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Meet Red, my 81 Restomod Build

We thought it was a great deal. Still learning the ins and outs of the system.
 
spankrjs said:
Any progress?
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Well….to be honest no. I’ve been kept more than busy for the past couple years by what seems to be never ending house and horse projects. Through it all I’ve developed some physical issues…right now my knee is so bad I can’t even climb into it. Kneeling- well that’s not possible, period. There’s more but I won’t get into it… There is a local car show here in the end of June, and I’m going to try and see if I can make something happen. Project burnout is real…I’m wishing I had just left it stock, I could probably get into it and it would definitely be driveable by now!
 
Man, that's too bad... it's tough to get motivated for things you want to do, when there are so many things you have to do.

Hang in there, Randy. Scrambler time will come back around. :cheers:
 
I hope you and the little woman can heal up and get moving again. I know now that im collecting SS, time is also catching up to me.

Randy we all fall into slumps. I have not been very motivated myself lately. When i bought my parents house a gew years ago, i went from a descent sized barn to a small one. There is no room to actually get busy on any a large project as most are exactly that. But hoping to add onto the existing house single garage and making it big enough for a single lift. But right there is what your kinda talking about. Thats creating another life project.
 
Randyzzz said:
Sorry about the slow reply. Your project sounds great!

I used a BeCool LS swap radiator. Honestly, I only gained a small percentage of additional core area, but the modifications to the grille and then the snowball effect of headlamp clearance etc. along with the need for a slight body lift to clear the frame rails left me thinking it was not the wisest decision. The fan is a Lincoln MKVII unit trimmed to fit. It’s a powerful 2 speed fan- but very deep and there was a water pump swap and belt routing reconfiguration needed to get adequate clearance.

It’s still a ways off from being driveable so I don’t know if all the effort was worth it.

My last 5.3 swap used a Northern aluminum radiator and the stock LS truck fan with a shroud. It never gave me any issues.
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Yep, I went VIntage Air....

and I did one of the Entropy Radiators, mainly to take care of the 6L80E.
 
All right guys, here’s your chance. Life changes, health changes, coupled with selling our current home and moving back to Central. Oregon has led me to decide to offer up this project for sale for a limited time at a great-repeat great price. I don’t wanna go into all the details of why I am selling. At least not now. I have not touched it in four years. And I’m taking that as a sign. We sold our home and have to be out by September 27. So – I am doing a one time offering that if you would like to purchase this project as it sits, I will tearfully let it go for $20,000. I can find receipts for somewhere between 30 and $35,000 worth of parts. I probably have over 1000 hours in labor so far. To get it running and driving, it will need the electrical for the engine compartment finished, including the engine. It will need the fan to be wired. It will need air-conditioning and heater lines and associated components installed. The seats will have to be covered. Fabricate and install power steering lines. A front driveshaft will have to be built.And the computer will have to be programmed. There’s probably some other little stuff that we can deal with that later. I have seat covers, I have an engine wiring harness (factory, excess wires removed). Also, the doors will have to have all components and weatherstrip installed, and I have all that. Plus, obviously the front end sheet metal installed. I also have powder coated factory,rocker trim. I also have a half Top that will need to be restored and seatbelts.(aftermarket.)

So- here’s your chance to own this smoking cool Scrambler for an equally smoking cool price. Again – no trades at least none that I can think of. The Scrambler must be paid for in cash before I release it. Yes I have a clean title and it is currently registered and tags are current. And, this is a big one, it must be picked up by the 26th at the absolute latest. If you can’t pick it up by then, this deal expires.

If this sounds good to you, be prepared to load not just the Scrambler, but extra parts, loose doors, the hard top, etc. The steering is hooked up. The brakes do work. And the transmission can be put into park as a shifter is hooked up.

If you’re not familiar with this build, go back and check out the 64 pages and you’ll see exactly what’s included.
 
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