Gumby

Got a couple of exhaust studs out. New ones went in and the the Trailblazer down pipes and cats bolted up. The motor is about hammered in. Front clip is all back on. I don't know i should just print a radio delete plate. I have a 2 knob cassette...

Threw the front grill together. Wife helped me put the hood on for a pic. Dash is starting to come together Doors are getting stripped and sealed.

Starting to consolodate trucks. The Trailblazer i ended up with had been body swapped. This one has a really rusty frame.. This truck was clearly engineered for the return of the I6. The 5.3 is wedged in there. The front diff is bolted to the...

It keeps coming further apart. Cab needs to get back outside to get the underside cleaned. It can't get all that nastiness all over my clean shop. It's just dirt and crud, but it needs to stay outside. A little lace where the fire wall and...

Pay no attention to that other chassis in the background. I spent Tuesday and half of Wednesday driving to almost Iowa. About 700 miles round trip, including dropping down to Homer Glen and grabbing a co-pilot @4rnr for the last 2.5 hours of...

Rockers and cab corners too. Before and after

Insert welding montage with appropriate music of your choice in your head. Finished!

The cab has some rust. It's all fixable, but it's a welding job. B-pillars Roof overhang (eaves? Soffit? Brow? Visor? Sleeping berth for mice?) Rear of the cab. This was all expanding foam repaired. Rockers and inners. Windsheild frame Fire wall

3.92 - for my reference Pic for content - future LS coil covers. Decal repops available.

Got all 4 bleeders broken loose. PB Blaster and and awesome Snap On bleeder wrench I've had for 30 years. Got fluid to the fronts. No braking ability at all. Cut the last 4 bed bolts while it was in the air. Popped the bed with the tractor...

I got out the powerwasher sand blaster. It worked OK, but fiddly. I thought I might hook up the old pressure pot to force feed the powerwasher, and it worked out the pressure pot worked pretty great on its own. Orange melted right off, old red...

I love ITBs

The view today that made me realize I wasn't gonna drive this truck stock. I need brakes and axles that can do modern roads. 3 on the tree was novel, but driving around the yard was enough to know it would be a pain in the ass, especially...

Yeah. Well. My math skills being what they are, I looked at my rock auto wish list and the parts that had to come from a specialty shop, I bought a silverado. Dude took $600. Edit: dude said he'd take $600, but sold it to someone else. I bought a...

Started running roughing starting hard. AfR gauges showed way lean. Swapped in the new pump and filter from the red 72. Good to have a parts car. Cold War Motors sticker.

$250 for a water pump or $500 for a 5.3, 4l60 complete? 241 passenger drop from a burban. Hmmm. AMC 327 or GM 327?

Door cards are shot. The paisley ones from the brown doors are nifty. Interior must have been grey once

Just the best damn Jeep gille ever.

Powerwashed in and out. Did a comet wash. It just got more orange. You can see where i didnt do the door and only half the hood. Clearly had a carb fire once. Took a mallet and dolley to some of the more egregious dents. Bought a set of rollers...

327 AMC Vigilante 2 bbl. New Holley 2 barrel came on it. Would not turn over with the key, but the oil warning light came on. Battery was given a well deserved retirement. I can't believe it had any charge after 10 years. Engine cranked, but slow...

Dash looks to have been painted. The speaker grille was on the floor and the little jeep badge is missing. It came with 2 glove box doors, but no glovebox. They are available in ABS and I could probably print one, Seat is really good. Saddle...

Looks like the truck was a light blue metallic. I hope the orange was for a company or municipalityand not a choice. Bed seams are shot. Toyota mini owners know the wisdom of the bed sides and bed floor having a common weld seam. Scored a 2nd...

Next up. Benz is done. Lincoln is in no interest purgatory. Last week I was deep into a Porsche 928 rabbit hole. A cheap one had come up, but research showed the autos were significantly worse. Looking into manuals showed the prices have...

Fuel injection rails 1.0 isn't gonna work, but i learned a lot. Got some new, better blank fuel rail extrusion and the right drill bit to put all the right profiles in the injector holes. In the meantime I replaced all the rubber hoses under the...

Big test drive on Thursday. I drove down to meet up with the Hot Rod Power Tour about 160 miles away near Lake Erie. Longest road trip by a big margin so in typical fashion I went to repair a problem with a giant complicates fix. I ordered blank...