That would be me! I'm pretty sure I've drooled over your truck before as well, I love the 80 and the yellow!

 

I thought so haha thanks!! I remember I was in the parking lot and stopped and thought to myself "is that a trekker?!?!" lol very nice man keep up the good work!

 

I love it when I totally miss a thread and get to read the whole thing at once. You've done a great job. Subscribed.

 

so I am wondering if those sliders are my old ones..Paul ended up with both of my sets of windows..

paint job came out great..will be on the look out for your Trekker around..

 

Keep it coming I love trekkers!!!

 

Not sure how I missed this thread also. But man its coming along good. Glad you are close to the other trekkers of dropzone and trekkerpaul. Keep up the good work.

 

Awesome Trekker. Looks great. Love these rigs

 

Just a small update for y'all:

In December I turned my rotors, installed new calipers, pads and shoes and repacked bearings. Then the day before I had to drive 300 miles I found water dripping from my fuse box, so I had to get a new windshield and gasket. Was surprised to not find much rust around the mounting flange, only one tiny spot in a place where it WASN'T leaking, which cost me a leak warranty, but whatever.

I also built a platform for the rear from 2x4's, 4x4's, and a piece of 3/4" subfloor to get stuff off the floor, since the rear windows leak like there aren't any windows.

Figured out why my heat wasn't working; I had the heater core hooked into two coolant inputs on the block. Dumbazz. Blocked off one, then installed a fitting on the bottom of the intake manifold. Now the heater is hotter than any heat I've ever had in a vehicle.

AH, also I finally found a new vacuum advance for my distributor, since the one before it was the wrong one, so the nipples were basically rubbing on my belts, so I could only have one vacuum line hooked up. I was getting maybe 10mpg, now I'm getting at least 15mpg. Which, I feel is not bad for a Weber 38.

I have a Trekker logo being made right now, should be on in a few weeks.

Waiting for warmer weather to paint the black stripe on the body line.

Next up is Zuk mod and new shocks, then getting a heavier throttle return, then a re-tune to hopefully bump my mpg a bit more. This is one issue with having a Weber 38; the butterfly doesn't really like to close all the way. Yes, I have re-seated the butterflies; I think it's more about the synchronous mechanism.

Trying to tow my buddy's truck in 4WD I found out my brand new (Autozone) clutch slips like crazy, so a Marlin clutch is on the list. As well as a Marlin tranny and transfer case rebuild, and I need to rebuild my knuckles badly. After having all the brake issues I've been having, I'm dying to install an All-Pro transfer case disc parking brake. After that, T100 front disc conversion, then, when I'm rich, the All-Pro rear disc conversion.

Hmm, that's all I can think of for now. Apologies for not having any new pictures, my camera finally took a poo. Hopefully once tax returns come in I'll get a new one.

 

Today the Trekker received a Zuk mod using Black Magic 035-012 5" x 11" 125 lb rate soil springs, which slipped over the bump mounts almost too easily. Should have gone with 12", but this will do until I get new leafs.

Also threw on some Gabriel Ultra rear shocks at the same time.







The bump stops used to be less than 1" apart; now they are almost 4" apart. 3" lift for $60, yes please! I'm sure they will settle over time, but over time I plan to install a whole new suspension anyway.

 

Nice little truck. I love these old ones.

 

Stripes are on!

 

Stripes look great! You mentioned trekker logo...are they something that was typical? I'm not sure I've seen them anywhere else like that...

 

Thank ye!

Finally got some new 31" BFG AT's!



In the mail: New brake rotors, ceramic pads, brake hoses, front shocks, seat covers, frost plug block heater, and battery heater. Will post again soon when everything is installed.