

>X< · 01-19-2003, 10:24 PM

hell i think we could build it in a week, if the motor was done and the body just needed painting. if ll the parts were laid out, no waiting

greasemonkey · 01-19-2003, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by Project1970
cut the dash or not,

lol, I think we would start a Civil war on that alone.

chevy2racr · 01-19-2003, 11:16 PM

hell, even if the body was bad, set Efab to that, otherswork on frame, engine, other cmponents, we could haveone up in bout 4 days I bet

lukecp · 01-19-2003, 11:17 PM

Not even everyone agrees on HEI. There are a couple die-hard points guys on the board. (i'm a HEI man myself...)

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About the only thing that we could agree on is that it would be a '67-'72

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f there was enough people......maybe 5 days from a bare frame and a pile of parts into a brand new trucks. Five days of late nights and many coolers of beer

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ChevLoRay · 01-19-2003, 11:23 PM

Let's see. We need a consensus, right? How many people are "on the board". We still have polls. We all have opinions. It could get to be like the Little Red Hen baking bread...nobody wants to help, but everybody wants to drive.

GMC71k20 · 01-20-2003, 01:45 AM

sway bars are the worst thing for off-roading...hehe, just kiddin, i think it would be a 2swb without cut dash. id say 4-7 days finished. ill donate a sh*tty tailgate..or two

>X< · 01-20-2003, 10:22 AM

i'll bring the sawzall! (cause we're gonna need it, to cut the dash!!)

greasemonkey · 01-20-2003, 12:32 PM

Yep, I'm with seanh71.
New idea!! I'll donate my truck to the project, and you guys can restore it for me!! Anybody have a new engine?

mtdave2 · 01-20-2003, 01:28 PM

you would have to get seperate groups.. one for the orginal type, one for the lowered street rod custom crowd, then the lifted 4x4 monster type trucks..

of course you would have 3 groups with in each group. the 67-68 people, the 69-70 and the 71-72.

i know what group id fit in. lol.. orginal 71-72 group would be a fun deal. if i win this 50mill loto ill sponcer it. hows that?

yellowgmc · 01-20-2003, 01:56 PM

we could all donate parts and build up a truck and then sell it on e-bay and give josh the money for the board. or sell raffle tickets here and whoever wins gets it and josh get's the money. i'm going to pull a lot of parts off the gmc this summer. what does everyone else think?

dubie · 01-20-2003, 01:56 PM

wouldn't it be cool if we could get a bunch of us together to build one and see if we could get the fine folks at the Guiness Book of World Records to show up? Then we take the truck once it's done, and sell tickets on it in a raffle or sell it on e-bay

1971 Cheyenne · 01-20-2003, 02:06 PM

Or on another note, we could sell it on ebay and give the $$$ to a charity or something of the sort... just a thought.

"71

>X< · 01-20-2003, 03:30 PM

i bet we wouldnthve to buy crap, with allthe mebers on here who have tons f trucks, i everybody brought the part that they didnt desperately need, we would have everything. i know desert rat would bring a 402, i would bring a comp cams BB rebuild kit thats laying around, whose that guy that" has a Weiand blower laying around", body parts would the easy part.

Reumster · 01-20-2003, 05:02 PM

Even the most experienced builders, with alot of money. Doing a slamjam job, takes a average of 3-6 months. It depends on how good a job you want to do. Building a truck from the ground up takes alot of planning, and ordering waiting on parts. Waiting on paint to cure proper be fore reassembling panels. Bottom line money and lots of it.

I bet if you had a endless supply of money and wanted a truck built yesterday, it'd take quite a few people working shifts around the clock, and it'd have to be in a area with alot of shops that did true classic restorations. I'd still say a good 1 month, if you got lucky and had know delays.

scull67 · 01-20-2003, 10:44 PM

Great idea. I have the front drums for the brakes and a pitman arm for the manual steering

I think the for charity idea is good. Get TLC or somesuch channel to videotape it. It could be a new series.... Junkyard Trucks or Monster Truck Wars or...

>X< · 01-20-2003, 10:56 PM

yeah scull67, but then if it was on tv the ricer boys would try to copy it,hahaha, but they;re idea of "building an import" in a week would be putting a wing on it and everythign ele wold be elcetrical, like lights and crap, hahahha

01-19-2003, 09:46 PM	#1
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	How fast do you think we could do it? Well? Oh, build a truck of course!! Just a random thought I had last night. Somehow, some stuff from the Factory Five brochure popped into my head (Factory Five makes Cobra replica kits that use an '87-'93 Mustang as the donor car...you end up with a really nice looking Cobra, that runs like a new car, for a lot less money and work than most of the others...anyway) where they mentioned that they've had groups assemble cars in a few days for fun before... And it got me thinking... Let's say we got a decently large group of people from the board together, with all of the funds and/or parts needed to do a frame-up...how quickly do you think we could do it? I'm not saying we should necessarily (though it would be fun); we'd probably spend a week discussing whether it should be a short or longbed, two or four wheel drive, lifted, stock, or lowered, cut the dash or not, fuel injected or carbeureted, discs or drums or drums plus kevlar, leaf or coil, Chevy or GMC, '67 or '70 or '72...small block Chevy or 500 cube Caddy...stick or manual... Hell, I bet the only things we'd agree on would be an HEI and a sway bar! LOL... Just food for thought. __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete! Last edited by Project1970; 01-19-2003 at 10:12 PM.

