Grendel
Newbie
So, nice to meet everyone. I am Grendel, from Pirate and Irate 4x4, with a lot of builds under my belt. I have friends all over the US and most of them are jerks that constantly find me new things to get into, like this one.
My friend John Giffin recently moved to AZ, from our lovely state of NH and he now spends time hunting down rust free sheet metal, for his salt challenged friends. I swear, I didn't know I needed a 3rd tow rig project, but here we are.
He posted it up, for a reasonable price, hauled here.
It's a 1996, sans seats, some lights engine and trans. They were using it for parts to keep the other farm trucks going.
I happen to have built a 518CI forged, stroked and bored 8.1L and a ZF6, along with a later model Disk braked AAM 11.5 that bolts into this.
I also got some later model seats that are more comfortable and power. Will have our upholstery guy do the carpet and headliner and do all new OEM seat covers for them.
Should be a rocking tow rig. We're going to strip the interior out soon, I know I have to cut and weld the trans tunnel to fit the monster ZF6. The 8.1L bolts in.
My friend John Giffin recently moved to AZ, from our lovely state of NH and he now spends time hunting down rust free sheet metal, for his salt challenged friends. I swear, I didn't know I needed a 3rd tow rig project, but here we are.
He posted it up, for a reasonable price, hauled here.
It's a 1996, sans seats, some lights engine and trans. They were using it for parts to keep the other farm trucks going.
I happen to have built a 518CI forged, stroked and bored 8.1L and a ZF6, along with a later model Disk braked AAM 11.5 that bolts into this.
I also got some later model seats that are more comfortable and power. Will have our upholstery guy do the carpet and headliner and do all new OEM seat covers for them.
Should be a rocking tow rig. We're going to strip the interior out soon, I know I have to cut and weld the trans tunnel to fit the monster ZF6. The 8.1L bolts in.
