LFD's low buck truck build!

[Crank]

The truck looks great, and the mods all work together awesome, but pssssst, you are missing your cargo light! J/k
Brandon

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by Crank

The truck looks great, and the mods all work together awesome, but pssssst, you are missing your cargo light! J/k
Brandon

Hey I had to glue in the cargo inserts before it went to glass. So it is not missing it is just hidening somewere in my shop. Now I can put that in, hang the rear view mirror and when the rest of my dyna mat gets here I can finish up the fire wall, cab corners, the inside of the doors and behing the door panels with mat. Tuesday I will drop off the interior and seat heaters to let the interior guys stitch things up. Then Friday the line-x gets done and over the next few weeks I will get the rims done and new tires put on her. That will leave the cruise control and a few small items to wrap up.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[hotrodhomi]

where are you getting your interior done?

[NTR72GMC]

I leave for my day job at 3:30am and get hoime with my son at 3:30pm so we can get together for dinner and B.S.ing. I have alot of great places to eat right around my house. So is you training at Los Gillicos or what ever it is? I did my EMT training their back when I was with the fire dept.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Its training for work I work at a audi dealership tuesday I have product training than the next day I get to beat up audi's on a race track.

[nuke1]

That is looking great kevin, i think you have struck a jealous bone in my body with that truck of yours....

[Crank]

If I ever had just a small list of things like that to do, hell it'd take me a year, between trying to get time and money to make those things happen... Your build however is incredibly well thought out, crafted, and custom, and all for a garbage truck... Whatever you wanna tell yourself. Lol
Brandon

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by hotrodhomi

where are you getting your interior done?

see post 866

Originally Posted by NTR72GMC

Its training for work I work at a audi dealership tuesday I have product training than the next day I get to beat up audi's on a race track.

So what time do you get in to town. Give me a call Monday I am off and wil just be cleaning the shop.

Originally Posted by Crank

If I ever had just a small list of things like that to do, hell it'd take me a year, between trying to get time and money to make those things happen... Your build however is incredibly well thought out, crafted, and custom, and all for a garbage truck... Whatever you wanna tell yourself. Lol
Brandon

Well lets just see how long it will be before I get those items finished up. Starting next weekend I am back on project Trazer untill it is finished so mine will sit for a bit. Oh and we call her a dump runner, garbage truck just sounds dirty!

This build thread is almost over but don't worry I alread have LowBucks Big Brother picked out for a real cool build.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[SactoJim]

Kevin,

First of all, Low Buck has turned out fricken beautiful. you've done an outstanding job at implimenting many subtle mods that not only work very well together, but make your truck unique.

You also have bragging rights to doing it all yourself....talk about talent. You don't seem too afraid of taking on any mod, including paint and body which can turn out to be a nightmare to the typical novice.

Another really cool thing is that you've built an exceptional driver with a FI motor, overdrive, AC, cruise control (coming), and even seat warmers!.....WHAT, no navigation system!

you've also done a fantastic job of documenting your progress of the build and I'm sure we all look forward to the next.

Hope I get the opportunity to see Low Buck this "car show season" and shake your hand.

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by SactoJim

Kevin,

First of all, Low Buck has turned out fricken beautiful. you've done an outstanding job at implimenting many subtle mods that not only work very well together, but make your truck unique.

You also have bragging rights to doing it all yourself....talk about talent. You don't seem too afraid of taking on any mod, including paint and body which can turn out to be a nightmare to the typical novice.

Another really cool thing is that you've built an exceptional driver with a FI motor, overdrive, AC, cruise control (coming), and even seat warmers!.....WHAT, no navigation system!

you've also done a fantastic job of documenting your progress of the build and I'm sure we all look forward to the next.

Hope I get the opportunity to see Low Buck this "car show season" and shake your hand.

Thank you very much. I would like to see you and your truck at a show this summer but I wil leave mine home, it does not even compair to the truck that you have put together. It ok I'll tow yours to the show and leave it in the lot In another month or two they wil start the down town show here in winters and you should come on by.
What do you mean by "WHAT, no navigation system!" don't you know I'm married!!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[NTR72GMC]

So what time do you get in to town. Give me a call Monday I am off and wil just be cleaning the shop.

ILL BE IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 7:30AM ON THE 19TH. ILL GIVE YOU A CALL TODAY ON MY LUNCH BREAK.

[Rokcrln]

tripp
I just wanted to put a shout out and a big thank you to a fellow board member Tripp. He took the time to find a set of center caps for my truck and the conversion lugs on E-bay and PM'd the info to me. I don't have an e-bay account set up so I asked if he would not mind bidding on it for me. He did, paid for it and is having it dropped shipped right to my house. We have never meet or done buisness but he was willing to do this for me with out question. So I just want to make sure everyone knows what kind of people we have on this site! Let's keep it this way, we all benifit from it.

