[ak47paul]

I will also keep track of what I spend So when I am done I will know weather or not this was feasible. I know some of you will say labor wise definitely not. And your probably right, But I am doing this for fun and enjoyment So I do not figure my labor worth anything on this project. Anyhow here is where I am at right now in cost.

85 suburban $500.00
70 c10 $300.00
New fuel tank $108.00
cab bushings $58.00
lift blocks $27.00
hardware $68.00
metal $44.00
total $1105.00

I am parting out the suburban body and all ready sold all the doors for $600 so that brings my total down so far to $505.00 which I am pleased with. It's a lot better than when I bought the 71 4x4 for $1600.00 and stripped it down only to find a bunch of rust hiding in the frame making it unusable (for my standards anyhow) Not to mention the frame was cracked behind the gearbox. After parting it out and taking forever to sell everything I still lost money on that one. So for me lesson learned! I had wanted to do something like this then but everything I read said No just buy a original 67-72 4x4. Anyhow I am not going to dwell on past mistakes, I am going to build this truck and enjoy it. when I decided I was going to do this for sure and started looking for a donor suburban I found 4 of them all 1984-91 all in running and driving condition and all 4 of them were under $1000.00 I bought 2 of them. this 85 3/4 ton for $500.00 and a 1988 1/2 ton for 750.00.......I am going to build the 1/2 ton as well as a 1972 short bed 4x4 I will cut and shorten the frame on it and buy the wiring harness to keep it fuel injected when I put the 72 cab on it.