Jordan White

What are your real life "builds"? Do you have a clunker? a off-roader? a project car? a hot rod? or is it just a daily driver? List it up here for all to see! Here's my 1989 Jeep Wrangler Islander. Picked it up from my cousin 5 years ago for $2400, and have since done a ton to it. Most noticeable are the new wheels and tires, as well as a new engine under the hood.

Should be a good build, I've always wanted to build one of these kits! Just so you know in the future, there is a section for the larger scale builds (Big Boyz).

Hope that was a joke, otherwise

He must have gone to a lot of hotels!

If you're posting PB pics to the ad area, then I'm not sure. If you're trying to post them to the area they give you to upload pics (where it says "browse"), then it won't work. I guess I forgot that they can downsize the pics automatically.

Looking on craigslist though, you are grabbing the pics off your computer, not Photobucket. So it still stands that they are probably too big, unless of course you resaved the resized photobucket pics onto your computer.

Would that be the personals area Harry?

Are you posting the pics in the spots they give you? If so, they may be too big for the site to host. I suggest opening paint or photoshop and making them smaller.

Thanks guys! I wanted to use the front axle/transfer case from the GMC for another build, so I figured I would make it into a 2WD street truck. And since I love the looks of the 70's jacked up muscle cars, I figured it would work well for the truck. Plus, I'm trying to work my way out of the alternating-two-color paintjobs!

Well I finally finished this build. It started as a 4WD and was converted to a 2WD using the front suspension from the 1990 C1500 kit. I decided to go with a sort of 70's muscle car stance, with more of a 90's street truck look. I built a custom grille, custom airdam, 90's style headlight covers, tonneau cover, rear roll pan, added rear window louvers from the C1500 kit, added a supercharger to the engine, wired up the plug wires and battery, added a nitrous bottle, fabbed traction bars and lift shackles, and I added headers with header-mounted glasspack mufflers.

If you want to be accurate to the movie car, then you'll want to have the wheels be white with chrome hubcaps.

The Hurst Lightning Rod Shifter wasn't too complicated. You would put the main shifter in 3, the middle in 2, and the right in 1. While accelerating, shift the right stick forward, then the middle forward, then the main to D.

Actually, the Scout II came out in 1971.

Whatever version you go with, you should stick with the white steel wheels and white letter tires, looks much better IMO than the white walls.

Nitrous Oxide

As Red Green says, "when you get the instructions, throw them away! That way you can claim it didn't come with any. You'll want to hang onto the ones in another language though, you'll need those pictures later!"

Thanks! Here's the completed interior. Went with tan leather, billet shifter, white-faced gauges, and I turned a spare fire-extinguisher into a nitrous bottle. I also threw a tach onto the steering column.

Well I guess I could post my completed interior. It's stock painted semi-gloss black (front seats made to look like worn leather), and it has a Hurst shifter (stock shift boot with spare shifter). I also used the white-face-gauge decal from the Mercury Cougar kit.

First model? I call shenanigans! Seriously though, looks awesome for a first build!

Try clicking the link then, maybe your browser doesn't like photobucket... http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrypri/Real%20or%20Model/autoid7-1.jpg

Did a little work and took a teaser shot of where I'm at.

Here's a clue: the wheels are from a 90's Mitsubishi Montero.

Once I get my next paycheck, I'm going to order the wheels/tires for mine. I should have the interior and engine done soon, and I'm still working on the chassis.