#minijimmygmc Wifey's 1990 K5 Jimmy rebuild

[chevy3100truck]

Buttoned up a few things for the interior as well, recovered the headliner in gray vinyl & installed most of the trim. Still need to make the panels for the rear beside the seats, but hopefully I'll get to that soon. The visors are just the original ones with the fabric pulled off, at least the plastic underneath is black lol.





One of the new power door locks is a bit sticky (sometimes won't unlock all the way), so I'll have to do something about that I guess, but otherwise everything has been working surprisingly well. Even drives not too bad (for a solid axle truck on 35 x 13 1/2's), it's not going to win any races, but it seems to be working OK for now.

[Ski-me]

Maybe I missed it but I assume you painted the fiberglass top? Is it glossy or were you able to keep the factory texture somehow and flat?

[chevy3100truck]

Originally Posted by Ski-me

Maybe I missed it but I assume you painted the fiberglass top? Is it glossy or were you able to keep the factory texture somehow and flat?

I did paint the top. I sanded all of the texture off (I wasn't really fond of it - plus it has some spots were it was worn down or scratched off). I filled the seams with fiberglass & then skimmed in filler to make it smooth overall.

It is painted in a base/clear both inside & out with a flattening agent in the clear. It's not a totally flat paint, more of a satin/low gloss (which is what my wife had wanted). Inside bright white (instead of the factory off white - or stained mess that this one was lol).

[chevy3100truck]

So now that the Jimmy is more or less complete, just a few details to work out, I can get to my other projects...…

The 6.0L is coming out of the golden turd



to go into my truck - 1970 GMC 3/4 Ton (along with a ton of other work it needs)




so that my 12 year old can have the 350/350 combo out of the 70GMC for his S10 that he bought this summer (to race in Jr. Street at the local dragstrip)

[orngsikL]

Nice build! I like it!

[chevy3100truck]

3 summers on the road now, no significant issues (other than an annoying misfire occasionally at idle that popped up last month & a bad distributor cap causing a bit of grief).

Just about time for it's winter nap, so cleaned it up again before it goes into hibernation

[LT7A]

That truck really turned out nice. I'm glad you guys are enjoying it. I like that little blue S10 too. Will you guys be making it street legal to drive on the road soon? Your son's got to be just about old enough to do that. Also, is there a build thread on your 1970?

[chevy3100truck]

Originally Posted by LT7A

That truck really turned out nice. I'm glad you guys are enjoying it. I like that little blue S10 too. Will you guys be making it street legal to drive on the road soon? Your son's got to be just about old enough to do that. Also, is there a build thread on your 1970?

Thanks! The S10 is done (well, for now) and it's street legal. My son is 14 now and races it in the Jr. Street class at the local dragstrip (1/8th mile, limited to 9.0 second ET's). We had to throttle stop it a bunch to slow it down to 9.0 in the 1/8th, based on the numbers without the throttle stop it would run low 13 / high 12 second ET's in the 1/4 mile. Lots of fun - though it's kind of weird riding shotgun with my kid driving lol

[Palf70Step]