Well here it is! FINALLY. This is what I have been working on for the past 8 months. It had been sitting for over 10 years before we pulled it out of the field...
These rims came from a LUV my dad bought years ago. We had no idea they were aluminum till I cleaned them. I had the fronts machined for the 4X4 hubs for $25.
A close up of the wheels. You can see what they used to look like if you look past the spokes on the inside. Eagle One aluminum mag cleaner. Look for the black bottle with the green stop sign.
New grille and repainted headlight trim rings. I used a semigloss flexible trim paint after sanding with 200 grit. Looks great. Notice the homemade bull bar I installed. This will eventually protect some fog lights I plan to install. This is actually a stainless steel grab bar for a CJ Jeep.
Bed and rollbar coated with Herculiner.
A look from the rear. Notice the front and rear bumpers are coated with Herculiner also.
....as well as the inside of the cab. Ignore the factory interior.
That will be black in a month or so.
Note the speakers in the kickpanel and the speakers in the rear. I made some custom panels for that...
The cab was all caved in, so we had to do some major body work to it. Here you see the inside. We got the big dents out and then welded in some 1/4" rod to give it some support.
This used to be all caved in. You could never tell it now.
New Grant wheel, stereo, dashboard cover, and tach.
This dash cover is from Coverlaymfg.com. It allows you to use your factory dash vents. Mine was a bit weathered, so I sanded it a bit, and used the flexible trim paint on it once again.
Replacement weather stripping thanks to a donor '85 Trooper II. They fit great. You just have to trim the length on the bottom.
New shift boots for the tranny and transfer case, as well as shift nob for the transfer case, also from the Trooper II.
New motor from the donor truck. Notice the electric fan setup. We also transferred the entire A/C from the donor truck to this one.
Pic of the electronic ignition module from the donor truck. Anyone know where these come from? New air filter cover also. Go buy a 9" Spectre kit from Pep Boys or somewhere, and install the lid upside down.
Euro style mirrors. I think it looks good.
Here from the front with the lights on. Those KC's are 150 watts. I got the whole kit cheap from JCWhitney.
Well thats it. To date I have spent around $2500 getting it to this point (tune up, replacing the motor, clutch, new stuff, paint, etc). Next on the list is to redo the interior in black, and replace the exhaust, and possibly a rear locker and another set of Mud Terrain tires and rims for offroading. I hope you like it.
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You have done some excellent work on this truck. You should be very proud. 
