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Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy
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Well here it is ! Estimated completion SEMA 2013 ! My wife decided she wanted her own vehicle that could haul the whole family and pull Cloud 9 to some long distance shows and of course showcase our product "Slosh TUbz Squared" ...so here we are project "SQUARE PEG" !!! It is a 1987 GMC JIMMY 4x4..soon to be a 2wd layed out on the ground ! LS powered, with a nice Retro theme probably go with the early round eye front end and a two tone paint with the early trim.....still deciding on colors ! So here is some pictures of it yesterday , i should have it at work today i will steam clean it top to bottom tonight , see if i can get the motor running so i can put that on craigslist (it is supposed to run great TBI 350) then start dissasembling all of the rest of the chassis ...more craigslist !
The first picture is me and my wife Sarah, i just thought i would show you who i am building this for . The rest are the beautiful original paint , zero rust 1987 Jimmy... project Square Peg !! This is going to be fun so stay tuned ! |
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I'll be watching.............http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ations/Eye.jpg
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Can't wait to see this one started Cheb!! Love the LS swap choice!!
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sweeeet !!! here we go again !!!!!
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Member hot trux has a pair of 73-80 NOS GM front fenders, if you decide to go with the early front end.
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Looking Good..........:metal:
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I'm in.
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Watching this one from the beginning!
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Finally some excitement over here!
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Mike I am looking forward to another great build..
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Looks like a good start
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I've got a 2wd frame if you want one, too.
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Looking forward to the build!
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I'm in !!
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In on page 1!
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In! Early nose ftw :D
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Definitely subscribing to this one.
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Joining the fun!..
Great times ahead, I can sense it already. |
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nice start.. wish i could find a cheap body need those eblems for my jimmy
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Seriously, this is going to be the bad azz Blazer I've always wanted to do if I knew how to do the cool work that he does! I wonder how high the posts will get with this build? |
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I am new to the Square body side, i am looking for all of the advice i can get ! So if you have any tips feel free to share ! I am planning on using the early front clip on this and my thoughts are to modify the early hood on the windshield side so i can still run the cowl panel , has anyone done this ?
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Will you be going with an aftermarket crossmember like Nate's or a stocker 1/2 ton? Or are you going to swap out the whole frame for a 2WD model? |
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thank you man, i am going to use the 4x4 frame as a base to work off of and yes i will use an aftermarket crossmember , just not sure on which one just yet !
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I'm in, DEFINITELY early nose!!
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i checked Nate's site but couldnt find any 4 wheel to 2 wheeldrive dropmember/bodydrop conversionkit (yet) but like i said before it shouldnt be too hard to build sumting that bolts to the frame on wish the stock dropmember can bolt ontoo
i seen some people use a f@rd crown vic frontsuspensionsetup the same way as a dropmember it allso has the rack and pinion in it and is eazy to adapt http://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gall...183849.520.390 i think it would be cheapest overall is to get a 1999 up half ton truck/suburb/blazer donor for the LQ4 engine and trans and maibe even the rearaxle (diskbrakes and abs sensors allready mounted on those from wat i found)not sure if the width will work on the blazer then again it might just take rims with a different ET to solve that if you can get the 99 up front spindles with the abs sensors to fit the a arms fitting the dropmember (im sure nathan can weld in a different kind of cup on his tubulair a arms if you need another type of balljoint to make that happen) you might even be able to put the complete anti lock brakesystem from the donor in the blazer good thing about using a donor is you can drive it to be sure everything important is running as it should from wat i read the interiours out of those newer trucks arent mush but maibe you can stil use the leather seats out of them im not sure wat will fit and wat wouldnt you have the luxury of selling cars like those and can drive them up a lift and take a tapemeasure to them to find out and prolly get a good price for a donor as whell |
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I'm in!!
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Tell her not to go with orange and white, and if she does you better get good insurance 'cause I'm coming to steal it!!!
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This is going to get out of hand quick! I just read the news and I'm way down here on page 2 already!!
Congrats on the Jimmy for Wifey!!! :gmc2: |
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We'd like to hear from Sarah once in a while too man. Who's really making all these tasteful choices for the Losh builds???
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LOL....the insanity continues !
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I am in. This thread will probably have 5 pages by the end of the day.
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