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Had a little bit of time Saturday to get some work done on the M1010. Finally got the front shocks swapped out to Bilstein 5165 series. To my surprised, the original shocks still had pressure and no leaks. 35 years old but only 15,000 miles. LOL

Sure it will. :) Heck people are putting LS engines in Miatas which is a smaller engine bay. No matter what you do, you are likely going to need to have a CARB referee certify whatever swap you do. The E-Rod is the only complete engine kit certified for swaps. You can do most any other...

The only CA smog legal turn key engine for swapping in that I am aware of is the E-Rod V8 engine. It is an LS based setup that has been certified for CA swaps. Everything else you are likely going to have to piece together and get it certified legal by a CARB referee...

If you're going with metal, get some sheet aluminum in the same thickness of the glass. Pop the glass out and use as a template. Then paint or powder coat semi gloss black and install. They will look like windows unless you are right up on them. Diamond plate looks very "redneck" and not...

From the side shot, I am liking the looks of it.

Sweet freaking build. Loved the way it is turning out!

I assumed he must have cast his own engine block, machined all of the parts in it. Made his own axles, wheels, tires... oh and about everything else you need to make a vehicle run? No.... oh maybe he started with a production vehicle parts which clearly means he did not build it ALL himself...

Don't let those people who think you are "misleading them" get to you. There is NO ONE here that has built a vehicle that did not start with a manufactured vehicle as the bases. I'll check out your links but sounds like you have a nice build going. Thanks for sharing.

I have been working with an artist on a logo design for this project and I think it came out great!

Cool truck! Not sure if you noticed or not but the transfer case on the newer setup is a driver side drop and your front axle is a passenger side drop. Those are not going to work together. GM changed the front output side when they went from solid axle to IFS.

Next up was working on my gauge panel project. As I found, the 4" gauges dropped right in but the smaller ones were going to need the bezel modified to fit them. Looking things over I was able to cut the "cones" that butt up to the stock gauges down shorter, which opens up the hole bigger...

Well I was able to get a few things done this Labor Day weekend. First up, getting the wheels swapped out. When I had the new Toyo's installed, we found a bent wheel. Since I was never a fan of the black steel wheels my search started for some narrow aluminum ones. I found a set of...

Well got the first piece for the camper. Was searching in FB marketplace and ran across this RV stove top. Brand new and should be perfect for our needs. Best of all, $40!

Still working through ideas for interior layout. This one my be close to our final idea. Fairly to scale but really need to do some tape layout in the box to get a better visual idea. Nice thing about this design is the front pass thru door would still be usable.

This is more the color I am thinking,

Wow, that is a lot of work and lot of canvas!!! Looks good.

Thanks so much for the info. I just joined IG primarily so I could ask about the paint. LOL Now I just need to decide on the color. Been thinking a blue/grey color similar to what the new Tacoma trucks are using.

Finally got some free time to do some work on the 1010. Wanted to upgrade my headlights and headlight harness. Have new E-code style H4 headlights (Autopal ones, I have used in a half dozen vehicles). I wanted to install a new headlight harness that uses relays to control the lights, so they...

Very cool (or hot as it might be) but man, they are not giving those things away....

Well that kinda sucks. Never got to the part about how they did the fabric....