They had a hell of a time removing all the mounting brackets/braces/gussets for the axle mounts. John said it was the most reinforced front end he ever seen. Give him a break as he normally works on Jeeps. Once the frame was cleaned up for the motor/axle mounts:



Then nestled the 5.3L in the engine bay:



Then the Scout Dana 44 solid axles got new internals and upgraded alloy shafts/rotors/brakes to handle larger tires:






As you can tell, the tires barely fit!


Even with that kind of lift, the oil pan was too close to the front axle and needed to be shortened a bit:



Then the locking hubs were installed (for streetability - wife still wants to drive it)!


Got the gauges installed:



Continued in next post

Sam