New Member - 72 Jimmy: Project Knuckledragger mountain commuter

[NTR72GMC]

Originally Posted by snowblind

That is pretty clean... I'm trying to decide if it's easier to swap the grill that I have or the hood.

Thanks a lot for the bumper lights. I'll be putting them in this weekend.

No problem, If you want I have a 67-68 hood you can have I wouldn't mind freeing up the space its taking up.

[snowblind]

I took the last few weeks off from working on the Jimmy. I was out of town, then it was REALLY cold, then Christmas crazyness, etc, etc. It's still pretty cold here now but if I let the cold stop me I'll never get anything done.

This weekend I put in the Chevy bumper lights I got from NTR72GMC, installed a new dash pad, installed a new passenger door switch for the interior lights, plugged up a bunch of firewall holes, connected the wiring harness for the Pioneer head unit I got for Christmas. I also set up a little block of wires behind the glovebox with "12v constant", "ignition hot" and "interior light hot" for use when wiring my power/heated seats. The dash pad was BY FAR the biggest pain in the @$$ and took probably 4 hours.

This coming week I'll finish of the wiring/installing the door speakers, put some patches over the fuel filler holes in my rear quarters and hopefully get the new passenger seat mounted.

Here are some current photos. I took the fender trim off last month to put fresh paint on the grill and I haven't put it back on yet. I'm toying with the idea of going with a 67-68 hood and going trimless...

[snowblind]

Originally Posted by NTR72GMC

No problem, If you want I have a 67-68 hood you can have I wouldn't mind freeing up the space its taking up.

What color is your hood?

I'm not sure on what I want to do. From the photos I've seen I can't decide if I like the look of the early or the late hood better. I also kind of like the fender trim... I probably need to come out to your place one day and see the hood in the flesh.

[NTR72GMC]

Originally Posted by snowblind

What color is your hood?

I'm not sure on what I want to do. From the photos I've seen I can't decide if I like the look of the early or the late hood better. I also kind of like the fender trim... I probably need to come out to your place one day and see the hood in the flesh.

I have a white one and a green one, the green one is the one on my truck right now.

[snowblind]

Originally Posted by NTR72GMC

I have a white one and a green one, the green one is the one on my truck right now.

The white one might work... paint my cowl and windshield white and it would be like one big racing stripe. :-) I have too many things on my plate right now but give me a few weeks and I might take it off your hands.

Here's a photo of my new head unit. It's a Pioneer DEH-P510UB. In addition to all the other usual stuff it features front and rear USB connections to play music from ipods or thumb drives. There is a very real chance that this stereo will NEVER have a CD inserted...

[NTR72GMC]

Originally Posted by snowblind

The white one might work... paint my cowl and windshield white and it would be like one big racing stripe. :-) I have too many things on my plate right now but give me a few weeks and I might take it off your hands.

Here's a photo of my new head unit. It's a Pioneer DEH-P510UB. In addition to all the other usual stuff it features front and rear USB connections to play music from ipods or thumb drives. There is a very real chance that this stereo will NEVER have a CD inserted...

If you use the green one it will look like a pumpkin! That's cool with me these next few weeks are going to be crazy for me as well. Cool radio by the way.

[snowblind]

We had about 4-6" of snow in the last 24 hours. I continue to be impressed with the transfer case and 4wd capabilities of this old rig.

The ski resorts are expecting upwards of 20" by tomorrow morning. I'll be heading up to shoot photos but I have no idea what time I'll have to make the drive. The road is regularly closed for avalanche danger. I will get advanced notice of the closure but it may have me driving up at 11:30 at night... or 6 a.m.

Here's a photo from Christmas Eve.

[Jtrux]

I would love to be able to drive mine up into some snow like that someday, looks fun. I've only seen light snow in all my years (all 25 of them that is).