My new build thread: Stage 4!

[swyfor5]

Couple more Pic's!

[VA72C10]

Looks right at home!!! With Great room all around to work on it!!!

[swyfor5]

Thank's a lot VA! Big step for me here. Gotta save cash for the rest of resto! Sat out in barn tonight for a while, next to K5- planning next steps-AWESOME!

[swyfor5]

Just ordered up a new radiator core support from WES at Classic heartbeat. Got looking at mine and decided I didn't want to reuse it. It probably is saveable, but I figure I'm going this far-what the heck! Working 7 days a week, hard to get anything done. Hmm, going out to the barn.

[swyfor5]

Looking for battery tray ideas, ordered up the new core support and don't think I want to go with the stock setup. Want a auxilary tray also for the soon to be installed winch too. Looking at optima stuff, anybody got pic's of thier setups?

[VA72C10]

One option would be to install two drop down battery boxes somewhere at the rear of the frame. Cpp sells them but I've found them cheaper online. If you put them at the rear the added benefit is weight over the rear tires for

[mcmlxix]

Originally Posted by swyfor5

Looking for battery tray ideas, ordered up the new core support and don't think I want to go with the stock setup. Want a auxilary tray also for the soon to be installed winch too. Looking at optima stuff, anybody got pic's of thier setups?

ARTEC


OR to mount to the frame somewhere....



Speedway Motors

[swyfor5]

Still looking for battery tray ideas. Dad helped me build a couple poorman tool box/work tables today after work. Had two old corner counter tops from a teardown, and used osb board and cement blocks to make my temporary tool benches. Not real pretty, but money is tight right now. Also, need to get all the tools out there next to the K5! Try and get some pic's up as soon as I get a little more done. Been thinking about the battery trays, and I think I might want to go with the stock type look, both with the main and the aux. Anybody got pic's of thier battery setups?

[swyfor5]

Got some pic's of the radiator core support I got from WES today. Also pic's of the tubing from Ballistic, and pic's of some of the back filling on the pole barn!

[swyfor5]

Rest of pic's for now!

[swyfor5]

Started moving tools up to the barn. Working on cleaning out wifes garage and the basement! Gotta work 7 days this week again, starting to get old! Way too much stuff to do and no time to do it. 9 or 10 hours of work a day leaves no play for blazer time! Did order up a new 4.5 cubic ft. refigerator for the barn though, should be here soon! No electric up there yet, but got a good deal on a new fridge! GOTTA HAVE COLD BEER!

[swyfor5]

Fedex dropped off new fridge today! Still no electric in there, but nice fridge ready to go! More tools and parts going in barn tonight, kinda fun setting it up the way I want it!

[swyfor5]

My sand guy dropped off 14 more yards of sand tonight. Awesome, worked on moving about 6 or so yards into place, will try and finish up tommorrow night. After that he will drop some black dirt, and I will plant grass seed after! Did get a few more tools moved up to the barn, way too much work and not enough play! I am very happy with the way my storage/k5 pole barn is working out! Filling up fast though, gotta organize all this stuff!

[swyfor5]

Sand is done! I know because my back is killing me! Waiting on topsoil now. Working on moving blazer parts out of wife's garage tonight. Pic's this weekend!

[VA72C10]

cool! Looking forward to the weekend pics!

[swyfor5]

Busted butt and moved almost all the tools up to the barn. Pops say's he has some more Pontiac money coming in soon! So cool my Dad is in to me finishing this K5! He built/not bought his 66 Pontiac. Looking at Painless wiring setups, and am saving up for that!

[swyfor5]

Rain day today, but got some work done. Here's some pic's of the barn interior getting smaller everyday!

[swyfor5]

Here's a few more!







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[VA72C10]

Looking good! nice parts and setup.

[vtblazer]

Very cool!

You got your shop built!

[swyfor5]

Thank's guy's! Good to see ya back on here VT! It's been a long road to get the barn built, but it's done now and I can make some real progress. I've got almost everything to swap in the 1 ton axles and do the crossover/high steer setup. Also do the rear shackle flip, and setup the 14 bolt rear with disc brakes. Oh, and install the new poly body mounts. Then I will probably move on to getting the new body and floor panels welded in. Wow, the list goes on and on.

[RossRinSD]

Where did you get the front bumper?



Looking for something similar for my K10

[swyfor5]

Kennesaw mtn.com- I like it, but be careful. I am going to have to rework it to make it how I want it. Follow my bumper thread from way back and it was a nightmare! Told them exactly what I wanted, and got something different! Took months to get it and still have to redo it, but am still happy with the design,so can make it work! Buddy up the road at Chaos offroad is going to fab up my rear bumper. Just ordered up the spare tire swivel/bearing/spindle setup from AtoZ Fabrication!Also, will have to to do some extra fab work to the Kennesaw frt bumper to reinforce the winch area, but my buddy can do that no problem once the the winch is fabbed up in there!Planning on adding some old school kc off road lights to the front bumper after changing the outer tubing to how I want it! I will have good recovery points onboard frt and rear once this done!

[RossRinSD]

lol, Just finished reading the whole thread. It never hurts to hear about how the rest of you guys are struggling through all the everyday stuff.

I finally got my workshop built about a year ago, had to borrow about $7 grand to get it finished. I was renting out a room to a buddy, but he moved out last week, that sure put a dent in the funds for projects.

Then, I burned up the transmission in my 04 Silverado.

The faster I put money in the fun envelope, the faster crap needs fixing. Seems like a struggle just to get a few dollars together. I quit drinking and started skipping lunches to save money faster... The next big project is an axle swap to disc brakes, that includes new wheels to clear, switch to 8 lugs, and of course 35 inch tires, too.

I'll see if I can't find your bumper thread.

At least I've got a little Colorado for a work truck I take home everyday.

[swyfor5]

Right on R! My DD is a 01 S10 4door. Ordered up a swingout spare tire carrier kit from AtoZ Fab last night. My buddy at Chaos 4x4 is going to fab me up a custom rear bumper to kinda match my frt one. Something a long the lines of Burt4x4's design. 40" tire or so, which means it has to be beefy stout! I went with the mega spindle kit to get the heaviest setup. Tubing will be along the lines of the tubing on the frt bumper and the future family cage setup.