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by NTR72GMC

ILL BE IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 7:30AM ON THE 19TH. ILL GIVE YOU A CALL TODAY ON MY LUNCH BREAK.

Sounds good!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[tripp]

i'm looking for pics when you get your center caps. i received your paypal, all is well.

tripp

[slammed1]

That was a cool deal you got on the centercaps. I cant wait to see it with them on either.

[TonyJohnson]

Wow... I started this thread at 8:00 am and couldn't put it down. Finally finished at 3:55 and I've got to say thanks!

The thing I love about what you've done is the subtle, almost stock, look of it. Having read the entire thread I know how much modification went into it and it's not over the top in the slightest. Very tasteful and smart choices. Very close to the perfect truck.

I can't wait for the Blazer build!

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by tripp

i'm looking for pics when you get your center caps. i received your paypal, all is well.

tripp

I am looking forward to it as well.

Originally Posted by TonyJohnson

Wow... I started this thread at 8:00 am and couldn't put it down. Finally finished at 3:55 and I've got to say thanks!

The thing I love about what you've done is the subtle, almost stock, look of it. Having read the entire thread I know how much modification went into it and it's not over the top in the slightest. Very tasteful and smart choices. Very close to the perfect truck.

I can't wait for the Blazer build!

WOW that was one long read! Thanks that is just howe I wanted it to come off to others.
Ya the Blazer will be one of a kind. It will also be very subtle but very wild at the same time. To bad the build will not be public untill it is ready to be shown

Well the latest on LowBuck is the interior should be ready this week, the rest of my Dyna mat came this week along with my new cruise control. I also ordered new seat belts from ECE that came today and they seem to be very well built. They are the 3pt belts with the center belt as well. Maybe in a few weeks I will have time to install it all.
So when all said and done it will be a 70 SWB CST with PB, PS, CC, Tilt, Disk brakes, AC, EFI, AOD, CD and I forget what else!
Kevin
LFD Inc.

[paintpyro]

Kevin, sounds like you need to change the name to Project Acronym

[see ten]

I scanned this image out of an old issue of CARtoons over the weekend. It's how I imagine it would be to see Kevin at work!

[Rokcrln]

Nope I hold the tortch in my right and feed with my left! But in the summer the sweat is about right.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

see ten - that pics awesome

[slammed1]

Any new pics or updates. Im excited to see the rims painted a different color sporting the new style centercaps.

Did you ever say whats being done with the frt bumper? Driving lights in the holes or trading for a smooth one?

[lolife99]

Smooth one would be CLEAN!

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by slammed1

Any new pics or updates. Im excited to see the rims painted a different color sporting the new style centercaps.

Did you ever say whats being done with the frt bumper? Driving lights in the holes or trading for a smooth one?

Well the center caps have not shown up yet so I have not pulled the wheels to repaint ether. My air compressor to a cr@p so the Line-x money went to that for now. I have the Cruse control half way installed and my interior is ready to be picked up on Monday with the heated seats installed ready to go. The rest of my Dyna matt is here and just waiting for time to install as are the 3pt seat belts from ECE with a center belt for my son. I have been working on a customers vehical so mine is just sitting for right now but should be finished up in the next few weeks as time allows.
My next problem I think is going to be a head gasket job because I am getting alot of water out the exhaust. Once I determine if that is the problem I wil pull it down, check everything out and if all is good I wil order the ZZ4 cam kit for it while I am on the inside. That will put me over 420hp with the reprogram from Painless on their high rpm computer I have

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[Rokcrln]

Well we got the seats back today and they look great! I highly recomend Supreme Interiors in Oakland to anyone in or out of the area needing quality work done. So one day when I get the time to put in the rest of my Dyna Mat, run the wires for the heated seats, new carpet then I can put in the seats, door panels, new carpet thresh hold, door speakers and new door and window cranks and call it ready for the road. Well ready for the road pending my water problem with the motor. I have people telling me Flowmasters have been known to colect alot of water but I wil be doing a carbon test this week to rule out the head gaskets I hope.








Kevin
LFD Inc.

[PBFAB.COM]

We have seen lots of condensation build-up in the exhasut on the majority of our LS1 swaps with Flowmaster and Magnaflow mufflers... it can make you paranoid! Do the block test and double-check... but my guess is that it's just normal condensation.

[jrdv]

Those seats turned out great. Keep up the excellent work!