BluezClues build. Name hit me as it was the favorite tv show of my cousin who passed away right before the end of 2019. Having been in a wheelchair all his life, he would have enjoyed riding in some larger wheels the same color as his favorite tv show character.
I didn’t do a build thread on my 80 series LC because it was basically just in need of a good cleaning and baseline with some mods. It wasn’t in really bad shape (leather and carpet an exception to that), but my 79 Pickup (RN37) is definitely a build. Purchased in November 2020 in North GA from someone who had planned to make a rock crawler out of it who had purchased it 8-10 years previously from someone else who had the same idea. The individual from which I purchased it had it in his garage taking up space for the better part of a decade and had decided to focus on his 40 and 60 series projects.
I went to go look at it just to see if I would be interested in it and found that the truck was completely disassembled with the interior (including all glass, instruments, seats etc all removed) as well as the engine had 3 spun bearings and no oil pan or exhaust. Some rust in the usual spots on the front fenders, a spot in the bed and a rear bed skirt was rusted through.
The tires were soaked from the axle leaking out, the front seat (bench) wreaked of mold and all the brake and fuel lines were removed completely. The emergency brake was also found in the bed of the truck.
Well after a couple of days I ended up deciding I should take the project on knowing “some assembly required”, and it wasn’t going to be on the road for a while.
Build will take a while and have slow updates. Here are some pictures of it was I bought it including the day I took it home using my previous project vehicle.
I didn’t do a build thread on my 80 series LC because it was basically just in need of a good cleaning and baseline with some mods. It wasn’t in really bad shape (leather and carpet an exception to that), but my 79 Pickup (RN37) is definitely a build. Purchased in November 2020 in North GA from someone who had planned to make a rock crawler out of it who had purchased it 8-10 years previously from someone else who had the same idea. The individual from which I purchased it had it in his garage taking up space for the better part of a decade and had decided to focus on his 40 and 60 series projects.
I went to go look at it just to see if I would be interested in it and found that the truck was completely disassembled with the interior (including all glass, instruments, seats etc all removed) as well as the engine had 3 spun bearings and no oil pan or exhaust. Some rust in the usual spots on the front fenders, a spot in the bed and a rear bed skirt was rusted through.
The tires were soaked from the axle leaking out, the front seat (bench) wreaked of mold and all the brake and fuel lines were removed completely. The emergency brake was also found in the bed of the truck.
Well after a couple of days I ended up deciding I should take the project on knowing “some assembly required”, and it wasn’t going to be on the road for a while.
Build will take a while and have slow updates. Here are some pictures of it was I bought it including the day I took it home using my previous project vehicle.