The 75 Buck Truck

[Bassin Buick 0]

Here is the story behind the 75 buck truck. The tranny went out in the buick , and my mother in law mentioned a friend of hers had a truck that a junk man was scheduled to pick up for 75 bucks. Well i had every intention of paying 75 bucks and selling it to the scrap yard for 300-400. But when i got to the owners house , he said it runs , but its pouring water everywhere. A shop quoted him 1200 bucks for head gaskets. So i decided to crank it up and see what this truck was all about. Come to find out it only needed a freeze plug!!! So i shut my mouth and gave the owner his 75 bucks in exchange for the title.

Now another "need to know" tidbit about this build is so far i haven't spent a dime on the install. Everything was aquired through multi item trades , or hand me downs from local buds after i had to sell off the buicks equipment. So its pretty friggin special if you think about it to have a vehicle that slams nicely and have under $150 invested in the entire project.

Heres a picture of it the day i bought it. (BTW , this isnt a before/after thing. I WILL NOT BE DOING ANY EXTERIOR UPGRADES BESIDES SOAP AND WATER! LOL)

So here is the current rundown on the equipment installed in this beast.

Headunit : eXcelon X592 w/80 gig ipod connected

Front Stage Amp : Audiopipe AP2004 (thanks Zade08)

Front Stage : Diamond Hex 6.5" Woofers , Midranges and Tweeters From A Decent HT Set (active)

Subwoofer Amp : First Gen Earthquake PH-D2 Modded For More Power And Lower Impeadance (Rated 1150 @ 4 , 2000 @ 2 , and said to do a little more at lower impeadances when modded)

Subwoofer : 1ST Gen PowerAcoustik MOFO 12" (Thanks Phatboi)

Enclosure : Home Built 1.85 CF @ 32Hz (Someone told me the truck is a redneck truck , so the white trashiness of the box is irony at its best. People look and laugh , then jaws drop when i spin the knob.)

Heres where the "use whats laying around mentality" came to me. The day i got it legal i realized i had no tunes , so i went rooting through all my stuff and came up with an iPod connected to this

And here they are installed

But the polks didnt last long and that passive just wasnt my style. So i pulled it all and went back to the drawing board.

ended up with this amp (thanks again Zade08)

And doors that look like this (thanks yet again Zade08)

And the A-pillars (i cant believe the imaging and SQ i get on some songs with these cheapo's) it will get a different treatment in the future but here they are now

[Bassin Buick 0]

I got the earthquake for my brother but he doesnt want it so i'm using it till i can buy it back from him.

And the sub came from phatboi (he said it had coil rub , turned out to be a cracked basket. JB Weld is AWESOME!!)

And the box was a homebuilt POS my cousin put together originally for 2 12's sealed. I knocked out the center divider , braced it , capped off the extra hole , measured , calculated and ended up with one ugly but fully functional ported encloure thats 1.85@32hz.

[Bassin Buick 0]

and after someone made a redneck comment i went for the full blown white trashiness. (Yes , thats an entire roll of duct tape , a confederate flag , and a 4" septic tank pipe.)

And here is some nice shots of the EQ amp (modded and am now running @ 1 ohm) its pretty damn nice.

[Bassin Buick 0]

And another thanks is in order for zade08 who gave me the noisey kenwood he recently fried. And my cousin for trading me her 80 gig ipod for my 8 gig touch. I got 11000 songs on tap!!

i will do some good video's in the near future and will possibly have it out at the usf show sometime soon. I gotta get a battery or two first though because as of today i rewired the sub to 1 ohm since i had a modded amp , and now this thing is a beast!! I know its only a matter of time before i have to get down and dirty and build me a real deal enclosure , but i think im gonna stay within the specs of this box. I really like the way it sounds. Well i'm out for now , opinions , suggestions , and laughs are all welcome. Thanks for reading the beginnings of my build log , hopefully i'll be able to add to it in the near future , and ill get some 1 ohm vids later on today. Here is one with the sub wired @ 4 ohms and the kenwood i have in the classifieds for 35 bucks right now. Ipad doesnt pick up flex like my touch did , but you can tell its moving air , but OMG it's so much better @ 1 ohm.

Edited November 29, 2011 by Bassin Buick

[Bassin Buick 0]

THE CRAPTACULAR 75 BUCK TRUCK!!

The OMG Horn (This Sucker Is LOUD!!!!!!) It's a EV Midrange Compression Driver With A 2" Voice Coil , On A Jensen Horn Thats Roughly Over 1 foot tall and 2 Feet Wide. It's AWESOME!!

Yes , i know i shouldnt be using that battery. But it is strapped down now , my windows stay down , and if it leaks...........WHO CARES?? Its a 75 dollar truck!!!

And here's an awesome vid of a car audio junkie in the making. (my daughter Aurora)

Edited November 29, 2011 by Bassin Buick

[PHATBOi 38]

Go to bed, lol. I got a VVX-12 and you have some RE comps to install tomorrow. I'll be out at daybreak if you wanna come thru.

[97T5WAGONPIMP 115]

man thats kind of fucked up i would have told the guy it only needed that plug

[Bassin Buick 0]

Copied my current build log from floridaspl. Here's the updated scoop on the 75 buck truck. I thought the sub was dying , come to find out someone had purposely stuck four 8" lengths of bare copper wire in my sub through the coil vent. After 2 hours of cutting and fishing i got it out and the sub is still banging. I blew the box apart at the seams at a local meet recently. And i got to demo for the king of bass himself , tommy mckinney. He must have liked the build , because he donated 2 sets of RE Audio components to the build which i will be picking up tomorrow. Gonna build a new box soon but until then i will be redoing the baffles in the doors to accomadate the RE components.

[Bassin Buick 0]

man thats kind of fucked up i would have told the guy it only needed that plug

I hate liars! Stop posting in my thread bro , you know darn well if you were on foot and broke you would not dare point that out. Stop trying to be mr. honesty.

[Bassin Buick 0]

Go to bed, lol. I got a VVX-12 and you have some RE comps to install tomorrow. I'll be out at daybreak if you wanna come thru.

go keep being quiet in the trunk!! :secretly wishes the 75 buck truck had a clean/loud front stage like phatboi's:

[97T5WAGONPIMP 115]

I WOULD NEVER BUY A FORD and i would have told the old guy im not fucked up like you but hey you got a good deal i like the setup keep up the good work buddy