I have been meaning to post this up for a while. This is a small description of my 1971 Jimmy build. At this point (Sept 2018), it's running and driving. But I thought I would post to show the way I did the swap, in case it's helpful for others. If you have questions, please ask
A few years ago, I purchased a 1971 K5 Jimmy, as our family couldn't fit into my Jeep CJs anymore, once we had our 3rd child. It was a decently solid starting point, ran and drove, but definitely had it's issues. It has been in a front fender bender, the front bumper was twisted, and the drivers side front fender is a JY replacement. The original 350 was replaced at some point with an older 283 that was pretty gutless. It still had the original NP465/NP205. The purple paint isn't very good (was originally a Yellow with white interior). It had a single wall hardtop, which I yanked on day 1..