Cummins Built Not Bought/The Life of Frankie.

CumminsPusher

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Gotta matching set of rear buckets and center console. Decided against a rear bench. Definitely more cozy then those stupid side facing foldups in my club cab. Our daughter won’t mind riding back there. Hell I won’t either, maybe I’ll just let daughter drive on those dirt roads while I have a cold one.

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Smitty335

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Gotta matching set of rear buckets and center console. Definitely more cozy then those stupid side facing foldups in the club cab. Our daughter won’t mind riding back there. Hell I won’t either, maybe I’ll just let daughter drive on those dirt roads while I have a cold one.

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The wizard is at it once again! HA!
 
CumminsPusher

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Ordered up a couple more things. Now have new carpet, wing windows, front and rear window seals, all 4 door and window seals inner and outer also new seals for side vent windows. Absolutely all weather stripping is new.

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Plumber32

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Built not bought..... are you building your parts???
I think the title should read " my trucks built by wrenches not chopsticks"!
 
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Built not bought..... are you building your parts???
I think the title should read " my trucks built by wrenches not chopsticks"!
Well anything you build ya gotta buy materials. Come on cowboy:rolleyes:
What the title means is I’m not going to the dealership and choosing color or paying someone else to do the dirty work then choosing wheels or installing fog lights and saying I built it. I will touch and work on every square inch of this truck and install what I want not what manufacture thinks I need based off of the general public.
I don’t get the same satisfaction from buying what’s wanted as building it. You understand what I’m saying from countless hours on your sxs.
Built not bought means making something your own, making something that didn’t exist or turning something into a purpose designed vehicle.
Usually saving a lot of money but s*** still costs. I now figure I’ll be 10k in this build, but it’s exactly what I want and that’s a whole lot cheaper then bought.
 
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Plumber32

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Well anything you build ya gotta buy materials. Come on cowboy:rolleyes:
What the title means is I’m not going to the dealership and choosing color or paying someone else to do the dirty work then choosing wheels or installing fog lights and saying I built it. I will touch and work on every square inch of this truck and install what I want not what manufacture thinks I need based off of the general public.
I don’t get the same satisfaction from buying what’s wanted as building it. You understand what I’m saying from countless hours on your sxs.
Built not bought means making something your own, making something that didn’t exist or turning something into a purpose designed vehicle.
Usually saving a lot of money but s*** still costs. I now figure I’ll be 10k in this build, but it’s exactly what I want and that’s a whole lot cheaper then bought.
Just wondered where the line was? And I figured it would put a burr under your saddle!
 
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So, you’re replacing the half cab with a crew cab? I wish I had your skills. Of course I’d use them to build a tank or flying human torpedo with space/time travel capabilities
 
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So, you’re replacing the half cab with a crew cab? I wish I had your skills. Of course I’d use them to build a tank or flying human torpedo with space/time travel capabilities
It would be nice to go back in time by one day just once;)
 
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Project might be on hold for a min. Been giving it hell trying to reasonably source 4x4 components and it’s tough. Too many have gone into older other make conversions:mad:
Looking for a 4x4 roller chassis currently.
Damn I wish that wrecked 4x4 I bid on would’ve worked out! Had a guy ready to buy mine too. Can’t be out a truck for too long.
 
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On positive note I’ve figured all the cuts to both cabs and exactly where everything will go. Crew cabs didn’t have a lot of amenities but have figured out how to make the rear have factory looking power windows/locks, three point seat belts, correct direct seat/center console bolting, carpeting into the extra cab, pillar covers and trim, and exact matching door panels as the front.
A lot isn’t exactly buy and install because they quit making the crew cabs in ‘85 and it’s getting updated to ‘93 so it’ll be a lot of designing things that don’t exist on the interior.
I want it to all look year correct with good fit/finish and I think I got everything figured out. Been busy out at the wrecking yards looking at various years of Ram and Ramcharger.
 
Smitty335

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Well anything you build ya gotta buy materials. Come on cowboy:rolleyes:
What the title means is I’m not going to the dealership and choosing color or paying someone else to do the dirty work then choosing wheels or installing fog lights and saying I built it. I will touch and work on every square inch of this truck and install what I want not what manufacture thinks I need based off of the general public.
I don’t get the same satisfaction from buying what’s wanted as building it. You understand what I’m saying from countless hours on your sxs.
Built not bought means making something your own, making something that didn’t exist or turning something into a purpose designed vehicle.
Usually saving a lot of money but s*** still costs. I now figure I’ll be 10k in this build, but it’s exactly what I want and that’s a whole lot cheaper then bought.
Would you PLEASE tell us how you really feel? HA! Satisfaction on!
 
CumminsPusher

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Would you PLEASE tell us how you really feel? HA! Satisfaction on!
I thought I did...lol. I do like building stuff there’s a lot of reward to it. If I were wealthy I’d still be doing it, would just be easier and on a much larger scale;)
 
Smitty335

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I thought I did...lol. I do like building stuff there’s a lot of reward to it. If I were wealthy I’d still be doing it, would just be easier and on a much larger scale;)
Your cool just the way you are, if you were wealthy you would probably lose your appreciation ? HA!
 
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