I purchased an 83' Pup Diesel DLX quite a while back as a project. An upgraded version of my first vehicle. I haven't made much progress with it but have been stockpiling parts to build it up. As many of the 1st gen Pups go, it was a bit rough.
Body rusty but not bad
Tailgate waqs gone
Cab was smashed in
Interior lived in by critters....
The good thing was it was a 4x4, had power steering and AC. The drawback was that it was a 4 speed and had some rough patches in the body, not to mention the interior being trashed. Luckily, I have a 5 speed 4 tranny I saved from a parts truck from long ago... but body parts are scarce. In my search for body parts, I found a 2wd gasser for cheap.
I was going to use it for body parts but it ran too well and looked to good!
Now I may end up creating a low rider out of it and finding a different way of fixing the 4x. Biggest problem is time and location. Plus the fact that the RS has taken front and center.
Anyway, here is the end goal. I kicked around a few designs but I liked this the best. Course it was inspired by Isuzu's Baja 1000 winner.
Image used for the design
And Off-Road cover truck....
Body rusty but not bad
Tailgate waqs gone
Cab was smashed in
Interior lived in by critters....
The good thing was it was a 4x4, had power steering and AC. The drawback was that it was a 4 speed and had some rough patches in the body, not to mention the interior being trashed. Luckily, I have a 5 speed 4 tranny I saved from a parts truck from long ago... but body parts are scarce. In my search for body parts, I found a 2wd gasser for cheap.
I was going to use it for body parts but it ran too well and looked to good!
Now I may end up creating a low rider out of it and finding a different way of fixing the 4x. Biggest problem is time and location. Plus the fact that the RS has taken front and center.
Anyway, here is the end goal. I kicked around a few designs but I liked this the best. Course it was inspired by Isuzu's Baja 1000 winner.
Image used for the design
And Off-Road cover truck....