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I apologize for my absence to all of my intrepid readers. With the move and so many other projects I have not taken the time to update the thread as I might like. Perhaps taking up surf fishing has also had a hand in that. I will try and add some content as time allows. At 10k miles I have...

I am having trouble previewing images with my tablet prior to attaching photos, this has prevented me from being able to apply updates with pictures. I will continue to work on it. The progress has been slow but Josh and I are putting the animal together and it is strarting to look like a truck...

Well I am back in Tucson, as of yesterday morning. It looks like I will be back at work on the Blazer in the am. Sorry BR, without a load to offset the fuel cost, comming in, I could not justify bringing the deuce. I am sad, I really enjoy driving it. Don't tell anyone but I like it better...

What have you been doing in FL OD? Well.... I believe I mentioned I had sold my motorcycle. What I did not know is something would show up at Ft. Benning that would peak my interest.

I needed to make special arrangements to accommodate my eccentricities and the new gauges, so down comes the transmission pan again. I find it much more pleasant to drop a pan for a filter change without several gallons of fluid dumping on me as I brake the seal, so in addition to a port for my...

I did get a bit more done before I had to leave town. The wife wanted me home (new home in Florida before Christmas). I am currently in Deltona, but hope to be back in AZ before February. At that poin the build will continue. What follows is a montage of the current state of the CUTV and how I...

The old chucker is coming together. What follows is about 10 hours worth of work summed up in 7 photos. The majority of the work is not apparent. I am not going to explain myself just yet. I believe things will become clear as the build progresses. I stopped a 1p to take the first four and at...

Thanks for the vote of confidence BR. Missed you on Sat. Oh well, another time. I am expecting a shipment on Friday that should help get this critter rolling under her own power. The plan, subject to change.... again, is to have her a Jack's by Monday. I have a plot twist brewing, so stay...

A better look at the plumbed Dana 60. I ran out of SS lines (had almost enough from a previous project), so I am using the OE lines from the front at present. The newly painted reciever hitch is in, as is the modified skid plate. It is unfortunate though, that I will have to drop the tank...

A few shots of the secondary cross-member install as well as the rear driveshaft and the E-brake setup. I like the way it turned out.

It has been too long sense I updated. Suppose it is time for some catch-up. Installed the remote Trans filter and the cooler off of the K30. Finally got the HAD parking brake setup and installed that. Most of my time was spent poking around with the cable routing. It works very well! Also...

Today I did the mock up on the front drive shaft. To my dismay-relatively little- the 3R Saginaw CV did not clear. One of the reasons I chose the spacer for the t-case was to avoid this issue. Only one choice, clearance the pan. I did some research to see what others had done: 1) let the drive...

I pulled apart the instrument cluster, though I have not decided what to do yet. I know I hate the idiot lights and I will have need of boost, pyrometer, and voltage gauges. I also pulled out the gear indicator to switch with the one from the donor. I installed the rear air bags. Jack found...

I have the, next to final, mock-up of the twin stick setup finished. I am waiting on some 5/16" - 24 stainless steel rod to complete the final install. Moving the shifters forward required quite a bit of modification to the original setup. I am quite pleased with the fit and function of the...

It would seem I am behind again. I had been doing a lot of busy work while waiting on my custom flange and parking brake system to arrive. I have a few relevant pictures. The modified skid plate. I added 3.5 inches of .125 plate. It now fits the 31 gallon fuel tank nicely. I installed the...

Which brings us, finally, to today. I modified the floor pan to accommodate the transfer-case mounted brake that will be coming from High Angle Drive Lines. Actually, I modified the floor to accommodate my center console. I just had to have cup holders. It does give me a nice platform to mount...

I scored a receiver hitch off of the parts Blazer and a 31 gallon fuel tank (The factory one was 25, both of which are finding homes under the cHucv. I have a lot of irons in the fire, due to delays on parts and the short amount of time available. I am having to modify the factory skid plate...

A few more on the mount.

I bought my shaft from Off Road Designs. It is new production. I have been seeing them come up on Ebay ever sense, used. I did not have time to hunt for one though. Thanks for the insight. Here is the fabrication process of the twin stick mounting bracket.

A little comparison of the drive shafts. I had a SuperDuty drive-shaft laying around. So I am having it shortened and a custom flange made to fit the Ford flange and also accommodate the parking brake. The larger one is the SuperDuty with 1410 U joints. The other two are 1350 and 1310 Rear and...