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Sorry some picts may be blurry or distorted never claimed to be photographer 
First day 3b got home in 2004



Beginning of tear down




After pulling engine this is what I found


Rusted solid only thing it was good for is a boat anchor
back to tear down





After the tear down I bought a 134 F head and rebuilt it








After building the f head I changed my mind and bought a 4.3 along with a sm465




After repairing the body I put a bed liner on the tub before adding 1/4 in alum diamond plate Cutting and bending this stuff was a nightmare After going through 4 grinders 2 saws all and a jig saw I found it cuts like butter using a circular saw with a 12 tooth carbide blade used to cut plywood go figure





Added flairs from a S-10 blazer on rear wheel wells
bed lined whole inside of tub

installed 4.3 along with sm465




installed fuel tank

I painted the body panels but they came out like crap so i will be stripping them and redoing them
here are a bunch of goodies my wife let me order to finish my jeep





I went with gray seats



cant wait till these goodies get here
one thing I would do different next time is use the sm420 its not as bulky with the 465 be prepared to cut out the center hump on floor
trans sits about 6 inches above the floor inside jeep
now going to fab up a floor pan like this

Almost forgot with my progress added a wood floor to the rear tub floor


and roll bar

also window frame

6 years and still going but considering I was down 4 years with cancer think I'm getting back on track
My goal to have finished is April 2011
this is the color I'm going with


Burgundy pearl candy

First day 3b got home in 2004



Beginning of tear down




After pulling engine this is what I found


Rusted solid only thing it was good for is a boat anchor

back to tear down





After the tear down I bought a 134 F head and rebuilt it








After building the f head I changed my mind and bought a 4.3 along with a sm465





After repairing the body I put a bed liner on the tub before adding 1/4 in alum diamond plate Cutting and bending this stuff was a nightmare After going through 4 grinders 2 saws all and a jig saw I found it cuts like butter using a circular saw with a 12 tooth carbide blade used to cut plywood go figure





Added flairs from a S-10 blazer on rear wheel wells

bed lined whole inside of tub

installed 4.3 along with sm465




installed fuel tank

I painted the body panels but they came out like crap so i will be stripping them and redoing them
here are a bunch of goodies my wife let me order to finish my jeep





I went with gray seats



cant wait till these goodies get here
one thing I would do different next time is use the sm420 its not as bulky with the 465 be prepared to cut out the center hump on floor
trans sits about 6 inches above the floor inside jeep
now going to fab up a floor pan like this

Almost forgot with my progress added a wood floor to the rear tub floor


and roll bar

also window frame

6 years and still going but considering I was down 4 years with cancer think I'm getting back on track
My goal to have finished is April 2011
this is the color I'm going with


Burgundy pearl candy
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