Daverods project 66

[daverod]

Well then you won't have a job but you'll still get a disability check and unemployment forever. Look on the good side you should get a lot done on your truck. Get started on the body work, muds cheap. Could have a bad back and no checks or health insurance.

[scotts62]

Yeah could be a ton worse..

[ruffrida2005]

Looks really good man. so when you gonna get it all done now?

[protrash64]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

Looks really good man. so when you gonna get it all done now?

Im betting on page 70.

[daverod]

Page 70 would be nice. If I have the thing painted by next year at this time I'll be happy. Still have to buy a lot of stuff and stuff. Like a real compressor so I can paint. Looking at one at Lowes for 800.

[daverod]

2 fenders,tailgate,wiring harness,radiator,bumpers,posi rear end, 650 carb., tires,wheels, 2 air compressors,lines,valves,controll unit,air compressor, paint gun, paint, door skins?, seats,floor mat,sound dampener, rubber seals doors/winshield, bed cover. Hell ya 10,000 and I'll be done. Oh ya and another 5000 for the stuff I forgot.
2 fenders 500
tailgate 300
harness 400
rad/fan 400
bumpers 400
posi 500
carb 350
tires/wheels 2000
compressors 600
lines/valves contol 1000
compressor 800
paint gun 300
paint 500
seats 150
mat 120
sound 100
rubber seals 300
bed cover 800
Oh hell thats got be close to 10

[ruffrida2005]

man we spend way too much on our trucks to not be worth that much

[daverod]

It only matters how much it's worth if your going to sell it. Ya I don't see how people make money fixing up old cars/trucks.

[MacAttack]

Beautiful detail and paint work.

After 14 months in getting my truck up and going - the one thing I learned for sure is:

NEVER, EVER RUN A DOLLAR TOTAL ON YOUR PROJECT!

[daverod]

I'm a gutton for punishment.$$$$$$$$$

[ruffrida2005]

oh theres money in most cars, just not trucks. I wonder if they made muscle trucks with 396's that handled like a sports car back then, they would be worth more today.

[bubba327]

My wife tells me that building old trucks and cars is still cheaper than a girlfriend and lawyer fees or a head shrink or a bar tab....
I keep all the receipts in a big folder (in case I have a problem later) but I have NEVER totaled them up on any thing I have ever built. And I never will.
An old and wise friend said to me once and I quote" You know I work on my old cars for fun and relaxation and if I realized how much money I have spent on them ,then it would not be fun anymore"
Keep going Dave --Don't look back

[ruffrida2005]

so if you give me some money to work on my truck is that still relaxation for you?

[scotts62]

yeah i dont even want to total my receipts up so far, maybe i could afford that new truck

[daverod]

Originally Posted by scotts62

yeah i dont even want to total my receipts up so far, maybe i could afford that new truck

Why would you want a new truck?

[ruffrida2005]

I made that mistake, and I'm only on the frame.

[scotts62]

yeah basically where i am only have a box full of new parts waiting also..

[Ru5tyNut5]

I try to avoid thinking about how much I have spent and especially how much I still need to spend on my truck, it generally results in my curled up in the fetal position sobbing for 30 hours or so.

[daverod]

I keep track of everything. I put all my reciepts in a folder for each truck and add everything up about every 3 months. I don't ever plan on selling them but I just like to see where all my $$$$ is going. It's all going in my trucks. I agree with you Bubba it cheaper then a bar tab and it keeps my out of trouble. kinda

[watahyahknow]

its actually more than ten but i learned a long time abo to stop counting after a certan stage since it takes away from the joy of making it and its just money not spend on beer and that sortah stuff
i did learn that a lot of little things make for one big moneyhole , and that its sumtimes better to get a partstruck for all those small parts

[daverod]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

its actually more than ten but i learned a long time abo to stop counting after a certan stage since it takes away from the joy of making it and its just money not spend on beer and that sortah stuff
i did learn that a lot of little things make for one big moneyhole , and that its sumtimes better to get a partstruck for all those small parts

What more than 10 thats it I quit. Trouble with a parts truck is they all need the same parts. Maybe if I could find a good old truck with new fenders and a new tailgate that lays frame I could use the stuff off it. I do have my eye on a truck that I might be able to get some fenders/tailgate off. I agree with the parts truck deal though. I got my engine/rear end/disk brakes/cross member out of a truck I traded a 9mm for.

[ruffrida2005]

If you guys are spending that much on beer tabs, yall have another problems. I can honestly say in my 28 years of age. I haven't spent more then 500 on beer.

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

If you guys are spending that much on beer tabs, yall have another problems. I can honestly say in my 28 years of age. I haven't spent more then 500 on beer.

I just bought a case of beer for the garage fridge . That should keep my father -in law and I in celebratory refreshment until well after the 4th of July. And at the price they charge for those beers we do not offer them to just ANYBODY that stops in the garage to BS. You have to be helping out to get a free beer.
$500 does not buy many beers!!!
I know folks who stop at the bar on the way home most every night. I never did think that was the right thing to do.

[daverod]

If I could quit drinking big two Rock Stars every day I might have some more cash for my truck. Got my wife to help me flip my frame over. Welded up the bottom f my step notches. My welding has got better, that's a good thing. Still need to box in the frame alittle. Then more painting.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

If you guys are spending that much on beer tabs, yall have another problems. I can honestly say in my 28 years of age. I haven't spent more then 500 on beer.

What do you do throw all your beer reciepts in a folder and add them up every month. When I was in the Navy I would blow 25 every night and 50 on the weekends. Ya I liked them ice teas. Funny now I can't drink at all. One beer and the next day I feel like a drank a case.