I may have unloaded my rc car collection but I will never leave RCC and with that said. I am going to build a scale version of my new 1:1 soon. Now if I could just find that Blazing Blazer body....... :twisted:
Well, I was looking around on Flea bay this past Thursday for some 14 bolt disk brake conversion brackets or a complete disc brake conversion kit. So I typed in my usual search key words..... Dana60,14 Bolt,NP 205,and Disc brakes. And after scrolling half way down the page I see this.. I read the description and fell in love with this 1976 Jimmy High Sierra. The truck was down in South Florida but was an original rust free Arizona truck. After exchanging a few emails and phone calls with the owner of the truck on Thursday and Friday the wife and I loaded up the truck and hooked to the trailer a took off to West Palm Beach,FL. Which is 865 miles from my house in Gonzales,La.
I left Gonzales at 0430 CST and pulled up at the owners house in West Palm Beach,FL at 2100 EST. It was the typical trip when you travel with a woman...... I will not open that can of worms. I looked the truck over for a good hour and a half trying to figure out why no one jumped on this thing already and I could not find and thing wrong with the truck. It does have some rust on the rockers and the passenger door needs replaced along with the hood also. No big deal I when to school to do paint and body work. I climbed up under the truck and started looking around, the tub is rust free and flawless.
This truck has tons of time and money put into it already, I would have been stupid not to buy it. It has a GM Dana 60 front, 14 Bolt rear with 4:56 gears. The front has a lock right and the rear has a Detroit locker. The axles came from a 1 1/4 CUCV with 28000 miles on it. The transmission is a K case TH400 that has been built up to handle a 450 Hp 454. The previous owner started with a K case and went from there. The truck has a NP 205 and I am going to get all the stuff to twin stick the NP 205. I know I will not get all the advantages of a twin stick NP 205 until I get a ARB locker and cutting brakes but it is a start in the right direction.
This truck is a rolling advertisement for Off Road Design. It has ORD grease able shackles front and rear, ORD sway bar disconnects, ORD steering box braces, ORD u bolt flip kit, 14 bolt disc brake kit from ORD, Tom Woods drive shafts with 1350 u joint throughout, 4 inch BDS lift, 1/4 diff covers, All the extra frame bracing from a 1 1/4 cucv for the front of the frame rails. as you can see the list is long. The owner gave me a folder with all receipts for the build up and the total cost was about $14,750.00 for everything put into this built up. I felt good giving the owner 3000.00 because all the times I have lost my butt building 4x4 up.
I bought the truck without a motor so I plan to swap in a GM 5.3 or a LQ9 6.0. I want EFI on this thing for sure I am tired of controlled fuel spills (carbs). I have a brand new 454 I could set down in the fenders of this thing but I am going to try to luck up and find a low mileage 5.3,6.0 or maybe even a 6.2 from a Caddy,Denali, or Pickup. :twisted:
Anyway, enough jabber how bout some teasers ?
Dana 60 front 4:56 gears, Lock Right locker, 1/4 thick diff cover.
14 Bolt with 4:56 gears, Detroit locker, 1/4 tick diff cover, disk brakes, and a bolt on u joint guard.
Tiger strips and Autometer gauges that is so 1970's :twisted:
How about that 1970's Camaro string wrap steering wheel 8)
K case TH400 and a NP 205 MMMMMM, Beefy. ;-)
454 badges on a Jimmy ? That is not factory I promise. Soon to be the home for a New 5.3, 6.0, or hopefully fingers crossed a 6.2 and I don't mean the lazy gutless oil burner version.
Well, I was looking around on Flea bay this past Thursday for some 14 bolt disk brake conversion brackets or a complete disc brake conversion kit. So I typed in my usual search key words..... Dana60,14 Bolt,NP 205,and Disc brakes. And after scrolling half way down the page I see this.. I read the description and fell in love with this 1976 Jimmy High Sierra. The truck was down in South Florida but was an original rust free Arizona truck. After exchanging a few emails and phone calls with the owner of the truck on Thursday and Friday the wife and I loaded up the truck and hooked to the trailer a took off to West Palm Beach,FL. Which is 865 miles from my house in Gonzales,La.
I left Gonzales at 0430 CST and pulled up at the owners house in West Palm Beach,FL at 2100 EST. It was the typical trip when you travel with a woman...... I will not open that can of worms. I looked the truck over for a good hour and a half trying to figure out why no one jumped on this thing already and I could not find and thing wrong with the truck. It does have some rust on the rockers and the passenger door needs replaced along with the hood also. No big deal I when to school to do paint and body work. I climbed up under the truck and started looking around, the tub is rust free and flawless.
This truck has tons of time and money put into it already, I would have been stupid not to buy it. It has a GM Dana 60 front, 14 Bolt rear with 4:56 gears. The front has a lock right and the rear has a Detroit locker. The axles came from a 1 1/4 CUCV with 28000 miles on it. The transmission is a K case TH400 that has been built up to handle a 450 Hp 454. The previous owner started with a K case and went from there. The truck has a NP 205 and I am going to get all the stuff to twin stick the NP 205. I know I will not get all the advantages of a twin stick NP 205 until I get a ARB locker and cutting brakes but it is a start in the right direction.
This truck is a rolling advertisement for Off Road Design. It has ORD grease able shackles front and rear, ORD sway bar disconnects, ORD steering box braces, ORD u bolt flip kit, 14 bolt disc brake kit from ORD, Tom Woods drive shafts with 1350 u joint throughout, 4 inch BDS lift, 1/4 diff covers, All the extra frame bracing from a 1 1/4 cucv for the front of the frame rails. as you can see the list is long. The owner gave me a folder with all receipts for the build up and the total cost was about $14,750.00 for everything put into this built up. I felt good giving the owner 3000.00 because all the times I have lost my butt building 4x4 up.
I bought the truck without a motor so I plan to swap in a GM 5.3 or a LQ9 6.0. I want EFI on this thing for sure I am tired of controlled fuel spills (carbs). I have a brand new 454 I could set down in the fenders of this thing but I am going to try to luck up and find a low mileage 5.3,6.0 or maybe even a 6.2 from a Caddy,Denali, or Pickup. :twisted:
Anyway, enough jabber how bout some teasers ?
Dana 60 front 4:56 gears, Lock Right locker, 1/4 thick diff cover.
14 Bolt with 4:56 gears, Detroit locker, 1/4 tick diff cover, disk brakes, and a bolt on u joint guard.
Tiger strips and Autometer gauges that is so 1970's :twisted:
How about that 1970's Camaro string wrap steering wheel 8)
K case TH400 and a NP 205 MMMMMM, Beefy. ;-)
454 badges on a Jimmy ? That is not factory I promise. Soon to be the home for a New 5.3, 6.0, or hopefully fingers crossed a 6.2 and I don't mean the lazy gutless oil burner version.
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