Quote Originally Posted by stovens
Matt nice work. I just went back to the beginning of this tread. You've been busy. As a fellow Special K projecteer, How's the budget? Don said his went crazy towards the end. I'm still at the start and fealing the financial pain already!

I have a box of receipts that I have been keeping, but I haven't added them up yet. If I had to guestimate, and I bet I'm close, I'm probably around $2000 to $2500 right now. I still need to order some pretty pricey stuff: 2 rear coker tires...about $200 each. I could make a shifter for the tranny for pretty much nothing, but I might end up spending $200 for a fancy lokar one, so I don't have to try that hard. I was also planning on buying Speedway's lakestyle header kit for $160 bucks....the one that comes with all the pipes and you have to weld up. But, now I'm thinking I might just spend the $550 on the Lakestyle headers that are welded up and coated....probably more so because I don't want to work that hard making the headers and I know those coated ones will look nice and I can just bolt them on. I have to have my exhaust bent up...I'm sure that will run $300 to $400. And...I know there will be a few other little things that I am not thinking about???

If I was to stick to my budget and make a few of those parts, I think I could still make it. It's just so easy to fall into that trap of picking up the phone and ordering the shiny expensive parts.

One thing that may bring me back closer or under my budget is all those stock chevy parts I have. It's possible that someone may need stock rims, axles, engine, frame...etc....., not sure but might be able to re-coup a few bucks there.

As I said early on...I should be driving it this spring, but I will not be done. Lots of interior stuff and other things that I will have to finish up next winter. I want to play with it this summer

Matt