71 2wd conversion project

[fxdxharley]

Well after searching for like 10 years, lurking on here for a few and finally having the funds to purchace a blazer I found one on ebay in price range. I went and got the 71 jimmy that had the rust repair started. it is an original maine truck so its pretty rotted. once i got it home and cleaned out i was a lilttle bummed. (the red one below). It pretty much needs every thing from the dash back. I sould say that it did come with most of the repair parts needed, rockers, a piller patches, outer flrs, cab suports, rocker boxes and end plates. But i came across a tub nother 71 blazer tub and went out to purchace it from a board member. this one is pretty decent. It is a south carolina trk. needs the usuall rocker area parts etc. (green tub). so this will save me time and lots of $$$ on the project. Now i have a 2nd frame in the works that has already been converted to 2wd from another board member. my plane is make it 2wd with c4 vette front susp ( that i have ) and eith rebuild stk 350 or upgrade to a ls1. here is a few starter pics. im going to be doing this with my 15 yo son too. he is starting auto trades int the fall.