Buget Built Ranger

[BigPhil]

ok i am tired of all of the shows on the power block building 5 and 10 grand budget builds my ranger is truely a budget build so far I i have an 87 short wheel base no motor or trans that I have already completed so far I only have 100 bucks in the build I had an aod trans gave to me the drive shafts I had so all i have to get is a motor which will be about 150 bucks ive also got my tires which are 33 1250 tsl thorbirds ill post pics when it warms up outside

 

[railman]

hey fellow McCreary countian....

good luck on the build....maybe i will get to see it sometime i'm over visiting the county....

we used to wheel alot over by Bearwaller/Ball Bottoms...but haven't been in forever...

where do ya go now in the county???

maybe you can make it over here by Land Between the Lakes sometime as well...

btw, they love lots of pics around here

l8r, John

 

[7.5L_STX]

yes, pics are the most important part /\

 

[86 slo-vo]

yup good to see another Kentuckian on here...interested in seeing some progress...

what are your plans?

 

[BigPhil]

i wheel in the bottoms and on brimstone mostly all I want is to build something easy to work on and reliable right now we have about 6in of snow on the ground ill get picks asap

 

[BigPhil]

oh and railman the bottoms has some good holes now they are just about 54in deep if ya know what i mean

 

[railman]

yeah, i know what ya mean... one of the guys i used to wheel with had a K5 Blazer frame with a hacked up S10 body sitting on it with some 44's...would crawl through the holes....

l8r, John

 

[BigPhil]

how do i post pics i cant figure it out

 

[dburton07]

how do i post pics i cant figure it out

Create a Photobucket account and upload them to there, once that is done click and copy the IMG link and paste it here.

 

[BigPhil]

got it figured out

 

[dburton07]

Looks like you have a lot of work to do, good starting point though!

 

[jaymegriffiths]

Looks like you have a lot of work to do, good starting point though!

good starting point? yea..... thats what i was thinkin too. no offence dude but cutting corners will never pay off...

 

[BigPhil]

cutting corners? ive got a buddy that could build a rig with duck tape a welder and zip ties and it hold togeather and go like a tank

 

[P.McKenna]

good starting point? yea..... thats what i was thinkin too. no offence dude but cutting corners will never pay off...

Dude don't put him down just because he is doing a budget build. How the hell do you see him cutting corners ? He's getting some pretty sweet deals on his drive line and he's got some work ahead of him but should be in good shape after he gets everything straightened out.

BigPhil-keep us in the know on any updates down the road on this budget build brother

 

[bcost882]

i believe in true budget builds. i have done my lift in a year and 3mo. and ahve only gotten about 3in. bad show(military pay). but the 5grand or 10grand build are if you get a loan and do it all at once and don't really change it. i see where both are coming from. but your thread is awesome. i want to get an old truck like a gen 1 and build it. haggard interior btw haha