Tear Down of the 86'

In March of this year, with plans decided, I began the dismantling of the 86', which was two fold really.  After being in Utah all of its life, the salt, water, and other corrosive things here, were getting to the body and aspects of the truck.  She needed some new metal.

 

Before Tear down.

 After I tore the front end and old engine out.  As you can see the fenders and such are in the background.

All clean, with some new paint. 

 I think its been painted and repainted a few times since this picture was taken.

New Pretty Green engine installed in the frame.

Looks good sitting in there don't it?

Close up.

This is where things started to change from the original swap plan, to the lets do some cool S-*! plan.

 I wanted to used the Yukon's transfer case, as it offered a more robust option for driver side drop and selection. *This later proved to be the key to everything that follows.

Only problem was that the truck originally came with passenger side prop from axles, with some small gears.   Deciding to go all in, i purchased a set of 99' Ford Super Duty Axles with 3:73 gears in them to change out beneath the truck.  these would provide both added strength, as well as the driver side drop axle I needed.

$900.00 including the wheels, later I had them in the shop ready to be fabricated into place.

First the old axle had to go.  Sitting on jack stands wasn't ideal, but I was sure to place them in correct places and make sure the bed was weighed down with some old parts from the truck for ballast.