01-19-2003, 10:24 PM	#3
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	hell i think we could build it in a week, if the motor was done and the body just needed painting. if ll the parts were laid out, no waiting __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

01-19-2003, 11:16 PM	#5
chevy2racr So Many Ideas, So Little Money Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Marshalltown, IA Posts: 1,610	hell, even if the body was bad, set Efab to that, otherswork on frame, engine, other cmponents, we could haveone up in bout 4 days I bet __________________ 72 Blazer 3/4 ton running gear 4.10s NP205/TH350 350 4in lift half doors 71 C10 with 454 99 S-10 5.1L SBC 700R4 09 Malibu Marshalltown, Iowa

01-19-2003, 11:17 PM	#6
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Not even everyone agrees on HEI. There are a couple die-hard points guys on the board. (i'm a HEI man myself...) . About the only thing that we could agree on is that it would be a '67-'72 . I f there was enough people......maybe 5 days from a bare frame and a pile of parts into a brand new trucks. Five days of late nights and many coolers of beer . __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg Last edited by lukecp; 01-19-2003 at 11:22 PM.

01-19-2003, 11:23 PM	#7
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	....that's what SHE said... Let's see. We need a consensus, right? How many people are "on the board". We still have polls. We all have opinions. It could get to be like the Little Red Hen baking bread...nobody wants to help, but everybody wants to drive. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

01-20-2003, 01:45 AM	#8
GMC71k20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: mass Posts: 1,277	SWAY BARS? sway bars are the worst thing for off-roading...hehe, just kiddin, i think it would be a 2swb without cut dash. id say 4-7 days finished. ill donate a sh*tty tailgate..or two

01-20-2003, 10:22 AM	#9
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	i'll bring the sawzall! (cause we're gonna need it, to cut the dash!!) __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

01-20-2003, 12:32 PM	#10
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	Yep, I'm with seanh71. New idea!! I'll donate my truck to the project, and you guys can restore it for me!! Anybody have a new engine? __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

01-20-2003, 01:28 PM	#11
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,521	you would have to get seperate groups.. one for the orginal type, one for the lowered street rod custom crowd, then the lifted 4x4 monster type trucks.. of course you would have 3 groups with in each group. the 67-68 people, the 69-70 and the 71-72. i know what group id fit in. lol.. orginal 71-72 group would be a fun deal. if i win this 50mill loto ill sponcer it. hows that? __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

01-20-2003, 01:56 PM	#12
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	we could all donate parts and build up a truck and then sell it on e-bay and give josh the money for the board. or sell raffle tickets here and whoever wins gets it and josh get's the money. i'm going to pull a lot of parts off the gmc this summer. what does everyone else think? __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

01-20-2003, 01:56 PM	#13
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,855	wouldn't it be cool if we could get a bunch of us together to build one and see if we could get the fine folks at the Guiness Book of World Records to show up? Then we take the truck once it's done, and sell tickets on it in a raffle or sell it on e-bay __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

01-20-2003, 02:06 PM	#14
1971 Cheyenne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,480	Or on another note, we could sell it on ebay and give the $$$ to a charity or something of the sort... just a thought. "71 __________________ Brian Pal 1971 Cheyenne 10 454/th400-Undergoing a full frame off resto. 1972 Chevy short/step 2wd, 350/th350 1983 M1009 CUCV Military K5 Blazer 1981 Dodge 1 ton 4x4 dually flatbed

01-20-2003, 03:30 PM	#15
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	i bet we wouldnthve to buy crap, with allthe mebers on here who have tons f trucks, i everybody brought the part that they didnt desperately need, we would have everything. i know desert rat would bring a 402, i would bring a comp cams BB rebuild kit thats laying around, whose that guy that" has a Weiand blower laying around", body parts would the easy part. __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

01-20-2003, 05:02 PM	#16
Reumster L.E.D. Freak Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Polson MT Posts: 1,358	Even the most experienced builders, with alot of money. Doing a slamjam job, takes a average of 3-6 months. It depends on how good a job you want to do. Building a truck from the ground up takes alot of planning, and ordering waiting on parts. Waiting on paint to cure proper be fore reassembling panels. Bottom line money and lots of it. I bet if you had a endless supply of money and wanted a truck built yesterday, it'd take quite a few people working shifts around the clock, and it'd have to be in a area with alot of shops that did true classic restorations. I'd still say a good 1 month, if you got lucky and had know delays. __________________ Specializing in Custom L.E.D. inserts. http://www.ccled.com/ Contact me @ blazer2wd1972@hotmail.com (406)675-8082 or Joel @ jmcwaters@eps-corp.net 1972 2wd Blazer, 350/700R4/3:73 posi, err & Custom L.E.D. inserts! LOL

01-20-2003, 10:44 PM	#17
scull67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hoboken, NJ, USA Posts: 228	Great idea. I have the front drums for the brakes and a pitman arm for the manual steering I think the for charity idea is good. Get TLC or somesuch channel to videotape it. It could be a new series.... Junkyard Trucks or Monster Truck Wars or... __________________ Hoboken, N.J.(home)/ Washington, D.C.(work)



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01-20-2003, 10:56 PM	#18
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	yeah scull67, but then if it was on tv the ricer boys would try to copy it,hahaha, but they;re idea of "building an import" in a week would be putting a wing on it and everythign ele wold be elcetrical, like lights and crap, hahahha __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

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