Is there a Doctor in the house!!!

[autolabor]

My best friend tested mother nature and she won! Big time. He came around a corner and hit some wash boards, hit the gas and drive her right into a very large boulder. That was 2 1/2 years ago. I have since traded my old 1978 Ford 3/4 ton 4X4 straight accross for her. My friend wouldn't even get back into the Blazer after the accedent. She just sat out behind his garage for a year. I finally talked him into the trade. The really troubling part for him was I had just rebuilt the trans, engine, t-case, installed the Tuff Country 4" lift, new exhaust and rebuilt both front and rear drivelines for him including all new ball joints tie rods bearings seals, brakes etc. he had about $3500 in parts all that was left was interior and paint and rubber seals all around. He had only driven it 1 month and wham! Well anyway,I took the Blazer up to the Correctional Facility along with a new front clip I found in my local junk yard from a wrecked 71 Blazer along with thousands of dollars in parts from LMC Truck, Summit Racing etc and had them take the body off the frame remove evrything they could and paint or remove any rust from anything. 1 year 1/2 later I just got it back last summer. I had it fully painted with the Dodge "02" Artic Ice Blue inside and out, man they did a great job. Then the motor which only had maybe 1500 miles went south cause of the wreck. This Thursday, The new motor is going in! I can't wait anymore. I'll post pictures when she's running and all clean.

[Radiatta_71]

That had to hurt.

How did the rock fare?

[Gee_Emm]

Hmm, I wonder if I could take the Jimmy to a prison to get finished :p

[bouncytruck]

How much did it cost to have it finished? I didn't know you could do that? Where's the "AFTER" photos?

[Canadian694x4]

Ya I would love to see the new Photos....sounds pretty sweet.

[autolabor]

I work for the prison system here in Colorado so you could say it has it's benifits. The total cost parts and labor was $1875. The paint process is a three step process base coat, color and then clear. All in all they said they had to put nine total gallons plus reducer etc. The body shop manager said that they put on a total of 5 coats of clear over the color and sanded inside the truck and out side after each coat. The body shop inmates are paid $.25 a day for labor and you have to pay the regular rate for the paint. They had the truck for the better part of a year, because they are students learning as they go. A local body shop here in town said it would have run well into 5 to 6 grand if he had done the work there. I'm very pleased, it really turned out well. The pictures are forth comming. I'm installing the engine this week and it's sat outside for 6 months until I could raise the cash to rebuild the engine. I'll have them posted by next moth, weather permitting!