It's been a while

So after the last couple of years playing around in the Jeep I have gotten bored with not working on it so have commited to some upgrades. These will take me a while and will start in my own garage and then likely migrate out to Don's for the things I'd really appreciate his help on.

Design plan is a VN Commodore V6 (Buick LN3 fitted to FWD Pontiac/Buick etc in the USA) mated to an SM465 using a Chevy S10 bell housing. Advanced adapters kit to fit the trans to the D18 transfer and I'm still planning on running my overdrive for now - we'll see how it all holds up. I'll need to regear but that'll be once I'm back on the road.

We'll also be going to hanging pedals with boosted brakes and fitting a Saginaw steering box up front.

So far I have rebuilt the engine with new pistons and rods, gaskets seals etc. The gearbox has all new bearings and I've replaced all gears also so it'll be like new. The transfer will be a fresh build (I have most parts already) and the overdrive will remain untouched as you simply can't get many of the parts for them anymore.

VN V6 LN3

SM465 with Chevy S10 bell milled out to spigot on.
Work has started this week and will be slow going due to work commitments but it's great to be back in the garage!

Diff out and cutting out old engine mount brackets so I can build my own off the chassis.

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