Jim Bob a build thread

[Wasted Dragon]

Awesome build man, and I like the placement of the head unit above the Air controls. I have mine under it and the linkage from the air control unit will get caught, so I can't really use it. Not that it's useful at all anyways lol.

[motornut]

Originally Posted by Wasted Dragon

Awesome build man, and I like the placement of the head unit above the Air controls. I have mine under it and the linkage from the air control unit will get caught, so I can't really use it. Not that it's useful at all anyways lol.

thanks
i havn't had time to finish and trim up the Jimmy yet but getting some ideas
when I swap the newer tilt coloum(88) i'm going to end up with the 89 bezel(wood grain)
crossover will be going in then,taking up the "gap"
I worked out the design last week for speaker boxes where the rear ashtrays were

[motornut]

got the last bit of stump and tree out

1978 Jimmy stump tug - YouTube

[motornut]

seen this 56 the other day,not much goin on with the 78 right now

[motornut]

We take the 78 for the winter storms
I love the 4X4,no probs with it,keep the shifter lubed,it works great
the 31s are a pain in the deep snow,tracking in others ruts is fun,
gona swap to stock skinnys next winter.
did the christmas parade this year,my half hour version

2013 Christmas parade - YouTube

had to add music the exhaust sounded terrible...

[motornut]

first storm

20131128 - YouTube

[motornut]

caught a rear ender,while doing a move,nobody got hurt tho

20140104 - YouTube

[motornut]

dashcam also caught a girl running a stop sign,she would have hit me if I didn't stop

20140114 - YouTube

[motornut]

finally replaced my "temp"speaker boxs,just using a board for now sounds/looks better tho

[motornut]

Tore out my Dads bathroom,ahhhh power tools to the rescue
surprise (we were just going to replace the toilet 2 weeks ago) lol
no back seat and 530lbs later.....

[kikkegek]

always fun to read your updates bro

[motornut]

thanks I've thought I should go over the cluster swap a bit better.
I didn't take too many final wiring shots.

[motornut]

out comes JimBob for the winter

[motornut]

only had a couple of snow storms so far,and ice storm too

[motornut]

-28 and colder with the windchill.
Got hit in the work van while it "was parked "
Guy hit black ice before the snow bank,up the sidewalk
hit street lamp post,drivers side(street light fell on snowbank)
hit restaurant sign post on pass side,
and still enough push to turn van around 180 degrees(parked facing street)....
boss says "nobody got hurt" the rest can be fixed...

well I'm sure that 17 teen year olds' truck is a write off.

[kikkegek]

glad you are OK buddy!

[motornut]

Havn't heard how bad the van is yet but told it's @ $80,000 to replace it.
and months to make it

[motornut]

Yup toasted that one, got a rental.....

[motornut]

how it looked when bought new 2010
after floor modded
brought out on the loader for clean out
my "new" heated white leather seats,prob for the 78
about an inch wider track

[motornut]

We got a new 2015 dodger Van,seems Shoppers Drug Mart has them made up now in stock.
we've already got 5,000k on it.
Doubt I'm gona put those seats in....

[motornut]

Got the house in order over the winter.
Got some oak trim done for the cupboards
Patio door all sealed up now,the dogs happy

[motornut]

We've decided to close up the yard...
whoever ripped up the hedge,really made a mess,thinned it right out,it's dying
thought maybe some lattace,@40$ per sheet it looks good.
We thought snow fencing,but would not stop another dog
Turns out Rona had a clearance sale on 6' chain link.
those three rolls (130+ ft)and a 4X3 gate $100.
Drove to every store around me looking for more....none
Stopped at a pro fence place,they were nice,and gave me 20% off cause I was paying full price for another roll tho to finish it off the same.

[motornut]

10 loads of leaf and yard waste....to the dump

[motornut]

quite the pile.... gone now
thinking of gravel for under where the truck parked.
remove most of the curb too,prob to the back tire