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yea, 3 grand for the project car, not the entire project, what about a t bucket? can those be built for not much money?

Originally Posted by natureboyBB

yea, 3 grand for the project car, not the entire project, what about a t bucket? can those be built for not much money?

Just my opinion, but I don't think you're gonna buy or build much for 3K, unless you use the 3K as an initial investment and add "X" dollars a month or week to the project as time goes on.

For instance, the last car I built, I allowed myself an initial investment of about $2,000 and a budget of $50 per week after that. This was a scratch built T with IFS and a BB Ford. The $2K allowed me to buy the body and all the steel I needed to construct the frame and suspension, along with some other goodies. When it came to the front coilovers, I decided to use Alden Americans ($500 for the pair), so it took me 10 weeks to save the money to buy them. I was on that project for 8 years and had it about 80% completed before some fellow from Camp Verde Arizona made me a deal to trade out of it. That's just how it works.

If you don't want to invest a lot of money, be prepared to invest a lot of time. Diligent scrounging can turn up a lot of "deals", but the project can run on for years.