I've been hanging around for a while now and thought I'd post some pics in one spot.
This is what the rig looked like a couple of days after we bought it. When we got it it had a 360, 727, 208 and stock CAD44 and 9.25 with 4" lift (rear blocks) and 36" swampers. Both axles were open and I don't even know what ratio they were.
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Some of the early mods included:
1. New (JY) column to fix the floppy tilt steering
2. Fixed the passenger electric motor to the window (PITA)
3. New seats since I found some cushy ones in the JY
4. Eliminated smog and installed dual exhaust
5. Swapped out 208 with another 208 so it would stay in 4 lo.
6. Replaced rear stacked blocks with Rouogh Country springs.
Here is a pic of the rear bumper that my father in law and I built:
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Next big item was swapping in a non CAD 8 bolt dana 44 and dana 60 rear with 4.10. I went through the 44 and replaced everything at the outers and cleaned and painted both axles.
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Not long after swapping in the 44 and 60 I came across an 88 w250 with F&R 60's and am in the process of rebuilding the front 60 to swap in with a 14 bolt that I have with 4.56's and a Detroit. I will post up some progress pics of that during the regear / rebuild.
I installed a pontiac HEI unit and foiund out that they spin backwards, so I replaced that unit with a buick and finally have it running again. To see the HEI install click here
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This is what the rig looked like a couple of days after we bought it. When we got it it had a 360, 727, 208 and stock CAD44 and 9.25 with 4" lift (rear blocks) and 36" swampers. Both axles were open and I don't even know what ratio they were.
Some of the early mods included:
1. New (JY) column to fix the floppy tilt steering
2. Fixed the passenger electric motor to the window (PITA)
3. New seats since I found some cushy ones in the JY
4. Eliminated smog and installed dual exhaust
5. Swapped out 208 with another 208 so it would stay in 4 lo.
6. Replaced rear stacked blocks with Rouogh Country springs.
Here is a pic of the rear bumper that my father in law and I built:
Next big item was swapping in a non CAD 8 bolt dana 44 and dana 60 rear with 4.10. I went through the 44 and replaced everything at the outers and cleaned and painted both axles.
Not long after swapping in the 44 and 60 I came across an 88 w250 with F&R 60's and am in the process of rebuilding the front 60 to swap in with a 14 bolt that I have with 4.56's and a Detroit. I will post up some progress pics of that during the regear / rebuild.
I installed a pontiac HEI unit and foiund out that they spin backwards, so I replaced that unit with a buick and finally have it running again. To see the HEI install click here
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