1- Year AGO

So about a year ago, and a good summer of driving the 86' around,  I decided an engine swap  would be a great idea to improve power and fuel economy. Lets face it, 80's something technology was great for its time, but with emissions and government controls, there wasn't a whole lot of power of fuel economy in these trucks. So why not upgrade? they make Kits for it......

I found a totaled 01' GMC Yukon that had mostly body damage, but still had a good power train.  Negations again ensued with a tow company and we finally settled on a price.  So one rainy Saturday morning, I woke up and took a long, long drive to Green River Wyoming.  With it being a little tricky to find, I inspected the goods and paid the man. One thing that was cool,  I was actually able to drive it onto the trailer when I picked it up and Drive it into the garage for tear down at home. No need for winches, thank goodness.

In The garage:

There it sat, for nearly 3 months in pieces, I couldn't decide if i wanted to do a body swap or a drivetrain swap.  Both had their advantages and difficulties.  Doing the body swap would have meant lots of hard labor hours, trying to convince people to help me remove and reassemble pieces, building custom mounts, etc.  Though it would have been nice to have a new suspension, frame, and drive train underneath an old school truck, which was the idea to begin with.

The dash was all tore apart, I wish I 

had more pictures of the destruction, but I wasn't worried about it then,

so use  your imagination as you view this part.

Doing the drive train swap had its own challenges, to name a few, engine & transmission mounts, fuel systems, exhaust systems, and a few others.  Though having the truck stay as much original as possible was a huge benefit because I loved the look of it.

Still the questioned Loomed.....  "Which way to take it?"