Project: GOOBER, 1971 GMC

[jgammill]

Haven't updated in a little while. I've gotten a lot done lately.

Installed rear wheel wells. Taller, wider, and longer.



With my trip coming up this weekend I decided I better get my radio installed.

CD player and 6.5's in the dash and 2 10's behind the seats.



Installed my 2 way radio.



12,000lb winch tucked up high and tight between the frame rails.



And the most improtant thing, I tinted my windows.

[obijuan]

thats baller!

[RatRod68]

Looks great buddy. Maybe one day my explorer will wield the same fate...
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[jgammill]

Haha, thanks. It is alot of fun. I will have some action shots after this weekend. We have a big trip planned. Leaving out Friday morning.

[RatRod68]

Lucky. I haven't been out since the Crawl Reader's Ride. Hitting Harlan on October 26-27. That is looking to be my next trip the way things are going. Gotta give you some big time props for the fab work, and of course dumping the jaheep body.

This thing on PBB?

[jgammill]

We have another trip planned in the middle of October to Clayton. Have to get my rock sliders done before then. Crawl Magazine is supossed to be at this event. It's the Baer Trax annual run. Yeah, the Jeep was fun for a little while but this is SOOOOO much better!

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by jgammill

We have another trip planned in the middle of October to Clayton. Have to get my rock sliders done before then. Crawl Magazine is supossed to be at this event. It's the Baer Trax annual run. Yeah, the Jeep was fun for a little while but this is SOOOOO much better!

The guys and girls of Crawl Magazine are awesome. We all hung out at the Reader's Ride of the South after the events and just watched the band, and drank beer. It was glorious. They even put a couple pictures that my friend who is an ameture photographer in there for her.

Dan frequents Clayton and Disney the most. All the pictures I have ever seen of those places were nothing short of amazing. Maybe one day we will make it out there.

I can only imagine all the looks this thing gets. I love wheeling something that isn't the cookie cutter same old same old. Everyone always complements or asks about the unique rides.

[jgammill]

October will be this rigs maiden voyage to Clayton. I definitly will have to get my rock sliders done before I go though. I still want to be able to open my doors! lol. That's how I felt when I built this rig, I wanted to have something different and still be able to hit alll the hard stuff. It's funny watching peoples reactions when I pull up to an obsticle. One time I even heard someone say " is that old farm truck really gonna try that?" And then I just walked up the obsticle that all the little jeeps and buggies where having to give her hell just to get up. I love my wheelbase. But it might get a little tight in some places at Clayton but it will be fun.

[RatRod68]

Where is Green Mamba?

You would think they would notice the bobbed bed and 44's.... lol

What is the wheelbase again?

[jgammill]

I'm still not sure what the names of and where they are all at over there. I just follow my buddy that knows his way around. I've been there probably 5 times.

Wheelbase is 128", I thinks it's 2" over the stock 71 GMC.

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by jgammill

I'm still not sure what the names of and where they are all at over there. I just follow my buddy that knows his way around. I've been there probably 5 times.

Wheelbase is 128", I thinks it's 2" over the stock 71 GMC.

My Explorer is on 39s and i have been trying to figure out a good wheelbase for it. Right now it is extremely stable, but the wheel base seems to be a little too long for all the ledges out here. It does very well, but that is where i see the most limitation. Do you have any belly scrub? I know your tires are bigger than mine, but they are pretty close.

[jgammill]

So far I haven't had much problems with hitting the frame. I made it flat so If I do come to a ledge I can just slide over it. I have done it a few times but that was a dirt ledge and not rocks. I've been really impressed with how well it clears everything.

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by jgammill

So far I haven't had much problems with hitting the frame. I made it flat so If I do come to a ledge I can just slide over it. I have done it a few times but that was a dirt ledge and not rocks. I've been really impressed with how well it clears everything.

awesome!

[jgammill]

Made it back from our trip this weekend with out and carnage. Didn't get many pics of my rig wheeling cause I was always leading and stoping taking pics of everyone folowing me. Here's the only 2 I have found that somebody else took.
This is going up the jump they built for the jump contest, I just crawled it.



Here's where we parked to watch the concerts. Those are 47" LTB's on the green one.



Here's my video of there jump off contest. Rock buggy was CRAZY!

REDNECKS WITH PAYCHECKS JUMP CONTEST - YouTube

This video has a little trail riding at the first but the last part was some guys trying to climb the WALL they had built for the short cut on the rock race.

REDNECKS WITH PAYCHECKS TRAIL RIDING 2012 -...

[RatRod68]

I have a chub now...

[jgammill]

Got started on my rock sliders.



Cut the rocker panels down.

[RatRod68]

holy cow, how come they are so wide? Are you boat siding it at all?

[obijuan]

My sliders are 6" wide and angled up 20*. the angle up has helped before to slide off back onto traction.
I saw this on tx4x4 in the green s10s thread. Way cool build man.
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[jgammill]

Originally Posted by RatRod68

holy cow, how come they are so wide? Are you boat siding it at all?

My rocker panels were completely rusted out so I wanted to make these wide enough that they replace the entire rocker panel and also leave enough sticking out to use as a step. These are 8 inches wide. I'll post pics in a little bit. I finished them this weekend.

[jgammill]

I finised up my rock sliders over the weekend.








I'm really liking how I can use them as a step. I can stand on them and get in the tool box witch makes things a lot easier.

Also got my front bumper mounts built. I'll be ready to start building the bumper next.

[johnnyclack]

I am a third generation welder, I taught welding to my fellow students all 4 years in high school metal shop, and I have worked as a fabricator over the past 4 ½ decades.

So I say this with some knowledge “Son you are one of the best I seen, & for a Framer you our un-real”.

Keep up the good work.

[jgammill]

Originally Posted by johnnyclack

I am a third generation welder, I taught welding to my fellow students all 4 years in high school metal shop, and I have worked as a fabricator over the past 4 ½ decades.

So I say this with some knowledge “Son you are one of the best I seen, & for a Framer you our un-real”.

Keep up the good work.

Thank you very much. My dad taught me how to weld when I was about 9 and I have just been building things ever sense. I took FFA throuh high school but never have had any real training. Just a lot of practice. But my brother does it for a living and he is really amazing. His looks like a machine at any angle.

[RatRod68]

Get the bumper done yet?

I love this build. Did you see what was on the cover of Fourwheeler this month?

Its official. Once my current projects are finished (running, driving, painted. I know they are never finished, but you get the idea) I'm selling the Explorer and building a 71-72 K5

[jgammill]

Haven't had any time for the bumper yet. I'm hoping to have it done in the next 2 Weeks before we go wheeling at Clayton. I love the k5's, make sure you make a build thread. Yeah I saw the cover, I cut it off and it's hanging up now.
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[RatRod68]

great minds think alike