Murdered Out, Slammed, Heavy Hauler with SIX bags

[Matt21lutz]

So I'm totally starting over with my build. Luckily I haven't done all that much so far.

The new game plan is totally different then what I began with, Slamming it with air ride, building a badass 350 motor with an overdrive tans, not sure which one that is, building roll cage, custom interior, fuel cell(s), and much much more. My original plan was to do static drop, and just custom interior, after much thought and checking out all the badass rides on here I had to start over.

I give y'all some MAJOR props on ur rides, some are just beyond badass and some of y'all got skills I couldn't dream of having.

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A lot of the work that I will being to this truck will be custom one off stuff, one of the biggest differences between what my truck will be and what I have seen out there is the air ride. Now I know I will get backlash from this BUT, I will be hauling cars, building materials, hauling ass , parts and this eventually will be a shop truck. I plan on getting my website design business going hard and making some sick ass cash, all I need to do is get it optimized to the max and hustling. So if any of you actually read this entire thing I'll let you in on something... If you need website work, fliers, anything print, social media help, mobile sites, html (professional) emails, or any seo for your site. Let me know that you read this post and I'll give you 25% to 50% off your next invoice! Once I've made some cash I plan on flipping and customizing cars on the side. Back to the build though!!

Current Situation:
Need to rebuild the motor since the valve stem seals are leaking oil into the pistons, also it's the original motor so it has got some miles on it for sure. Need to change the transmission out from a an automatic to an automatic with overdrive, need to change out all that goes along with that. Slight metal work on a few place, worst being on the driver side floor and side kick panel, needs body work (more pics coming soon). Needs paint, wiring harness needs to be hooked up for the electric windows and locks on the doors, new windshield, new interior pretty much, new stereo and new steering box or rebuild.

I've estimated about $3000 to $5,000 when everything is complete besides rims. I'll be buying parts from majority of parts from a few different places; lmctruck.com, rockauto.com, summitracing.com and wrench a part in Belton, Texas. Few more things to consider are that this will be frame off restoration, I'll be undercoating the frame as well as the under side of the bed, cab and inner fender wells. Hoping to be out driving this truck within a few months.

Old plan: (Everything in red is no longer part of the plan)
Rebuild the motor
Automatic Trans
Custom exhaust with headers and turbo mufflers (will be true dual exhaust)
Drop 2.5 inch front and 4 inch back
New bench seat maybe bucket seats
Tilt steering column with column-shift
New carpet
New dash pad
New door panels
New seat belts
Custom center console (I'll make my self with fiberglass)
Custom switches for interior lights, locks and windows
New rear bumper (81-82 with lights in bumper)
Move fog lights from inside grille to the bumper
Make a custom grille
Change over headlights to halogen lights
Dynamat in the interior
Black paint with single red pinstrip one inch below the body line
Spray in bed-liner (I'll be spraying it in) along with the frame and other misc. parts
20 inch american racing rims, black with machined face

The NEW plan!!!:
Get a 350 motor and rebuild with new Edelbrock intake and carb plus eventually add efi and coil pack conversion.
Get a 700r4 trans, I think that's the overdrive one? Not quit sure, already switched it over to a th350.
Box the frame in!
Custom air ride by me all the way.

Air Ride Setup:
4 bag rear setup, that's right I said rear 4 bag set up! (I will be hauling heavy loads, but two of the four rear bags will only be used when I have heavy loads or in case of emergency.)
Custom upper and lower control arms so that I can run shockwaves from Ridetech. which will require a custom dropmember, WOOH!!!
Hard lines (stainless) ran for all six bags with stainless braided lines to connect from bags to the line so they have some flex.
Either a 5gal or 8.5gal 9 port tank with dual compressors.
Electric valves connected to a 3 switch control unit.
2 main gauges and 1 hidden gauges for the heavy hauler bags.

12v system with two batteries for all the electronics.
Vintage air setup for ac and heating.
New trans, fuel and brake lines made by me for cleaner lines.
Fuel cell and fuel pump.
LED lights made by me all the way around, only the headlights wont be LED
HR99 wheels from Coddingtons, 20x9 in front and 20x12 in the back
Full rollbar that I'll be making otherwise I'm paying $10,000+ for what I want.

Custom interior
Recaro racing seats down the road.
Bucket seats for now.
Fiberglass center console with 6.5" speakers made in and hiding all the wiring for audio and accessories below with access panel!
Accessories that include; pioneer touchscreen stereo, 2 jbl amps, 2 10" jbl subs, 6 speakers total plus subs, led lighting through out, air ride controls, numerous switches (offroad light bar, bed lighting, windows, door locks)
Maybe push button start? Need some opinions on that!
New headlight switch made into console
Interior lighting switch in console
Console mounted shifter.
Custom gauge faces
Dash bezel customizing, make it so that the gauges don't sit so deep into it.
Fiberglass the dash pad and recover with new material.

Oh did I mention that I'll be pretty much murdering the truck out? Only thing that wont be black are the lights, bumpers, mirrors and door handles! I will be getting rid of the drip rails over the doors, filling in the stake pockets on the bed and removing those, going to try very hard to NOT mess with the bed floor. I will also be making a "hide away trailer hitch".

Let me know what you guys think. Also might want to read this entire thing, there's a little discount in here somewhere for my business (;

PS: If you got something you think is badass on ur ride let's see it! I want to see if anybody has ever ran 4 bag rear also!