I'm at it again - Trooper this time

[Buffy]

My sister bought this Trooper brand new and proceeded to put 247K miles on it. She gave it to me just to get it out of her yard and I was happy to bring it home. It actually had moss growing on it when I drug it out from under the pine trees. I have been working on this for several months and here is where I am at. It has completely disassembled and the frame sanded, rust proofed and painted. The engine has been rebuilt with a balance job and a Delta 260 cam. The intake has been glass beaded and and reassembled. The transmission has been rebuilt and Terra Low 3.1 gears installed. Now for some pictures of what I started with:

[Buffy]

I have 5 brand new Snowflakes going on it.



Here is the intake before it was cleaned up.





Pile of parts for the intake.





After glass beading.

[Buffy]

Preparing to pull the motor.





And it's out.



Now time for some serious BLING! Shipped the valve cover off to Carolina Hard Chrome and they did an awesome job.





Terra Low Gears



Pace Setter header



After Jet Hot coating



Front end is out



Getting ready for drop brackets

[Buffy]

Front diff before...



and after....



Cleaned up engine bay





My floating Trooper

[Buffy]

Frame time















Isuzu lawn art!

[Buffy]

And finally the motor and tranny is installed

[Buffy]

That pretty much catches the group up an where the project is. I have heavy duty Sway-A-Way torsion bars ready to go in. I will be putting in OME leaf springs and Joe Darlington drop brackets for the front. I will post updates as I make progress. I am hoping to have everything done by Hallowarrie

[JoFotoz]

Please come and live in my back yard for a while...

Awesome..

jo

[ZEUS]

That's sweet! I found a '91 Trooper last weekend and was on my way to buy it for $650 but someone got it right before me. Grr... Excited to see your build tho!

[Scott Harness]

Bravo!!! Sweet!!! What Jo said!!!

[Buffy]

Bravo!!! Sweet!!! What Jo said!!!

Well my brother does live in the Dallas area.

I missed out on a 89 RS last week. I would have loved to of gotten the 4.77 gears out of it.

[Triathlete]

Please come and live in my back yard for a while...

Awesome..

jo

I will up the ante...I will let you sleep indoors on a fold out couch with air conditioning!

[bigblock8396375]

Had 89 Trooper LS 4 cyl 223 k, bought for 200 guy thought clutch was bad,only needed the adjustment bolt under dash adjusted.Great truck drove it for 5 years sold it for 1000.Wish I still had it! It was shipped off to Haiti just before the earthquake. Your doing a great job, keep the pics coming!

[Buffy]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I am waiting for my suspension parts to arrive. Just ordered up an Aussie locker for the rear and an ARB for the front. I will be installing OME heavy duty springs (about 3" lift) and some other goodies. I will also be installing VX seats when I get to the interior. Found a 1999 or 2000 VX in Dalls and got fron tand rear seats for 250.00. I am not sure I can use the back seat or not due to width but will ponder my options when I get them home but the front seats in a first gen Trooper is going to be fun!

[Ldub]

VERY nice....