well been working steadily for a few weeks on this and i figured id share. so here is what my build consist of
chassi and cab 1988 pickup 226 5sp with 38webber carb

what it looked like the day i brought it home


this is after fixing the po cranked tbars now sitting with some crank and 1.5in ball joint spacers and blocks and aal out back sitting on 33x12.50 tsls

wheeled it this way most of last year and fixed some of the po booty fab work

broken mount and old fab work from p/o

thease were my new motor mounts
got a deal on some boggers around xmass last year

and heres were things took a turn on the way to go wheeling on january 2 i caught a small problem.



it was a 06 dodge durango that was being piloted by a young woman lost control and took out the side. smashed the bed bent some hangers that are due to be cut off anyways. and sheared the rear Axel clean off at the drum.

 

Am I seeing that right a 22R swapped into a 3.0 chassis?

 

took the bed off to make room for the spring swap and also doing some cleanup for the tube bed.
well got it mocked into place except for the shackle mounts will do that tomorrow. using early90s f150 springs and a swap kit from sky. once my shackle angles were i want it ill bun it all in. im guessing the shackle mounts are going to be moved forward around 6in.


the most weight i could come up with quickly old leaf springs two 50lb bags of sand and two 33in boggers.
just need the rear break lines it would clime on the next tires no problem just wont sit there without brakes.

well axle is all prepped for its new parts like a aussi locker lonfields drive flanges and new bearings.

mounted the 37s (maxxis creepy crawlers) today but its still on the ifs
took me three hrs or so and had the whole ifs laying on the ground. now just need to gut the rest of the components off but the sawsalll needs a rest its mighty hot. ill be breaking out the grinders and sawsall again tomorrow.


passenger side frame rail ground down and painted. not bothering with capping the back of the motor mounts cause im going to be redoing my motor mounts again later this year with a drive train lift.

swing shackle tube mocked in

home made leaf pack made from 2 sets of rear springs. after i got to this point i had to push on to get this result.

the solid axle is in and now i got to remove it all and do it all over again cause it turned into a monster tuck and im not to happy with the ride hight so time to do some more cutting to lower her down.

burned in now and painted moved front hanger back to 5/8in forward and frenched into frame probably around 3/16 now just got to reassemble the front axle and hang the shock towers in then i can trow the done tag on it.

shock towers all braced and burned in with a coat of paint. squeezed this in since the weather broke.

longfields are in can we say toyota bling

did some assembly to the knuckles but the passenger side need to come back apart mixed up the wipers. also have the front diff in with the Aussie locker in today too.

need to install calipers and break lines and set up the steering and install the drive flanges and ill be done tinkering with the front axle

its 6'4" to the top of roof will loose a few in once i get to trail pressure.

ok so today i moved and rotated the steering box so i wont have a interference between tie rod and drag link. and installed trail gear flat pitman arm too. all this stuff under there and im running out of room for up travel so my fear of being to high is going away. cause id be hacking at the frame for clearance if i were any lower. will probably plat the frame at a later date.
new winch is in and working

ultimate duals with twin sticks on the back case got them together and in the truck sported via jack stand.

had to see what it looked like with all the shifters in the cab too

duals all mounted and done just need to fill the cases with lube and fit a rear drive shaft.

and heres the clearance from the frame
new seats and lap belts installed

race teck suspension seats $220 pair shipped
r.j.s. racing equipment lap belts $34.99 each
summit racing sliders 29.99 each
small price to pay to ditch the 22 year old bench seat.

 

yea the p/o did it cause the 3.0 kept spitting head gaskets and he got the whole 22r trany and top shift tcase for a deal.

 

brought home the material for to finish up the truck. had to cut it in the parking lot to save the $12 a pcs cut rate. freaked out the girl behind the counter when she saw me in tha parking lot with a generator and my chop saw ( i asked if it was ok first) guess she didn't believe me then started the tube bed got the bottom all welded up and the side rails cut. should be able to get the bed all mocked up tomorrow.

 

looking forward to the bed build.

 

beefy!

very nice.

 

hahaha me and my grandpa have done that before... it was so funny, seeing the employees expressions!

 

1.5 sq .125 wall tubing and 2x2 .125 angle iron

 

I'm lovin it, looking great.

 

bed looks kinda small with the with the spare tire in the middle. just need to cap off a few small spots then finish grind it and paint.

 

ground down and painted. cheap air sprayer that came with compressor and a $8 can of rustolium made fast work but i think its going to take a week to dry

 

Nice build up man!

 

mad a hopefully bomb proof front drive shaft
.25 sq tubing beefy

 

got the rear shocks mocked up today need to run out and pick up hard wear so i can bun them in.

 

 

Sweeet!

 

Thats looking great man!

 

every nice, it always takes something happening to a truck to then go wild with it.

keep us posted......................

 

this was always in the plans except for the car accident and the removal of the bed.