Yanked the interior

new floor:

new tails:

yanked the hard top:

 

soft top on:

new seats:

 

Got to say the "direct fit" corbeau brackets are complete sh*t. The driver side went ok at best and the passenger side was a joke. I had to make my own holes and anchors. I contacted corbeau but the esentially told me to go F*** myself. Not only that but the passenger side no longer "tumbles". I knew I should have fabbed up some myself. The seats themselves are pretty nice and very comfortable.

 

I originally planned on building a mid 80s land cruiser but due the vehicle being out of state and not running it was a pain in the ass to try to title in Oregon. I do have a great list of parts that I'm robbing from it though:

-Recently refreshed Big Block 454
-Griffin Radiator
-Gov bomb14 bolt rear end (to be replaced with either a detroit or arb)
-Dana 60 front with a TBD locker in the front (to be replaced with an arb)
-203/205 with NWF shifters/cables
-TH350 with an art carr shifter (to be swapped out to TH400 or 4L80e)
-PSC steering ram and pump
-Drilled and tapped Chevy steering box
-63 in rear springs
-8" Superlift springs up front
-Drivelines
-Etc...

Decent factory heads:

 

Also have some other stuff stashed for the build:

Raceline beadlocks:

42s:

a couple winches:

ORD shackle flip and ez inch:

 

Last pic.... I was over at the barn tinkering last night and rolled the 42s over to it just to get an idea of where this build was heading:

 

I was poking around your Cruiser thread the other day........this should be fun.

 

Always enjoy your builds. I'm actually kinda flattered that you were checking it out. Were you looking at the first (blue one) I built or or the more recent one (the donor cruiser of this thread)?

 

That thing is beautiful. I would have a hard time even thinking about wheeling it.

 

This build is going to be more of a good ol'boy truck for mud and light crawling. The crawling thing is cool but I'm kinda over it at this point. I want something that is going to be fun to drive to the dunes, play in the mud, and peel out in the neighborhood.

 

If I'm not mistaken, that steering box you've got already tapped is an inside frame box. These trucks are outside frame boxes. It'll be a massive pain in the ass trying to get that box to work.

Love the truck though. Best front grille style in my opinion.

 

Good eye. Didn't even notice that yet. No big deal. Probably just sell the one I have and tap the one on the blazer.

 

Decision time... Build the Big Block and drop it in or get the one tons/tires under there? I don't want the rig to be down for the entire summer and want to enjoy it... so I want to do one or the other but not both at the same time.

So axles... that would require:

-a new steering box as my dana 60 is already set up for hydro and crossover steering (need 2wd box)

-xj shaft as long as I'm doing the box

-Top spring plates (UD plates from DIY4x)

-might as well grab new ubolts

-Driveshaft modifcations- this one is tough. I have the doubler and the th400 to think about and dont really want to pay to modify them twice.

-pretty sure I can rob the brake lines from the parts rig but need fittings

-Shocks

-new 14 bolt perches

-traction bar

-modify exhaust as it terminates right where the shackle reversal would be

-degree shims

-rear 4" lift springs to match the 8" springs up front (shackle reverse to make up the difference)

-dyna beads for balancing beadlocks/tires.


What else am missing?

OR

Motor swap/build-

-DYI4x competition mounts

-electric fuel pump

-fuel pump regulator

-headers. Looks like people are pretty happy with the sanderson BB8s?

-Build exhaust

-what else for the actual swap?

Oooo... and the back seat came back today. For those in Oregon, Beaverton Upholstery did a fantastic job. Very very pleased with their work.

Drove it to work today too:

 

What top is that and where did you buy it? Diggin it so far, gonna be pretty cool when it's done.
Travis..

 

Got it direct from soft topper. It is a great top. No complaints.

 

I'd get the tons ready to go and hopefully swap them in over a long weekend.

Keep the K5 a driver until then.

Do it in stages with completed drop in sub assemblies.

I've lost so damn much time and wheeling cuz I tore my shit down with too many lofty goals that my free time could not cash...

My daughters, my job and my home always took precedence.

 

I hear ya there... My blue cruiser was like that. Managed to pack up my wife 3 kids plus and gear into it yesterday for a day out at my brother in laws house. It was really kinda fun to get the fam in there and drive out there with the top rolled up.



My little girl fishin'



My brother in law has a pretty sweet baja that we ran around the property (80 acres)... Even has a motorcycle track on the property.



Needs maintenance and this is just one part of it

 

Oregon just totally ROCKS over 48 other states....Alaska tops it.

Enjoy your girls....they grow up too fast.

 

I think the axles would be the logical first step, I put tons under mine pretty easy, almost everything was reused. I changed the u-bolts and the front u-joint in the front driveshaft. That's all I can remember changing off the top of my head, shafts fit fine on the length. Steering gear box can be done reasonably too and might be a great time to add the brace to help prevent cracking the frame. I like the redo on the back seat, whole blazer looks pretty nice overall. Now update us....

 

Not a ton to update. I've been enjoying driving around the H-bomb this summer.

Part of my hesitation to get started with the donor parts that I already have is the space I have to work in. The donor rig has been at my buddies "barn" that has a gravel floor. There is a TON of room in there but the gravel makes EVERYTHING a chore to get done.

SO... I fixed that problem by buying a house with a 5000 sq. shop on it. A lot of it is taken up by the sport court but there is plenty of room for a "shop" area along with enough room for a proper car lift (that I budgeted in).

I'll get some better pics of the shop once we get possession of the house next Friday.


In the meantime, I've been quietly collecting parts for when I'm ready in the shop. Stay tuned...

 

So I have been putting off the build due to moving... I bought a shop (which happened to come with a house) a few months ago and I've been busy with a remodel and general maintenance. The shop is 5000 sq ft but most is taken up by sport court for the kids:

Pretty cool for them and there is enough left over space for me and my projects...

I've really wanted a lift ever since we move here...my wife surprised me yesterday for Christmas:

 

... and we have lift off:

Kids approve

Still got to finish some stuff up on the house/property but things will start going fast on the Hbomb build soon enough.

Merry Christmas all!

 

Nice shop, lucky guy.

 

Nice truck, I love blazers.... Jealous as hell of your shop too!

 

Got going a bit more... not a ton but progress:

opened up the axle and found this... 4:10s and welded which isnt going to work for this build...

 

Started going through the axles and decided to rebuild:

Yanked the axles:

Then started sizing up tire size:

Then dropped off the axles for 5:13s and Arb's:

 

What size were those toyo's? Like the Truck BTW.

 

Thanks!

38x14.5

 

That being said... these are not the tires/wheels I am going to run. I'd like to run the 39.5 Pitbull on my beadlocks but they are so damn wide...

 

38x14.50... Were they the 385/70/r16's? Not trying to sidetrack your thread. Just curious cause I was thinking about that size toyo MT on my 77k20.

And pitbulls will be sweet...

 

38x14.50x16... I think they discontinued that size.

No worries about the thread by sidetracked... I usually hi-jack my own threads so all comments are welcome here, related or not.

 

Going to look awesome.
Need to get working on my K5 hopefully soon.
Joe