Question for Professional Builders: How Much Money do You Put into Your Cars?

BOHICA · Apr 1, 2013

To those of you who have offered sage advice - and there have been many - thank you. It hasn't fallen on deaf ears.

Maybe I'll build the truck, maybe I won't. At this point, I'm heavily weighing my options and honestly don't know which direction I'll take. I'm waiting on one of my co-workers in the body shop to get back to me, but it looks like if I do the bodywork myself, a paint job will definitely be in the budget. Not exactly looking forward to it, but I enjoy a new challenge.

Lately, it seems that a lot of people are ignoring the second paragraph of my OP. Like I said, I don't believe in building cars to flip as a business model, am only looking at this as a way to get some practice in, and "for the sake of argument, let's assume that I don't [get a job apprenticing at a shop]."

Again, thank you to everyone. There’s some awesome advice in here and I’ve absolutely learned a thing or two.

lukey · Apr 1, 2013

If you have 7 grand to sink into a build, you can build a really sweet truck for that much...as long as you don't want a major show winner. Go junkyard hunting for some parts, anything that is for safety, do right! Get a rear end and a subframe on the cheap (Camaro, nova,etc) use the 500 cad motor. It's a great motor! Less weight than a big Chevy, ungodly torque, decent mileage) build the truck for you! Get experience, HAVE FUN, but don't set standards to high for your first build! Make a fun cruiser. Do what body work you can, practice your fit and finish, and put a basic one color paint job on it. You will be amazed at how much you will learn and how much fun it is. When people see the truck coming along they will start asking questions, asking you for help, and offer to pay for help (although most will only want to pay 1/2 of what the job is worth, but so what...do the jobs, with pride, the best you can) and when you get better at quality start charging accordingly. If you want, PM me with any questions. I am in the stage of working for cheap but getting my name out there...I may be able to offer advice.

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