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Hey guys, picked up this '88 SWB off a friend. It was already stripped in preparation for a 5.0 swap when I got it. I'm building this as a secondary project so it's being built for next to nothing and all the work is being done by yours truly.
Here she is, I do have all the panels for it
It has a bad case of firewall/cowl rust, but the rest of the body is solid. Cut the cowl from the cab so it can be repaired and sealed properly.
Behind the heater box on the inside of the cab
Both the ends of the cowl just below the windshield corners are rusted out, you can see where the section has been cut out and the layers of metal welded together before a patch is installed to fill the hole.
Cowl removed, I plan to make it removable instead of welding it back in.
Onto the actual swap stuff, I set an empty 5.0 block and made some plates out of 3/8" steel to bolt the mounts to, I used stock truck/bronco mounts. Used a dual sump pan and trimmed front of the engine crossmember allowing me to set the engine as low and as far back as possible. The engine is set back far enough that I had to modify the firewall on both sides. The the drivers side head is pretty much right into the throttle pedal mount, and that's after I modified it.
Passenger side mount
Drivers side
Here she is, I do have all the panels for it
It has a bad case of firewall/cowl rust, but the rest of the body is solid. Cut the cowl from the cab so it can be repaired and sealed properly.
Behind the heater box on the inside of the cab
Both the ends of the cowl just below the windshield corners are rusted out, you can see where the section has been cut out and the layers of metal welded together before a patch is installed to fill the hole.
Cowl removed, I plan to make it removable instead of welding it back in.
Onto the actual swap stuff, I set an empty 5.0 block and made some plates out of 3/8" steel to bolt the mounts to, I used stock truck/bronco mounts. Used a dual sump pan and trimmed front of the engine crossmember allowing me to set the engine as low and as far back as possible. The engine is set back far enough that I had to modify the firewall on both sides. The the drivers side head is pretty much right into the throttle pedal mount, and that's after I modified it.
Passenger side mount
Drivers side
