troys87jimmy
Registered Member
New but Old
Hello just thought i would say it again i have not posted but once and now i am starting a project (87 Jimmy), I have a lot of work on this one but it is rust free,oh the benefits of living in AZ. I'm going to be asking some questions and advice mainly for what direction to go on the build. i sold my 86 short wide it was a good truck but i wanted a Blazer/Jimmy
This is the new project
I bought it with what i was told was a 350 4 bolt main. but it was not! then after a month of driving it the transmission (700R4) failed. I'm good though i sold my 86 for $3500 and bought the Jimmy for $1200 with the extra money i purchased a 350 4 bolt to build up (after running the numbers), and goodies for the motor included new carb (670 truck avenger) distributor, plugs, wires etc. also found a 91 GMC all chrome grille, love the look of that year of jimmy. and some other misc things like stereo equipment. After the trans let go i pushed it into the garage a year ago and then work picked up so i let it sit until a couple of weeks ago, The gentleman i bought the jimmy from ( i guess from guilt) gave me a an 454/400 out of an 1985 motor home and said he would sell me a set of axles(1 tons out of a suburban) the front axle is a dana 44 though, but they are 4:10s posi rear matching and until i can find a Dana 60 it would work. These are hard to come by here in this part of AZ lot of rock crawler projects. The jimmy originally came with fuel Injection but previous owner junked it and stuck a carb on it
. I toiled on the idea of replacing it but he hacked up the wring pretty good. what it comes down to is that i would of bought the jimmy with no motor because i have had plans of building one and the body was very straight. the sides had some factory decals that were sun faded and peeling and the top was hammered from the AZ sun so i started removing all the decals and fixing the top also plan to replace and recover the interior (seats, dash, carpet, and headliner). Going to be working on it this winter when i have time. My biggest decision is what motor and trans combo, probably going to stick the big block in right now. and if i can get the time i will post a build tread, might be to slow for some or most. I do enjoy the forum and have learned a lot and seen a lot of good work on here Thanks.
Hello just thought i would say it again i have not posted but once and now i am starting a project (87 Jimmy), I have a lot of work on this one but it is rust free,oh the benefits of living in AZ. I'm going to be asking some questions and advice mainly for what direction to go on the build. i sold my 86 short wide it was a good truck but i wanted a Blazer/Jimmy
This is the new project
I bought it with what i was told was a 350 4 bolt main. but it was not! then after a month of driving it the transmission (700R4) failed. I'm good though i sold my 86 for $3500 and bought the Jimmy for $1200 with the extra money i purchased a 350 4 bolt to build up (after running the numbers), and goodies for the motor included new carb (670 truck avenger) distributor, plugs, wires etc. also found a 91 GMC all chrome grille, love the look of that year of jimmy. and some other misc things like stereo equipment. After the trans let go i pushed it into the garage a year ago and then work picked up so i let it sit until a couple of weeks ago, The gentleman i bought the jimmy from ( i guess from guilt) gave me a an 454/400 out of an 1985 motor home and said he would sell me a set of axles(1 tons out of a suburban) the front axle is a dana 44 though, but they are 4:10s posi rear matching and until i can find a Dana 60 it would work. These are hard to come by here in this part of AZ lot of rock crawler projects. The jimmy originally came with fuel Injection but previous owner junked it and stuck a carb on it
. I toiled on the idea of replacing it but he hacked up the wring pretty good. what it comes down to is that i would of bought the jimmy with no motor because i have had plans of building one and the body was very straight. the sides had some factory decals that were sun faded and peeling and the top was hammered from the AZ sun so i started removing all the decals and fixing the top also plan to replace and recover the interior (seats, dash, carpet, and headliner). Going to be working on it this winter when i have time. My biggest decision is what motor and trans combo, probably going to stick the big block in right now. and if i can get the time i will post a build tread, might be to slow for some or most. I do enjoy the forum and have learned a lot and seen a lot of good work on here Thanks.
