Graphics and page dedign by Al Schmoller It all started with a super clean 85 Suburban I bought in Houston about 8 years ago..... Over the years it got it’s normal wear and tear, modifications, and such. Until it decided to do a couple of rolls on FM3005 coming home from Pelican Island. When I came across a nice truck body a few weeks later, I decided to make use of it and turned the burban into a truck. That was fun for a while, but the wonderful environment we live in on the Island soon took it’s toll on the old metal and turned the gold paint into brown rust. Then came Hurricane Ike, and even though I got my toys of the island in time, my friend Rick wasn’t so lucky with his Jeep. It ended up under 6 feet of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. To make a long story short, he donated the fiberglass CJ to me, along with the brand new 42’s he had just put on it. After a few hours with a plasma cutter and cutting torch, I had a rolling frame from the Chevy and a fiberglass body from the Jeep in my driveway. I shortened the frame about 4 feet, junked the leaf springs and replaced them with 5” YJ coils, and built a 4 link out of 2” dom tubing. Cut 11 inches out of the rear drive shaft, and it all went back together. The roll cage was welded to the frame at six points with the body floating in the middle. Up front I used 8” lift springs to make it all level. Some day that will be 4 linked also. Even though the engine ran still, it got a total re-build with a steel crank, 11 to 1 pistons and 2.02 Summit heads. Edelbrock Pro-Flo injection handles the fuel delivery. The transmission is a custom built turbo 400 with a manual reverse pattern valve body and a 1 ton torque converter. The old 208 transfer case is still the way the factory built it. Don’t laugh, after 8 years of serious abuse, it doesn’t even leak. The rear axle is a 14 bolt with an Eaton Posi and 4.56 gears. the front is a Dana 44 with an Eaton, Chrome Molly inners and outers connected with super joints. 3/4 ton 4 wheel disk brakes slow me down with the help of a one ton hydro boost system. I replaced the old V-belts with a serpentine set-up from a 99 chevy. The aluminum radiator from Summit ended up on the back, so did the 20 gallon fuel cell. Who needs a back seat anyway?