Thought I'd throw out an update, as I've had a bit of a eventful summer. Kind of back on track now.
My white truck has had a rod bearing making noise for a while now. Just as I was getting ready to head out on a road trip in July it started to really make a racket.
So I had to swipe the motor out of the blazer.
...and jabb it in the white guy
Then rolled out on a 2500 mile road trip into Idaho, Montana, and Washington for some fishing with my kid.
North Fork Clearwater, Idaho
Coming down into Superior, Montana
Montana/Idaho stateline we got woke up by a bear huffing around at 3am.
While on the road in Spokane I stopped into a junkyard that had a seat sale going on so I picked up these '99 Tahoe seats for $22 for the pair.
Then took a big hit getting them re-skinned in buckskin leather. Seats have always been high on my priority list so these should work out.
Since the motor was out of the blazer it was time to bite more bullet. 400hp Roller cam vortec 355 from West Coast Engines online. Not sure what I'm going to do with this other than break something. Maybe turn the white guy into a muscle truck later, but that'll require a 502BBC.
I was thinking since the motor was out and the floor was all cut up that now would be a good time for a NV4500.
Bummer I can't drive it for a while yet. Hope to have it ready for another Baja trip by this time next year. I think I'm done with mechanical for now. Back to body work next.