- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
Allow me to introduce "Red". This is the Scrambler that Frickinghost was going to restore for his father, Tds81cj8. When he posted that he had purchased another Scrambler and that this one was not going to be restored, I took notice. But never really had any real hopes... When Tom brought his white 81 into my shop to perform a bunch of work, eventually the conversation turned to the red one. I expressed an interest, and Tom said he'd be open to some trading. A few weeks later, we were able to work out a deal and now Red is mine.
It's an 81 SR with no body damage and virtually no rust, save for a bit on the surface of the bed and the surface of the drivers footwell. It came with a rebuilt 258 still in the shrink wrap, new front fenders, radiator, flares, and a lot of cool OEM stuff that usually is missing. It also has been fully disassembled, so it's ready to start building. Tom got it from the original owner, who parked it out in the Eastern Oregon heat and wind after losing a head gasket. The paint is faded and weathered to the extent that in some spots it's just primer, and the stripes are gone. A blank canvas to build...
I promise I'll start a proper build thread once I reach that point. My wife is saying something about getting her VW Bus on the road first, and then there's the housing situation. Looks like we are out of our rental in November, so we're being proactive and attempting to purchase a place. We have an offer in now, we find out Thursday. But, it needs a shop built. So it looks like this will be a winter project...
My plans? I built Copper for a purpose that I'll never take advantage of, so this one is going to be more of a resto-mod. Repaint and restripe like original, probably a 1-2" lift, and 31" tires. Change the black interior and hardtop to an appropriate nutmeg. Jury's out on a powertrain, I want the convenience of fuel injection for sure, I just don't know if I want to keep it a 6 or step up with a LS. A sleeper if you use street rod terms. But, no crazy cage or huge bumpers, no big lift. Something that the wife and I would be comfortable driving cross country. Maybe then I'll make it to one of the Nationals, because right now she hates even going to the grocery store in Copper.
Enough rambling, here's some pictures!
From Frickinghost's thread-
Just a little surface rust!
It's an 81 SR with no body damage and virtually no rust, save for a bit on the surface of the bed and the surface of the drivers footwell. It came with a rebuilt 258 still in the shrink wrap, new front fenders, radiator, flares, and a lot of cool OEM stuff that usually is missing. It also has been fully disassembled, so it's ready to start building. Tom got it from the original owner, who parked it out in the Eastern Oregon heat and wind after losing a head gasket. The paint is faded and weathered to the extent that in some spots it's just primer, and the stripes are gone. A blank canvas to build...
I promise I'll start a proper build thread once I reach that point. My wife is saying something about getting her VW Bus on the road first, and then there's the housing situation. Looks like we are out of our rental in November, so we're being proactive and attempting to purchase a place. We have an offer in now, we find out Thursday. But, it needs a shop built. So it looks like this will be a winter project...
My plans? I built Copper for a purpose that I'll never take advantage of, so this one is going to be more of a resto-mod. Repaint and restripe like original, probably a 1-2" lift, and 31" tires. Change the black interior and hardtop to an appropriate nutmeg. Jury's out on a powertrain, I want the convenience of fuel injection for sure, I just don't know if I want to keep it a 6 or step up with a LS. A sleeper if you use street rod terms. But, no crazy cage or huge bumpers, no big lift. Something that the wife and I would be comfortable driving cross country. Maybe then I'll make it to one of the Nationals, because right now she hates even going to the grocery store in Copper.
Enough rambling, here's some pictures!
From Frickinghost's thread-
Just a little surface rust!
