[cruiser_guy]

Originally Posted by Mikesta

Nice rig. I remember the excitement when you picked it up! What are your plans for it? The engine looks like it was rebuilt, but thats coming from a rookie. The body on this beast look to be in great condition!

so is your blinker assembly... nice!

Have you figured out what the bumper is off of?

The truck is in progress as we speak. I'll be adding pictures as I have time but the plan is a diesel swap to a 3B-II diesel which I picked up last week and an H41 granny tranny and 3 speed transfer which I hope to mate to the engine tomorrow! A turbo is also planned and possibly an intercooler if I can locate one in my travels.
The body is not too bad, there are issues along the rain gutter and the rear windows for sure and I expect to find other issues when I start the body in ernest in a few weeks. It's been skim coated with bondo which is a common practice here in Central America.
The engine as been rebuilt several times and the bearings are already max undersized and the pistons are nearly max over so this engine is NOT going back in. I've had the kids "plastigauge" the bearing clearances and they are all 1.5 times maximum already too.
I've since located the correct blinker assembly (two just in case one doesn't work).
I've got NO idea what the bumper is from but I can say it ain't going back on (unless someone can show me it's stock which I am 99.9% sure is NOT the case).