I was kinda bored and "test fitted" one of the 295/35-18 tires.. wow I hear mini tub and wide fenders LOL





I wanted to see how the tranny looks "in place"



and here I cut the knuckles for 13" C5 brakes




still have to wait for some more parts so I got all the interior & wiring out and test fitted the 59 bel air dash. still need a few more cuts & welds but you got the idea

 

Spohn steering and suspension stuff



C5 calipers & brackets




2012-03-03



2012-03-10

wire brushed the interior and painted it with some rust preventive paint

 

2012-03-24

I took off headliner and the old cardboard insulation




new carpet LOL




bye bye cardboard



lots of wire brushing, scuff and sanding and finally coated with rust preventive paint



time for some new butyl & aluminum insulation to the whole interior

 

2012-03-31

cleaned and painted some parts

 

2012-04-07



jeep cherokee steering shaft vs. g-body



blazer spindles, new hubs and kore3 c5 caliper brackets

 

2012-04-14

 

2012-04-21










got the hubs on, steering link, adapter brackets. grinded the stock C5 caliper abutment brackets little bit and painted black. wire brushed and cleaned front frame braces - i'll weld another tube/brace to them like the sc&c frame brace:



...ok - that's it so far!!!

 

lots of work going into that car but it will certainly be badass. keep the info coming. i would like to try a resto-mod someday... with no experience

 

Pretty cool project!! Lots of work too!!!

 

thx guys

 

Awesome!!!!!

 

thx

today I did some more painting parts and stuff. frame's finally back on all 4 - rolling chassis at least also got some braided fuel lines in

 

what's the eta on this machine?

 

eta? estimated time of arrival? uhm working hard to get it back on streets "asap"

okay some pics of today. got more work done to the 59 dashboard. now it kinda fits like a glove

 

yesterday got some some more work done on the 59 dash