88 GMC Jimmy "Jimbo"

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I bought this thing when I was a senior in high school. I was 17, Im 25 now. I tradded a 87 mazda b2600 4x4 for it. I paid $400 for the mazda and the jimmy was clean so I thought I did good. The owner of the Jimmy thought it was knocking. Turned out to be loose torque convertor bolts. Fixed it in his driveway and drove it for years. I ran it hot my last year of college and parked if for a year or so. I ended up buying a wrecked 92 s10 and swapped the 4.3 out of it into the jimmy and drove it for a little while and just parked it because I didnt need it and couldnt bring myself to sell it after all the good and bad memories Ive had with the old thing. So last year I bought a 92 camaro off ebay for $420 bux. It had the tbi 305 swapped out for a TBI 350 out of a truck. I sold a few parts off of it and the interior for almost what I payed for the whole car. The plan was and is to swap the 350/700r4 out of the camaro into the jimmy leaving it fuel injected and dependable. Well I'm married now and things are settling down so I figured I may as well get started... SO for now all I am going to do is give you before pics when I first bought it and current pics as it sits covered in mold. As I do work I will update this thread. Dont be surprised if its slow going! When I got it , it was lowed via removal of the front springs completely!, ridding on bump stops only, rode awefull, looked cool. Rear was lowered using a 4in and 2in block stacked. It would scape reflectors.. I drove it like that for a while and then raised it. It went though a few sets of old school wheels before I stuck these newer s10 wheels on it. I would like to lower it the right way after the v8 swap. Dont pic on the garfield on the tailgate. It was owned by a girl at couple owners ago and she painted it in the tailgate. Its dated 90 something.