Recent content by Budbeater

My truck is an 82 GMC crew cab. I am in the process of rebuilding alot of it. What shape is the interior in? What color? I might be interested in interior parts...ods and ends because the running gear on my truck is solid.

Well, the truck is back on the road again. I have now started on rebuilding the interior. Since the truck is over 30yrs old it has seen its better days. I replaced the drivers door 18 months ago, but barely got the new weather stripping in. I also rebuilt the door panel and replaced the...

And finally one of a closeup of the new toy. I upgraded every fastner when possible. There is new grade 8 or stainless hardware at every point. I also added an additional bolt on each side from the bracket to the frame. I didnt think that two bolts a side was enough. They were beefy, but I...

Here is a photo showing that I gained some interesting clearance up front.

These photos are of the front and rear bumpers. The front one came off my 71 Chev and the back one came with this truck. Now that they are mounted and painted they match...almost like I meant to do that.

Winch ON! Ok here goes. Going to see how many photos I can get up tonight. This first one is of the fire that started this whole debacle.

I just added it to my truck. I put it in to clean the fuel system since the truck has been sitting for a while. As I sat there and let the truck run I was amazed. The sound of the truck changed. It ran quieter and smoother the longer the treated fuel went through it. The friend that...

About two weeks ago my friend got his toyota truck stolen. It was for sale, stored at his father's business behind a locked fence. As he had not driven it for quite a while it was not registered or insured. Someone broke in. They stole his truck. He immediately reported it as stolen. The...

It has to be, since it is attached to a stealth invisible truck. ;) Ill get pics. It is just a pain because I cant load them direct to the site from my phone.

I have the winch mounted! :D I will have to wait for the weekend to mount the control box since I couldn't use the supplied mounting bracket. What I did instead is modified the bracket from my old winch to give the box a different mounting position. It should turn out well. I have to drill a...

Ill get some pics up by this weekend. I had a major setback today... I bought a new winch :D I figure that photos of a winch bumper without a winch on a 4x4 forum is almost grounds for a ban, so I will complete the install and add some photos. I did find something cool though. I found...

I guess there isn't much love for a truck that came equipped with what other toys aspire to add. Yup, this long wheel base monster came with some of the best hardware ever put under a factory truck. First off it is a 454 bigblock. With a couple of modifications, I put out at the rear wheels...

I registered here years ago under the name "Bud beater" because of my ride, a red and white 1971 long bed Chev ¾ton that had been pinstriped to look like an old school Budweiser can. Well, that truck blew a head gasket years ago, was stripped of the useable parts, and the rust was sent to...

I am interested in the M8000 if it is clean and in good shape. How is the cable?

I want to offer a special thanks to several members here who just might have saved my life. Last week I posted up a want add for a "Steering Knuckle" for a Dana 60. Showing great restraint several members took the time to help me pull my head out of my butt and educate me as to what I was...