what your looking at here is the starter area. yes thats a drip of water on it... looks like i might have lost a frost plug, I hope the block isnt cracked. it started dripping when it started warming up (i didnt run it because the water was drained) I guess the rad bieng so high the water didnt all drain out 

It isnt very pretty on the outside... but this is one sweet smallblock. It has 12:1 pistons and open chamber heads netting about 10:1 compression ratio, ported heads edelbrock intake and a holly carb... its getting fresh headers, and a edelbrock carb with an offroad kit in it. 

I removed the front clip, now the engine etc is very easy to access... 

I used a 3/4 ton comealong to hold it all together. its ugly but it worked...  

Heres a shot of my broken frame and how I got my truck off the mountain (note the chain) 

Putting smaller tires on the front makes it a lot easier to reach into the hood area 

now we need some parts, enter 1 beat up retired bush warrior...  

Its a little high at the front right now because I havent done a suspension lift to the rear yet 

Since I was done with the frame for a while and needed the room I tucked it back under the body 

now it has a nice positive curve to it (and another 4" of lift) thisis a different front differential its a dana 44 it has been completely rebuilt I only need to switch the rotors because these are for 6 bolt rims 

notice the leaf spring in this picture with no motor or body on it its already has a slightly negative bend to it that wont do... 

a little detail 

Dec 3 05 I got a lot done today, I finished landing one frame on top of the other. I used 8 6 x 12 x 1/4 plates and 96 plated grade 8 bolts 

At least it has a solid floor in it now 

the body is on the floor 

a pic showing the frames on top of each other 

it wasnt pretty 

the rear floor was rotten and cut out by the previous owner who gave up... 

another view 

this is the project truck as of oct 30 

come on in the waters great! 

aha i found the sept 9 pics Ryan tried the south side hole 

Made it back to the shop under my own power, we tied a bit of rope around the tire for traction as the 44s are pretty bald, and thats the last trip that truck is going to make 

I changed the axel right there with help from my friend Derek all and all quite an ordeal getting back out in the rainy season 

Yay Griz tracks heading the same direction i'm going the tracks are about 8" long