Pics of my w200 project build up.

Well from what i can tell,,, It has been in Florida it's whole life.
It has a aftermarket sunroof which i think is the reason for the cab rotting out in the areas it did.
Also it spent alot of time on the beaches and the salt water did a number on the lower body.

The one thing that stumps even me is the fact that the frame is spotless, and i mean spotless.
Very minor surface rust on just the front parts of it but other than that it is all still black!!!

As far as doing hellified burnouts,,, I don't know. I would imagine that it would with the small tires but i have not had the luxury of hearing it run for a long period of time.
It sat for 12 years and i had to fire it up by jumping the soliniod and dumping fuel down the carb just to get it to fire. I needed to make sure that the lower end was good so i let it rip and no knocking at allwhen it fired up for the few seconds it ran.
It has a 360 4barrel, headers,weind intake, from what i can see it might be possibly built up but not sure. Judging by the stuff i'm finding as i look at and under it ,,, the guy who built the truck must of had high expectations for it cuase it was a beautifull truck in it's day.
Even the diff. covers are chrome and have blue anodized bolt caps on them.
Can't really see them till you get under the truck and start poking around.

I wish i could find some pictures of it when it was freshly built.
Its' definitly a head turner even now it doesn't look that bad.
If it wasn't for the drivers a pillar and the door dropping 6" when i open it , i'd probably drive it the way it sits. With some big tires of coarse.

Kris

Well i brought home the 74 D-100 doner truck tonight.
It is parked right next to the 79. It's funny how much higher the 79 sits.
Has to be a full 2 feet differance.

Well i figured i might as well get started on it so with that being said,,,,

I pulled the seat out of the 79 to get to the transmission tunnel for the 4x4.
I removed the front and rear windows.
I cut the roof off.
I removed the drivers door.
(It was falling off anyways so i helped it some more.lol )
I removed the hood.
I removed the wireing harness from the cab and nose.
I took off the tailgate.
I took out the tail lights.
And removed the fender flares.

Then i jumped on the 74,,,,

I removed the seat and rubber floor cover to expose the floor pans.
I vacumed it out.
I drank alot of beer.
I cut my finger on the roof of the 79.
I cut my arm throwing the rrof of the 79.
Then i called it quits.

Not bad for 3 hours of work.
I think i made alot of progress.

My friends are coming over tomorrow to help with the body swap.

I'll have plenty of pics to show what doing.

Untill then,,,,

L8R,
Kris

Well it was another productive day,,,
First i'll show the destruction pics of the 79 w200.











These were from last evening.

These next ones are of the 74 donor truck.















Hate to cut it up but it is going to a good cause,,,,

And these are from the dismanteling of the 79 w200 and removeing the nose of the 74.



Don't mind the goofy guy in the next picture. He was having a good time.









This a shot of the 318 in the 74.notice the fresh heads,,,,



Well thats about it till next weekend. I'm kinda beat up right now and need some time to relax.

As always comments are welcome

Kris

Great progress! You dont waste ANY time!!! :rck: :rck: The grille in your 74 is probably the best one ever put on the nose of our old trucks (although the 91-93 grille is pretty tough looking as well ).

I love the bottle art on the hood of the 74!! Kinda reminds me of the can art we collected when a buddy and I did the clutch replacement in my Dakota....

Well, this weekend is off to a slow start,,, but on a lighter side, Werdkat drove down from mid Georgia I believe 6 hours and bought the 318 aqnd 727 from my doner truck.
That was a big help in the buget factor of things.
Thanks Jason,,,,

This guy drove down here and as soon as he gets here he goes and crawls under the truck and starts taking things apart like he was on a mission or something,,, lol .

I'm glad i could help him with his project as well as him helping with mine.

Good turn out for both.

Well, I'll keep you guys posted on the progress with the w200.The next thing i need to be working on is cutting out the floor in the 74 d100 cab and welding in the floor from the w200.( the w200 is a 4x4, the tranny tunnel is differant)
I'll get pics as soon as i get it going and completed.

L8r,
Kris