picked up a 78/79 hp d44 1/2 ton a little while back.
Almost complete except that its missing most of the components outside of the knuckle on the drivers side. One of my friends happens to have just done a SAS on his dodge dakota, and opted for 3/4 outers, so he had a few goodies lying around
that was most of the parts I need, except for bearings, brakes, caliper, hub, and lockouts, but bearings and brakes I would have replaced anyway while Im doing the swap, so not too bad of a deal.
Thus, the great collection of parts begins...
The SAS definitely wont be happening immediately, or even very soon for that matter. Goal would be by the end of the summer, because I am leaving for school, but it will probably more likely happen come winter break.
Pulled the bumper off and painted it. I'm pretty happy for how the bumper came out, seeing as that was my first real experience with a tubing bender.
(Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, I can get out a real camera and take a better picture if anyone wants)