Budget Jimmy on board air

[Thomas Young]

Thomas Young submitted a new Build:

Budget Jimmy

almost a year ago I traded a rebuilt dodge for a rusty jimmy and so it begins
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The wife did not see the value in this trade, man was she red faced.
The dodge was low on power and high gas, it had to go.

Its an all stock 89 :
350 with the elusive factory sm465, 241
4.10 and a gov locker
on 33" tires
The goal is to strap a dirtbike on the back and camp in it. Im short so ill fit barely. more to come

Read more about this build here...

 

[Justin V]

Yep

 

[Bent77]

 

[Thomas Young]

I started by dropping the gas tank and replace all the metal that was rusted around the tailgate
I also cut a large opening for fuel pump access. Then replaced the rear quarter panels.
I drove all summer with the top and doors off while doing rust repair.
then i put sound deadener on. I took the sliding glass out that is cracked out

Im going to put these in the classified and the extra top that gave me solid glass

 

[Thomas Young]

Here is a current pick of the jimmy
Ill get some interior pics later

 

[Phil513]

Is the missus less angry now?

 

[Thomas Young]

yeah for the most part. The interior is replaced and that helped alot, cause it was horrifying. She was scared to even get in it. Either she is coming around or has totally given up, so its all good.

 

[Thomas Young]

here is some more current pics

 

[rpcraft]

Your's looks pristine. It's not rusty if you can't wiggle your seat belt mounts and see the ground through the floor board...

 

[Thomas Young]

Yeah, I have patched in all the rust and primered everything but the hood. It has to be wet sanded to get the rust off, Then im going to bedliner it a darker gray.you can kinda see the rust on the hood

 

[Phil513]

Doing a great job!

 

[rpcraft]

I don't know about rust but I was looking at my hood the other night and it has a nice crack on the front right at the center. I'm thinking I am just going to use some steel strap and weld it to the back/inside and then weld and grind the hairline crack, then just cover it with some primer. My plans for paint are nonexistant, but I am thinking of covering all the panels in a sheet of vinyl that is colored brushed aluminum and then blacking out all the parts that are normally chrome. I was looking on ebay and found some sources that have big enough sheets to do the hood and the rear panels in one sheet,so I figure the only part that will take more than one large sheet is the cab, and I will probably just split it on the top at the middle since no one will really ever be seeing the top.

 

[Thomas Young]

I would fix the crack just like you said.
I never thought of the vynil, it sound badass. I really want to see how that turns out.

 

[rpcraft]

Will be a while. Still working on the LS swap and the wiring. I'll definitely post up on it though. I'm focusing on all the mechanical stuff and the interior parts before I really move on to the outside.

 

[Phil513]

I have an '88 also with the elusive SM465, I love it. I think it's my favorite thing about the truck.

 

[Thomas Young]

Im thoroughly enjoying my sm465. Im just going to have to do a gear vendor overdrive one day.

 

[Thomas Young]

Here is the bumper/tire carrier im buildingthe primer blistered so i had to sand it back down

 

[Rat_Crispy]

Did this truck already have the vinyl floor? Or is this the LMC replacement?

 

[Thomas Young]

Lmc replacement, the original blue carpet was black from all the water standing in it. The vynil fit ok-ish, I dont regret it

 

[Thomas Young]

Got some primer on