Recent content by trevor philipps

Over the last 2 weekends I solved another 3-d puzzle with no parts. The bottom of the driver side radiator core support was hanging in thin air. I drilled out all the spot welds. Put the parts in diy evapo rust (citric acid and washing soda). Then welded in a bunch of new metal. It’s pretty...

Power steering pump success! Just case someone is searching. When using the well sorted frame mount (Frame adapter) it pushes the engine a bit driver side, This causes an interference with the power steering pump return line and the steering gear. When using the stock LQ4 bracket I had. I...

Gotta save money where I can, still have a long ways to go. And compared to rust repair early on, this will be a breeze.

Had a free day today, poked at the radiator support. This should be fun to put back together after dealing with all the rust. Ls swap power steering pump question: What pump are people using that does not interfere with the steering gear box???

I used the wolf steel replacements on my build. Had to bend a bit but worked out ok.

Twin sticks are in and the the rear spring perches welded on and bolted down on the 80 axles. The twin stick install with the universal AA kit was a bit of a challenge. Needed to fabricoble another bracket to place the pivot point like the clutch slave cylinder. I’m not sure I super like the...

Hey team, its been a bit, had a few more weeks to work on Colonel Mustard here, and made some big progress. Last we left off the body was on the frame, now we are moving on to suspension with 80 series axles and LS engine placement. Most of this has been covered elsewhere. A while back Eaton e...

Had one whole day to work on things in between inspections on my home remodeling project. Plugged a few holes on both a pillars that I had cut out a long time ago. Not sure when I’ll get to the roll cage but it’s still in the plan.

Good luck! It’s good to know it doesn’t need to be pretty!

Couple more photos of some of the work I could not fit into the main post.

New 4x4 labs bumper to match the bumper on my 60 project that I have not worked on in a while. Figured I’d quick weld this up, quick project. Welp I knew the quarter panels were bad, but these were really bad, I should have taken a photo of the before. I did my best to keep the to oem shape...

Looks great!

This is bringing back memories.

Body is back on the frame!!!! Pretty big moment for me here. I used some energy suspension universal body mounts and then made some spacers with some 3/16th polyethylene I cut with a hole saw to make up any height differences. Seemed to work ok. Saved a few dollars on the ridiculous project...

Wowee pretty fancy.