So i started this about a year ago, has been slow going due to weather and funds, so far including the $1000 i paid for it i have spent about 5g on it.
When i first bought it i drove it 60km home, the guy i bought it off said it apparently had not been driven in 5 years, so it was a bit of a gamble and was only running on Lpg as the petrol pump did not work, the battery was dead so had to be jump started.

1st thing i did after i bought it was buy 4wd front guards and doors as the original 2wd ones on it had rust.
i then pulled out the motor and gearbox and stripped it down for a rebuild, i also fixed the rust in the inner guards while i had the motor out and guards off.

i spent roughly $1000 on the motor (18R-C)
had the head shaved 0.020
bored out 0.020
block decked
flat top high compression pistons
custom grind lumpy cam to suit straight Lpg
ground crank
full new ignition plugs, leads, and all dizzy internals
and built the motor myself

then i bought a 3 core alloy radiator, 90mm thick and installed a 16inch high flow thermo fan to it with slight cut outs to the edges of the cowling to fit on the radiator properly (biggest thermo i could possibly fit)
I also bought a set of wild cat extractors

radiator was $270
thermo fan and wiring kit was $70
Extractors were $160

I bought a 10inch kicker sub for $20 and built a custom box for it that fits at the rear of the centre console.
I also bought a clarion flip out dvd headunit for $120
and customized the dash a little to fit it (removed the ash tray)

painted all the interior plastics black, retrimmed the door trims with black vinyl, resprayed the outside of the ute in vy commodore blue.

then yesterday i bought a set of 3" lowering blocks and Drop stubs for $200

i bought 4" round Led lights for the rear, and side marker Leds for the side and tinted them all black,
also tinted the side windows black (still need to do the front and rear after i finish spraying on the clear coat) I bought new headlights that have a parker light built in to the bottom of them and new parker lenses,
the 4wd guards had had the indicator holes welded up when i bought them so i am going to put the indicator where the parker goes and the parkers in the bottom of the head lights.

theres probably lots i have forgotten, i have a few old photos of it, i will take a few more and upload them tomorrow

 

heres pics from the 1st week that i had it

 

here are some recent photos

 

looks like a fun project. What do you have going on with the intake?

 

doing a custom intake for direct Lpg, using a 75mm throttle body and 75mm gas ring, from what i have read it should use half the amount of fuel and have a massive increase in power by eliminating the carby

 

Oooh. I see. Sounds like a fun project.

 

yea cant wait for it to be finished already

 

Been a while since i put an update up, project came to a stand still for a while, but time to get back into it.