nice mr2!

 

I worked for my Dad since I was 10. He never really paid me and I never really complained. Shortly after I turned 16, I came home from high school and found a 1991 GMC Sonoma in the drive.


After several years, I had it looking like this. No bondo, no fiberglass.





There wasn't much of anything on the truck that wasn't customized other then the suspension. I never got around to lowering it, but I did install some edelbrock IAS shocks.

 

great start! keep'em coming!

 

1965 Impala convertible 283/powerglide/2.73 power drum brakes (lock up with the slightest touch, taught me how to drive QUICK!!). Got it from a neighbor's father, it had been in a barn in Indiana for a while, had a trailer hitch and had obviously lived a hard life. Learned a LOT from it (like how to pick a project car, lol) and it's still sitting at my dad's house, rotting... I'll get to it again eventually, too many damn projects

I picked it up when I was 14, replaced the floor pans, redid the brakes, and did some half assed body work in high school. Eventually rebuilt the trans my senoir year and a couple of years ago went through the 283 and put it back up to snuff with the original Rochester monojet, points, and PCV intake. Mostly original fun cruiser...

Here it is when I picked it up, fresh from the barn, I really think the guy I got it from put his boat in the water with it....




Replacing the floors, completely rotted out. It's how I learned to weld...




The trans on a bench, my first trans tear down and rebuild, certainly not my last (I eventually did heavy line work at a GM dealer for several years).


Here is the most recent pics I have of the car, sadly I haven't touched it in two years due to shitty work schedules and other lame excuses.

 

you got that 65 looking clean! Nice work!

 

I need to borrow a scanner from somebody, I have some old pics around here somewhere.

 

My first project was a 4.3 5 speed 94 S10. 4.3 went out and a 350 went in.
350,000 miles+

 

damnnn thats one nice 94. was it repainted? if not someone took really good care of it.

my 94 LSx swap i my first real project that involves engine swaps that i can actually afford to complete.
at 18 i tried to swap a 454/TH400 into a SCSB s10..never finished. then the same year i bought an bagged an 88 chevy RCLB with a 305/th350 broke it an never did anything else other than drop kits an sound. at 22 i bought my 01 an started with a CAI, LTs, OR-y, 4/6 drop on oem 20s went 15.0x an then 14.6x on slicks.
now i have my 08CCSB an my 94ECSB im working on.

 

My first truck was a 1987 Suburban 3/4ton 2wd with a TBI 454... did a couple bolt on's. But my first 'Project' was when I inherited my grandfathers 1969 Chevy 1/2 ton 2wd longbed. It had a very tired 396ci that I drove throughout high school. In college I built & swapped a 454ci to replace the 396ci. It had a tunnel ram intake and dual edelbrock 500's. I started to lower the '69, but with my limited funds I only got around to lowering front coils and the truck had the ugliest rake to it.

 

my first real project... a 89 mustang..
it got a complete rebuild.. new GT40p heads e303 cam and cobra intake(heads and intake were ported) manual trans swap and lowering sprins and suspension work.

its running and driving but just needs paint... very soon i hope!