budget build mud toys

[hollywoodhillbilly]

Whats some rigs that can be built on the cheap that you can go out and play all day and not have much money in it. Im building my first mud rig and i wanna keep it cheap. what are some? Jeep with a 350? Chevy truck with an ls swap and carb conversion? Or go big with a 3/4  or 1 tonner with a big block or something totally different

[fordrunner]

Cheep is a Cherokee with spring 3.5 lift and 32s  leave the just put gears in and go nothing special and would probley run all day with no problems

[BAD APPLE]

No such thing as a cheap mud truck lol best thing to do if your looking for cheap is buy something already built a small pickup with a stock small block with anything from 35-40 inch tires

[hollywoodhillbilly]

I understand that. Im looking for something to build cheap in a pinch to get me going. I can always upgrade parts down the road when more cash is avalible.

[camok10]

I had 700 total into this and some borrowed 35's.

The truck it self was a 87 with a 305 tbi, th400 with a 208 case. Paid 50 for some 4" lift springs for the front off Craigslist. Bought a 3" block from advanced auto parts. The I bolts with it were to short so I bent some all thread around the axle and made my own. Then borrowed a friends 35's

It was fun and cheap



And when I got it

[Captn. J]

buy my courier project   and add drivetrain and u ll be good to go   a good foundation here

[MR NASTY]

I agree you can't go wrong with a Cherokee...plenty of parts out there and very capable unit

[Merc09]

Go to project blood thirsty in the project forums. I have about 5-600 in that lol. It took a while to build and its almost done.