Its finally here! The Chassis and Engine!

After waiting 6 months.. this moment has finally arrived.. Time to make the trek to San Bernardino to pick up the new chassis and engine!

We left on Friday 9/11 for a nice leisure trip to Cali.. Along the way Dad and I visited one of his old friends from high school (Randy Brooks) who owns Barnes Bullets in Mona UT.. Randy (in the picture left of my Dad) gave us a tour of his factory.. They make all sorts of different bullets.. even explosive tipped bullets.. I was drooling over all of the neat tools they had.. so cool!)



We also ran into a bunch of crazy aliens selling beef Jerky in Baker CA... Who can resist buying Alien Jerky? :)

We basically talked eachothers ears off over the 1200 mile round trip.. and would do it all over again in a heart beat. We discussed all sorts of ideas and plans for what we want to do with the truck. The next few months are going to be a lot of fun!

Ok ok.. enough sentimental father son bonding moments.. Here are the chassis and engine pictures!!!

The frame looks awesome. No Limits did a great job on the workmanship. It looks show room ready!

Check out the accent they did on the front suspension! Flames! Wuzzuup!

The new gas tank should make the ride a much more enjoyable.. plus I won't smell like gas every time I get out of the truck! Ah the memories..

We ordered the engine from Doug Herbert in North Carolina and had it shipped to the No Limits shop so we could save on shipping and handling fees.. which was also an added bonus because we were able to help the guys install it with the transmission and then finally to the frame.

Everything fit just perfectly! All I could think about was how the engine would sound fired up.. I can't wait to get this baby going!

Chassis now equipped with tires.. ready to go!

Ok.. one more chance to pose by the new chassis before the long drive back to Utah.

Check it out! We're still smiling! Because we're home!!!!

Now the fun begins!

We picked up the doors on our way back from California from Horvath Hotrods in Spanish Fork Utah.. We tore them apart last week and sent them in to be media blasted to remove any paint and rust to see if the doors are salvageable.. And luck has it.. they are!!! We've got a day or so of ahead of us for working out the details on installing the one piece windows and power window rollers.. As well as working out the details on repairing one of the skin panels (huge dent that needs to be cut out and replaced with a new piece of sheet metal).

I took the frame to Gaylons Drivelines in Lehi today to have it measured and fitted for a new aluminum drive shaft.. They said it should be ready tomorrow!! So once we get that we'll install it and then get to work on the exhaust.. (The exhaust should be completed getting polished this week then shipped to us soon hopefully..)

Then comes more tear down of the existing truck to have more of the panels media blasted..

Here are the rest of the pictures from our trip! http://graywaves.smugmug.com/Thunder-Pig-Restoration