After moving in September and finally getting settled in, I've had a little more time to work on the Jimmy and address a lot of smaller issues like u-joints, wheel bearings, etc.
Ended up putting a new starter in earlier in the year and haven't had a whole lot of luck from it. Finally decided to replace the worn and chewed up flywheel. What was supposed to be a 1 day out-and-in job to replace a $22 part has turned in to essentially a full on rebuild.
Pulled the motor and ran the numbers to find out that it was not the original 350 but a 4 bolt main 350 from a '72 K10 or K20. Judging by the wear and how clean it was, the motor must have been rebuilt during the first restoration and had few miles on it. Did a complete tear down and clean up with new seals all around. Hopefully this will take care of some of the oil consumption and smoke issues its been having.
Got a Lunati Bracket Master 284 duration .458 lift thats going in. Should hopefully be enough to give a it a little sound without having to put in a bigger stall. Going to go ahead and get the engine bay cleaned up and painted before the motor goes back in. Then, it's time to jump back on the bodywork and paint prep.
Pre-cleanup.
Fresh paint.
Hopefully will have it back in and fired up sometime this week. Gonna try to actually update this thread more than once or twice a year now that some more progress is happening.