my 72 jimmy build

[My Big Jimmy]

i just found this site and ill tell u wat im hooked. some of ur guys trucks are awsome and alot of good knowlegde. thanks.
heres my 72 jimmy. she came to me about a year ago, i traded a running 77 blazer for her, with no motor, no interior, halfton no drivlines, saggy leaf springs and just primer. anyways iv put a 402bb sm465 205 14bolt d44(soon a d60), new painless harness, 8" lift. my wife, and buddy who owns a paintshop got together and slapped a bandaid paint jod and surprised me with it. (somebody got some good lovins that night). just other week i had 3" exhaust from headers to muffs. and then turndowns before rearend. thanks for lookin any feed back is welcome

 

[My Big Jimmy]

heres more after im finished with all the lose ends outside- i still want to upgrade the tubeing for xover steering, make bumpers, new fuel lines and sending unit and finish tuning my carb- i will work on the inside any suggestions of interior color or style. not sure if i want to go carpet or rubber or line x. she will be wheeled but nothing too crazy. thanks

 

[makovai]

nice lookin rig. that paint sure looks good in the pics for a slapped bandaid.

Mine is almost ready for paint and then im where you are. interior...yuk yuk yuk.

I have no idea what i want to do there.

keep it up the exterior looks fantastic.

 

[My Big Jimmy]

thanks man do u have problems w/steering runin those 42"s. what kinda lift u runin all spring or do u have a body lift also. i got all spring 8" with 38"s, i had 39.5"s but just too big for turning and not much flex. hate to cut my fenders there still in allright shape. eventually i want to put 67 GMC pk/up fenders and hood. well ur truck is pretty F'n nice man. does ur interior look like mine.

 

[makovai]

thanks man do u have problems w/steering runin those 42"s. what kinda lift u runin all spring or do u have a body lift also. i got all spring 8" with 38"s, i had 39.5"s but just too big for turning and not much flex. hate to cut my fenders there still in allright shape. eventually i want to put 67 GMC pk/up fenders and hood. well ur truck is pretty F'n nice man. does ur interior look like mine.

no my interior looks worse. the only thing about my interior that is nice is i have a new tach dash with all new gages.

Im no longer running the 42's. i went to irok radials at 39.5. i have 8" skyjacker springs with a 3" body lift.

No probs with steering, i have cross steer as well as the c/j converted steer shaft. i get some frame flex when i turn wheels without moving but other than that pretty good control.

 

[bp71k5]

Yea, pretty nice. Post some more pictures.

my wife, and buddy who owns a paintshop got together and slapped a bandaid paint jod and surprised me with it. (somebody got some good lovins that night).

Hopefully you're wife got the good luvin's and not your buddy!

 

[chalet2506]

That's a nice Jimmy.

 

[MWjr]

No probs with steering, i have cross steer as well as the c/j converted steer shaft. i get some frame flex when i turn wheels without moving but other than that pretty good control.

Do you mind sharing some info on your c/j converted steering shaft?

 

[My Big Jimmy]

hahaha bp71k5 my buddy just got a firm handshake and a 12pk he ended up using my left over paint.
71chevy4x4 i agree got to be honest dont know much about c/j shaft can u please explain more
here some more pics of mine this is the blazer that i traded for the jimmy. i bought off CraigsL 800 $s, the PO said it had a blown motor. the next wkend i was going to pull it out ( I already had a 350 from the red 63 chevy in pic). but before i started removing the motor i figured id try to start it for the hell of it, F**K am i glad i did. the knocking sound didnt sound like a rod and it idle ok. i crawled under the truck and the sound was the dust cover hitting the flywheel, i bent the cover back out and cut alittle peice off, the truck ran fine lucky me. sorry about long post, i wanted to share a craigslist story anybody else have a good CL story

 

[bigbadchev84]

Really dig the jimmy. I vote for bedliner if you plan on wheeling, Its nice to just jump in with the hose and spray all the mud and muck out and not worry about ruining $300 worth of carpet. Plus it wont stay wet and rust your sheetmetal. When it rains i just throw a couple lawn leaf bags over my front seats and walk away.

BTW what color is that gray? I got a 67' that is getting ready for a coat before too long

 

[My Big Jimmy]

i dont know the code but its just a charcoal grey

 

[RudyO]

Line the interior with a lighter color (like tan) to break up the gray theme. Don't go overboard on the bright colored accents. Then give to me as a DD.

BTW, what is the yellow thing sticking out of the gauge cluster, and whats going on with the wiring bundled into the heater vent?

Think ya did pretty good!

 

[Greg72]

The yellow part looks like an Autometer shift light with a yellow boot over the lamp.

No idea on that wiring, doesn't look "factory" though!

 

[My Big Jimmy]

yes greg72 is correct it is a boot, evenually i will get an orange one to match.
when im waiting for parts i like to do the stupid stuff like the dash panel and i also painted my shift knobs to keep me busy.
the wire hanging in the vent is left over. i put a painless harness in w/fuse block, and the kit came with power window/power antenna wire wich im obviously not using. i just havent done something about the left over wires yet. look at my knobs, this is how board i get waiting for parts.

 

[Yukon Jack]

Welcome to the board - great looking K5! I'm partial to gray and silver.

 

[My Big Jimmy]

well yukon im glad u finally looked at my page. im not going to lie to u i liked how ur looked and got almost the same shade, i thinks urs is alittle lighter but ill tell u wat i dig ur rig

 

[70jimmy]

Good looking Jimmy. I agree a nice bandaid paint job also.

Yep I like my lined interior, that reminds me I need to go wash out the inside after the last mud run.

Now drive that thing out to Moab for the bash and lets play!!!

 

[My Big Jimmy]

hahah thanks everybody. i ordered Off Road Designs body bushings with the 1" body lift And front and rear HD shackles. from Advance Ad. i got a hydro clutch kit. do some work and more post r comin and prolly questions.

 

[Yukon Jack]

Thanks for the compliments on my truck - I sure enjoy it. Looks like you have some good upgrades to install.

 

[My Big Jimmy]

i like ur flatbed alot and cant wait to read more about ur blazer, it must be nice to stand there in the morning thinking of wat bad ass truck to drive today. ahaha my plan is to get my jimmy running enough to get rid of my tow truck and get a 68-69 chevelle,