New to me 82
 

Made the deal yesterday.
Always wanted one of these.
Was going swap a 4x4
But this maybe easier

No drive train yet
Planning on a 350-350 combo
And plant it, how far can you go down out back
til the diff hits the floor?

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Congrats! I have no idea how low before contact, maybe Keith or someone else will chime in. Slammed is the plan?

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Yeah pretty low. I'm told a standard notch will get it there in the rear.
My 16 year old is wanting to become a fabricator.
So we've talked about pancaking to crossmember or a aftermarket deal.
Have to make room for it at home yet

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i went about 7-8" in my 80 blazer with just a notch.

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More random questions.
Finally looked at the title.
Its a gmc jimmy wondering how many 82 2wd Jimmies where built.
Also...
Would an 82 have the 1" or 1.25" rotor?
10 or 12 bolt rear-end
Its sitting 4 hours away.
And im shopping

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Not sure on production numbers.

I think in 82 the rotors could still be either. I'm texting a forum friend and he said either is possible, the heavy duty was still an option. The rear should be 10-bolt.

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Going to pick it up tomorrow. Getting pretty excited ��

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Happy birthday kid.

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Look at that grin. Priceless.

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Good bad and ugly.

This is going to be a bit more of a project than we thought.

Appears to have taken a hit in the door/B pillar area and some poor repairs made.
The passenger seat frame is busted completely in half
The floor brace is wrinkled up.

But no rust in the floors. ��

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Still looks like a cool project that will clean up well.

On that light blue, patina'd 67-72 (maybe it's a 70?) sitting in the driveway. What wheels are on that? I like that pattern.

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Our 68 "old blue"

It has Mickey Thompson Challengers
16x7 with a 245-75 tire

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Thanks, looks good!

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Thanks. Its had slot mags as long as I could remember. Then 16.5s got tough
Wished they still made these.

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And has the 1.25 wide rotors.
And surprise surprise the smashed B pillar problem is almost minor in comparison.
The right rail is twisted and kinked.
Major bummer

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Sorry to hear it. Can a frame shop fix it?

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Find out Monday if we can source another frame.
I think its fixable but another frame maybe a less painful experience

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Well now we'll see if the 4x4 frame is really the same.
Let the fun begin.

And got the kid a tig machine to weld it all together

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Well we have a frame, albeit a 4x4 frame.
Time to cut rivets a lot of rivets.

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More carnage

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Fully detailed chassis coming up?

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Yeah for sure I'm this deep into it no reason not too.
And anything but black.
Spent the weekend sectioning the crossmember for more low low.
My boy is getting proficient with his tig welder

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Sectioned crossmember in

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Go Kid good job!

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The 4wd frame swap and the sectioned crossmember are trying our patience.

Good times with J though

Unbolted everything and it relaxed enough to go together again

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Slowly but have tickets for the intervention in September.

Carriage bolts are a real pain.

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Old frame is out.
What a bent up POS
Glad it's out and a couple of Sawzall blades later it's gone to scrap

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Good progress! You said it was kinked and bent, but dude! That looks like a stock market graph or a heart monitor readout or something. Certainly not a frame rail.

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Glad we decided to trash this frame.
And probably won't be one bolt my kid and I won't have a hand on thru this project

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That looks like a hard shot!

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Gonna be a project and a half.
Got 6 months to get it together for the C10 intervention in Sept
Nothing like a 500+ mile 1st drive

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Really beginning to hate a P-19 shock pin.
Had cracks going 2 inches north and south of the right rear shock.
Cut the section out and scabbed in a bit of the old frame.

Also took another piece if the old frame to strengthen up this area

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After several hours of beating the floor brace into submission.
And a custom brace Bender thing tool

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1st time in 6 months on wheels

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Slow going but progress

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Looks great! Do I see some grill choices in the background?

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Sort of.
Love the 73/74 grilles but also the 81-87 stacked headlights.
Trying to convince ourselves it's a viable project. After the eleventy thousands of project we're already involved in.

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The underside of the tub looks good. What's making you question keeping it?

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The truck is going to together.
I meant making a 73 grille going in to a 81 up opening project.

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Notch is going in