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trx450duner · 04-23-2008, 05:51 AM

This is how she looked the day I brought her home. I found the truck in a field and staked my claime for 200 bucks.

*Dylan · 04-23-2008, 05:53 AM

200?!?!?! Wow man, looks like a great start. Couldn't ask to get more for that kind of money. Things in better shape than mine is and I got mine for 1500

What're your plans for the truck?

trx450duner · 04-23-2008, 05:57 AM

Let the tear down begin!!

trx450duner · 04-23-2008, 06:10 AM

well I have a bunch of pictures to post but now I'm having trouble getting them up so I'll keep messing around and see what I can come up with. I just got it back from paint to give you guys an idea of how far along I am. As far as the plans for the truck here it goes, vortec craite motor with throttle body inj., 4L80E, NP205, corperate 10bolt & 14bolt diffs. I have all the drivetrain and it's all back in the truck now. I'm kind of going for the retro custom idea with the old school styling and modern running gear and a few body mods (very suttle, if you didnt know these trucks you would never notice them). Hopefully I can get the pics up pretty soon.

Richard8971 · 04-23-2008, 06:40 AM

200 bucks??? Nice score for twice, even three times the price. Keep us updated!

Don

72cheyennesuper20 · 04-24-2008, 05:59 AM

Cool truck. Nice price.

trx450duner · 04-24-2008, 07:30 AM

passenger floor board repair

trx450duner · 04-24-2008, 07:35 AM

drivers side floor board repair

72BlckButy · 04-25-2008, 03:37 PM

Lookin' good! That will be the best $200 you've ever spent.

68,69 K20 · 04-27-2008, 03:25 PM

Nice find for $200, my field find was in alot worse shape than yours, good luck with it.

trx450duner · 04-27-2008, 09:47 PM

firewall and gas doors

trx450duner · 04-29-2008, 06:38 AM

undercoating the cab and bed with spray-on bed liner and my other pride and joy. I've had the chevelle since high school we've been together for almost 8 years now. she's a runner 327, 5speed, 9 inch.

trx450duner · 04-29-2008, 06:52 AM

the new diffs, I had to relocate the spring and shock mounts on the rear the front was a direct bolt in. I rebuilt the rear spring pack because there was a broken spring eventually I want to get new springs and get rid of the blocks.

MrBeast · 04-29-2008, 07:15 AM

Damn your not wasting any time are you?

Out of Curiosity, you going to reuse those mirrors?
if not any interest in selling them, or any idea who makes them?
I cant find em anywhere and need a set for my dually.

trx450duner · 04-30-2008, 06:26 AM

This particular set of mirrors are Ford mirrors, it has the logo on the back of them (very small). I actually have been working on the truck now for about 2 years and have a bunch of pictures but the site only lets me post 2 posts worth a day and I cant figure out how to put more than 5 pics per post

P.M. sent MrBeast

trx450duner · 04-30-2008, 06:34 AM

test fitting the new motor, trans, and t-case so I can relocate the trans mount and torque arm. To get the 4L80E to work with the NP205 I used the Advanced Adapters kit and had to bore the t-case at the inputshaft to put a bigger beareing and different input shaft, luckily I had the equipment available at work. The trans is actually a 2 wheel drive trans with about 1 inch cut off of the outputshaft to get proper ingaugement. I wasnt awaire that you had to use a 2 wheel drive trans (lack of info on advanced adapters site) so I bought a 4 wheel drive trans and ended up tearing it down and replacing the outputshaft then had to trim it but all is good now.

vk_chevy · 05-01-2008, 06:43 AM

that's what I would like to run some day, an overdrive auto trans mated to 205, that's a good set up.

trx450duner · 05-02-2008, 05:43 AM

If you use the 4L80E they sell stand alone controllers for it for $200-$300 depending on the unit you buy and the advanced adapters kit goes for around $600 if I remember correctly.

milner · 05-02-2008, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trx450duner

I actually have been working on the truck now for about 2 years and have a bunch of pictures but the site only lets me post 2 posts worth a day and I cant figure out how to put more than 5 pics per post

P.M. sent MrBeast

Thats good to know, I was starting to feel like a big slacker

b&a72 · 05-02-2008, 09:53 PM

What crate motor you running?

BurnoutNova · 05-03-2008, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trx450duner

This particular set of mirrors are Ford mirrors, it has the logo on the back of them (very small). I actually have been working on the truck now for about 2 years and have a bunch of pictures but the site only lets me post 2 posts worth a day and I cant figure out how to put more than 5 pics per post

P.M. sent MrBeast

if you become a subscribing member i think you can post more pictures... but im not sure

trx450duner · 05-04-2008, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b&a72

What crate motor you running?

I'm using a 330 horse truck motor from GM Performance Parts. I got it through Scoggin Dickey even with shipping they beat everyones price.

trx450duner · 05-04-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurnoutNova

if you become a subscribing member i think you can post more pictures... but im not sure

Thanks for the info.

