Good luck, Should be fun when you get it back!

That's great! It's good to see you are taking care of that sweet truck. Please post some "after" pictures when it is done.

Blacktruck---you got that right!  This has been 8 years in the making.  Of course, it is fun to drive as it is...

Grayguy--trust me, I know how you feel.  I have been wanting to get body/paint work done for 8 years now.  I finally have enough stashed away to get 'r done.

Moparman-- will definitely be posting after pictures.  A whole slew of them.

jimbo--haven't received my sill plates yet, but I remember when they had pictures of them on their website, and they looked very good in quality.  Can't wait to see how they look on fresh paint....

To all-- here are a couple more pictures that show the blemishes better.




The passenger front fender is junk.  By tapping on it it sounds like there is more bondo there than metal.  I have a new Mopar fender from the dealer for that panel.

Passenger door needs some TLC, as well as the driver door.   They at least can be saved.  The passenger door has some wavey 'crinkle' dents, while the driver door has a fairly serious crease with some stretching....

Driver bed panel I had replaced several years ago from a J/Y bed...which is why it is in primer.

The driver's lower cab corner is the real bad spot left on the truck.  It is folded, stretched, creased, crinkled....you name it the problem is there.  I am unsure whether my body guy will cut it out and weld in a new corner, or work with what is there.  I have seen his work, and he can do amazing things with even the paper-thin sheet metal on newer vehicles, so we'll see.  Should have some prgress pics by the end of the week.

-SM

 the angles of the first pics i couldn't even tell there was primer. the sill plates are awesome. the only problem i had was that the previous owner of my truck put down rubber instead of carpet and left the padding in, so i had to fix floorpans all weekend.

Finally have a few progress pics.









I can't believe my body guy was able to save the driver cab corner.  It was folded, wrinkled, torn, etc.  And he was still able to pull most of it back out, and smooth it with very minimal body filler.

He has the driver's side mostly done.  Supposed to be getting the passenger side done this week, then he has to decide what he will do about my tailgate (it has a few 'wowies').  May be in primer by the end of the month.

More to come.

-Aaron

Wow man....I'm not much for 2wd's but damn...i want one now.  Project 2wd when I get my 4x4 done!!!  Very nice looking ride, i bet its a blast to drive

Looking good!

can't wait to see the end result

Well, the garage IS heated.

Went and checked in on it last night.  After cleaning, the hood and bed are ready for primer.  We were tipping a few back & BSing so I forgot to take a picture of the hood  But I did manage to get one of the bed, passenger side:



It also now appears the passenger door is worse off than I thought, but should still be fixable.  

Slowly but surely...

-SM

Looking good man!

lookin good SM, thats one shiny silver coat she be wearing

Aw baby,thats sexy I do tell ya! I love silver,it always looks like it's wet and shiny YUM

Jimbo

Thanks guys.

Bigdog--that is the factory color for '87.  The painter looked up the paint code from the build tag under ther cowl.  The only difference is this paint has two coats of clear on it.

Yes, I am really itchin' to see what she looks like in one color....  The seasonal tags are good April 1st, hope to be driving her again by then.

Another picture of the bed, I like the optical illusion it makes



-SM

Any guesses on how much power the slanter makes SM? I've heard they can be built to make some serious power....

Thanks guys.  

I'll have to double check the paint code, but IIRC the code on the cowl-tag was "PA1 QA1".  I could be completely off, so I'll get back to you on that M880.

Crazy, there are no dyno's near me, but my guestimate based off desktop dyno, and what other's have built is around 180 HP and 250 ft-lbs.  If I ever go to EFI and do a little more head work, I think I could get over the 200 HP 280 ft-lbs mark.  Otherwise, I am at what I feel is the practical modification limit for later slants (81-87) and still keeping it streetable.  (That excludes any ideas of Nitrous or forced induction, which are on my 5-year project list )

If I ever get the time and money to toy with building a turbo'd slant, I will settle for no less than 300 HP.

No update pics as of yet.  Should have some soon---

Yes, that's a new passenger door in the corner that still needs primering, blocking, and paint.

looking good. Hope your new door fits better then mine.

Any updates?  I am now thinking about paint my 85 with a silver and blue two tone.  Like this one-

Happy with the outcome?   From the pics up there, it sure looks great man!

Alaska getting too cold?

I heard that.

Okay...I finally gave the '87 a bath and took some pictures.  She finally looks like a Silver Bullet too.













Now I just need to track down a non-step chrome rear bumper from and RC, and some late 70's style single arm chrome mirrors....

-SM

I jumped the wall General Lee Style, snapped a few picks, then crawled back to my trailer.








(I'm in one of the houses )

I had to renew my registration 3 months before I left AK.  At $100 for a (2 year) registration, I'm riding out the Alaska plates until a cop tells me otherwise.

Yep, Through these: 




Thanks.  The light at the end of the tunnel is nearer.

-SM