Back after 6 years.

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

I plan to take a well built crawler and make it a little more expo friendly. Wish me luck!!

 

[xjaugie]

Great looking project, should be interesting build. I guess doors with windows would be the first project?

 

[DeskToGlory]

Looking forward to this one! Smart way to build a truck!

 

[Sam Huynh]

Looks like an awesome start to a cool project. Subscribed!

 

[Revco]

Clean

 

[dorton]

Cool ride. How about a rundown on how it's equipped thus far.

 

[zidaro]

Sweet runner, looks well setup already!

 

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

Thanks everyone. Here's a rundown. It's an 88 with a 22re. 5speed with twin cases. Stock gears in the front case and 4.7 in the rear. Crawls realllllllllly slow. 37" MTR's on 17x9 beadlocks. Not balanced worth a crap.
Sas was done really well. Front hanger is beefy. Front springs are 48" rears. High steer and hydro assist. And the rears are 63" Chevys. Tons of flex.
It has on board air with a York compressor and a reservoir tank in the rear where the spare tire would be.
5.29 gears in both ends. When I got it the rear was welded. I quickly remedied that with a TrueTrac. The front has a Spartan locker for now. TJM wants us to start selling their lockers so I think I'm getting one to try. (At cost of course)

Interior is pretty crawler like. 2 seats..............and that's it! Oh it it does have full doors and a full top!!

That's it for now. I'll keep adding as I get work done. It will be a dual purpose rig. Living so close to all the trails here in the Northern California are means leaving it rubicon ready. But I really want to do a Death Valley trip next year. And the company I work (West Coast Differentials) for goes to Moab every year also so that's on the list for next year.

 

[zidaro]

why werent you at the MCR12 this weekend??

 

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

I know!! It's our 19th anniversary this week so I'm being a good husband. My buddies in a green Early Bronco and a Chevy Luv were up there though

 

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

Here's a couple more pics.

 

[zidaro]

I know!! It's our 19th anniversary this week so I'm being a good husband. My buddies in a green Early Bronco and a Chevy Luv were up there though

was a great time, i had a beer for ya. Happy anniversary! my 13th is coming up

 

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

Minor update

So here's the full doors.

And I stuck a Thule rack on it. Gonna start on some rear storage soon.

 

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

The PO started on some better rear panels. I'm going to add a Jeep TJ Tuffy lock box for extra storage.

 

[Jimmy Jack Claypool]

Also I stored the 37's and beadlocks away and put on the daily driver rims/tires
Stock Tundra wheels and 315/75/16 Falken Rocky Mountain ATS

before after