I probably should have started a build thread a long time ago, but better late than never...:goodfinge
This whole fiasco started about a year ago, I found the old girl on Craigslist, while I was looking for a project cheap enough to buy myself as a first car, for a grand total of 300 pesos. How could I argue with that sorta luck? Fast forward a few weeks later, moving day, me and my dad were tinkering with it in the PO's driveway to see if it could be moved onto the flatbed more easily, a no-spark diagnosis, and a quick trip to Autozone for a new DSII box, and she was up and running! The before pics are in my garage thingamawhatsit, but here are a few after some miscellaneous fix-ups...
After a few baths, scraping off the awful window stickers, some newer wheels (free from a family friend off his scrapped truck), and newer 31s (cheap from a buddy at school)
New SuperWinch hubs
New Duraspark module
After a tune-up (plugs/wires, cap/rotor, belts, air filter/oil change, fuel pump) and new PS pump
(sexy six cyl in background)
Rebuilt the carb myself
Cleaned up/derankified interior (new brake booster/master on seat)
New stereo (part I) (much more to come eventually:toothless)
Wiring mods for stereo
Not pictured: new plastic gas tank/filler neck, new e-brake cable, trans/t-case oils changed, new carpet to be put in (eventually)
As with every build, ya gotta have a To-Do List (that'll be changed a million times anyway)...
In no real order:
Put in new booster/master
Rebuild or Replace Rear Driveshaft
Swap in granny gear 4 speed (still up in the air)
EFI exhaust
NOS Edelbrock 1-barrel intake (?)
Duratracs (when the cash cow shows up)
Full rust repair/paint job (thinking of going with at least one of the orig colors)
Reupholstery or schmancy seat covers
I'll try to keep this thread as updated as possible
(hope this was enough to satisfy y'alls pic fetishes, I may be back with more later opc1
This whole fiasco started about a year ago, I found the old girl on Craigslist, while I was looking for a project cheap enough to buy myself as a first car, for a grand total of 300 pesos. How could I argue with that sorta luck? Fast forward a few weeks later, moving day, me and my dad were tinkering with it in the PO's driveway to see if it could be moved onto the flatbed more easily, a no-spark diagnosis, and a quick trip to Autozone for a new DSII box, and she was up and running! The before pics are in my garage thingamawhatsit, but here are a few after some miscellaneous fix-ups...
After a few baths, scraping off the awful window stickers, some newer wheels (free from a family friend off his scrapped truck), and newer 31s (cheap from a buddy at school)
New SuperWinch hubs
New Duraspark module
After a tune-up (plugs/wires, cap/rotor, belts, air filter/oil change, fuel pump) and new PS pump
(sexy six cyl in background)
Rebuilt the carb myself
Cleaned up/derankified interior (new brake booster/master on seat)
New stereo (part I) (much more to come eventually:toothless)
Wiring mods for stereo
Not pictured: new plastic gas tank/filler neck, new e-brake cable, trans/t-case oils changed, new carpet to be put in (eventually)
As with every build, ya gotta have a To-Do List (that'll be changed a million times anyway)...
In no real order:
Put in new booster/master
Rebuild or Replace Rear Driveshaft
Swap in granny gear 4 speed (still up in the air)
EFI exhaust
NOS Edelbrock 1-barrel intake (?)
Duratracs (when the cash cow shows up)
Full rust repair/paint job (thinking of going with at least one of the orig colors)
Reupholstery or schmancy seat covers
I'll try to keep this thread as updated as possible
(hope this was enough to satisfy y'alls pic fetishes, I may be back with more later opc1