FRENCHBLUE72 · 05-05-2008, 04:10 AM

200 bucks crap man thats a score...

84 400 · 05-05-2008, 08:49 AM

wow cool build I can't get over that price

04-23-2008, 05:51 AM	#1
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	newbie 70 C20 4x4 build This is how she looked the day I brought her home. I found the truck in a field and staked my claime for 200 bucks. Attached Images

04-23-2008, 05:53 AM	#2
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build 200?!?!?! Wow man, looks like a great start. Couldn't ask to get more for that kind of money. Things in better shape than mine is and I got mine for 1500 What're your plans for the truck? __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

04-23-2008, 05:57 AM	#3
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build Let the tear down begin!! Attached Images

04-23-2008, 06:10 AM	#4
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build well I have a bunch of pictures to post but now I'm having trouble getting them up so I'll keep messing around and see what I can come up with. I just got it back from paint to give you guys an idea of how far along I am. As far as the plans for the truck here it goes, vortec craite motor with throttle body inj., 4L80E, NP205, corperate 10bolt & 14bolt diffs. I have all the drivetrain and it's all back in the truck now. I'm kind of going for the retro custom idea with the old school styling and modern running gear and a few body mods (very suttle, if you didnt know these trucks you would never notice them). Hopefully I can get the pics up pretty soon. Last edited by trx450duner; 04-23-2008 at 06:22 AM.

04-23-2008, 06:40 AM	#5
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04-24-2008, 05:59 AM	#6
72cheyennesuper20 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portland, OR. Posts: 414	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build Cool truck. Nice price.

04-24-2008, 07:30 AM	#7
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build passenger floor board repair Attached Images

04-24-2008, 07:35 AM	#8
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build drivers side floor board repair Attached Images

04-25-2008, 03:37 PM	#9
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build Lookin' good! That will be the best $200 you've ever spent. __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

04-27-2008, 03:25 PM	#10
68,69 K20 They call me the Breeze... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 2,251	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build Nice find for $200, my field find was in alot worse shape than yours, good luck with it. __________________ Mike 69 K20 "Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy"....Ben Franklin

04-27-2008, 09:47 PM	#11
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build firewall and gas doors Attached Images

04-29-2008, 06:38 AM	#12
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build undercoating the cab and bed with spray-on bed liner and my other pride and joy. I've had the chevelle since high school we've been together for almost 8 years now. she's a runner 327, 5speed, 9 inch. Attached Images

04-29-2008, 06:52 AM	#13
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build the new diffs, I had to relocate the spring and shock mounts on the rear the front was a direct bolt in. I rebuilt the rear spring pack because there was a broken spring eventually I want to get new springs and get rid of the blocks. Attached Images

04-29-2008, 07:15 AM	#14
MrBeast high-Tech Red Neck Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Livingston, MT/On my boat WA/BC/AK Posts: 2,294	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build Damn your not wasting any time are you? Out of Curiosity, you going to reuse those mirrors? if not any interest in selling them, or any idea who makes them? I cant find em anywhere and need a set for my dually. __________________ "He used to be a pretty nice feller, now he's a welder!"

04-30-2008, 06:26 AM	#15
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build This particular set of mirrors are Ford mirrors, it has the logo on the back of them (very small). I actually have been working on the truck now for about 2 years and have a bunch of pictures but the site only lets me post 2 posts worth a day and I cant figure out how to put more than 5 pics per post P.M. sent MrBeast Last edited by trx450duner; 04-30-2008 at 06:47 AM.



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04-30-2008, 06:34 AM	#16
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build test fitting the new motor, trans, and t-case so I can relocate the trans mount and torque arm. To get the 4L80E to work with the NP205 I used the Advanced Adapters kit and had to bore the t-case at the inputshaft to put a bigger beareing and different input shaft, luckily I had the equipment available at work. The trans is actually a 2 wheel drive trans with about 1 inch cut off of the outputshaft to get proper ingaugement. I wasnt awaire that you had to use a 2 wheel drive trans (lack of info on advanced adapters site) so I bought a 4 wheel drive trans and ended up tearing it down and replacing the outputshaft then had to trim it but all is good now. Attached Images Last edited by trx450duner; 04-30-2008 at 06:43 AM.

05-01-2008, 06:43 AM	#17
vk_chevy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 231	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build that's what I would like to run some day, an overdrive auto trans mated to 205, that's a good set up. __________________ 72 Chevy C20 Longhorn 72 Chevy, K20 Custom Camper 67 Chevy, LWB, C20, 350/350, PS, PB, 65 Jag MKII

05-02-2008, 05:43 AM	#18
trx450duner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highland Ca Posts: 79	Re: newbie 70 C20 4x4 build If you use the 4L80E they sell stand alone controllers for it for $200-$300 depending on the unit you buy and the advanced adapters kit goes for around $600 if I remember correctly.

05-02-2008, 09:53 PM	#20
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05-05-2008, 04:10 AM	#24
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