project "Abby" resto rod with ls swap

[americanmuscle]

well this is just the very beginning on this project. I picked her up 2 weeks ago now from the lady who baught her off the lot, her son (I work with him) rebuilt the 305 and tossed in an rv cam, edelbrock carb and performer intake aroung 30k ago. she got a new truck so I picked up her old one.

future plans are a 6.0 with a cam and ported heads, 90mm intake, 4l80e, stall, posi(or rear end swap), drop, rebuild suspension(poly urithane), reapolster interior, paint, upgrade brakes, ect..

first day I brought her home






the body is solid, the small amount of rust on her is minor surface rust, the bed always had a crappy bedliner(which was dryrotted and I threw away) in it so the only dent in the ribs is from me.

found a suburban bumper with brackets and everything for cheap so my buddy and I threw it on during our lunch break. I hate the molding strip but the guy pretty much gave me the bumped when I got the brackets from him.



the bench seat is getting reapolstered as I write this in a dark grey, and the sunvisors to match. I'll be fiberglassing the dash and door panels and either painting them or wrapping them to match the seat. I plan on having her in a 2tone primer in less then a month that I will be rocking for a while, but will be similar to the final pain scheme.

updates soon.