Calebfuson
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I thought I had more pictures of it when I first got it but here’s the one that I do have. Barely made the 10 minute drive home with it, later would find out it was a bad crank sensor and a worn out fuel pump. 
First thing I did after getting it to run and drive was to strip the annoying plastics off the side and put some 35s on it.
And with all the panels being different colors I went to Lowe’s and found some blue spray paint for this thing
Fast forwards a couple months I had to replace the drivers door and cab corner because when this thing was in a wreck the body shop that fixed it didn’t do it right so the door was held on by tek screws and bubble gum welds, so basically falling off
Since I was already doing body work I finished the bottom of the fenders and patched the 2 holes above the wheel wells (normally hidden by the plastic on the Cadillacs)
If my photos show right I ditched the worn out factory seats and put some corbeau Baja ss seats in, used the factory slide so I still have power seats, and threw in the back heater from the factory seats
once the blue had faded to the point it didn’t look good it was time for a change so I ended up going with rustoleum this time around and it looked great
After prepping it I used the best paint booth I could find and sprayed it
Fast forward it was time to do the bumpers so I started the rear bumper first then did the front and then finished the rear after deciding what exactly I wanted to do
Blue tape is the best for figuring out how you want to bend your tubes
Later on I would add a front skid plate using 3/16 tempered aluminum. Finishing the rear bumper I learned how to dimple die and wanted some cup holders built in for camping, and why not have cup holders. Also cut my rear quarter panels while building the rear bumper
the next thing I wanted to do was put a gated shifter in it, ditch the rest of the wood grain panels inside and throw in a cooler steering wheel
Forgot to mention that I put FOA 2.5” resis front and rear, but of course I didn’t take pictures while making them fit.
That’s about all I can find pictures of, planning to keep updating this as the build progresses
First thing I did after getting it to run and drive was to strip the annoying plastics off the side and put some 35s on it.
And with all the panels being different colors I went to Lowe’s and found some blue spray paint for this thing
Fast forwards a couple months I had to replace the drivers door and cab corner because when this thing was in a wreck the body shop that fixed it didn’t do it right so the door was held on by tek screws and bubble gum welds, so basically falling off
Since I was already doing body work I finished the bottom of the fenders and patched the 2 holes above the wheel wells (normally hidden by the plastic on the Cadillacs)
If my photos show right I ditched the worn out factory seats and put some corbeau Baja ss seats in, used the factory slide so I still have power seats, and threw in the back heater from the factory seats
once the blue had faded to the point it didn’t look good it was time for a change so I ended up going with rustoleum this time around and it looked great
After prepping it I used the best paint booth I could find and sprayed it
Fast forward it was time to do the bumpers so I started the rear bumper first then did the front and then finished the rear after deciding what exactly I wanted to do
Blue tape is the best for figuring out how you want to bend your tubes
Later on I would add a front skid plate using 3/16 tempered aluminum. Finishing the rear bumper I learned how to dimple die and wanted some cup holders built in for camping, and why not have cup holders. Also cut my rear quarter panels while building the rear bumper
the next thing I wanted to do was put a gated shifter in it, ditch the rest of the wood grain panels inside and throw in a cooler steering wheel
Forgot to mention that I put FOA 2.5” resis front and rear, but of course I didn’t take pictures while making them fit.
That’s about all I can find pictures of, planning to keep updating this as the build progresses
