Hey guys, new to posting here, but been lurking for a while now. I picked up my new baby a couple weeks ago from a guy in Seattle. Trailered it home and I'm starting the rebuild on it. This is going to be a long project, so I can't promise a bunch of new exciting stuff to be going on all the time, but I figured I would get it started and fill in as I go.
My plan for it is to get it as street worthy and comfortable to drive as possible. I'd like to have the old school look, with some new school amenities. This is going to be my (hopefully) daily driver. For that reason I don't know if the traditional SBC swap is where I'm going with it. I have a donor 89 S10 with a 4.3 that is looking mighty tasty for parts right now. That would give me a little, and I do mean little, more fuel economy, while still having the kick of a bigger block. Thinking I might do the 4.3 swap, with EFI, power steering, rear end swap with discs around. I figured the 4.3 would also give me a couple more inches in front of the block to work with, and/or work around. Not a huge deal, but it can't hurt. Going to strip the body clean and get the relatively little cancer out of it. I have some around the outside of the hood on the front fenders, as well as some around the windshield. Other than that, she's pretty clean. BUT, I'm going to just go the whole way and strip it clean so it will actually last a while. Anything worth doing is worth doing right! I've seen a couple posts on here about people doing a U Joint mod on the steering shaft, so I thought that looked pretty intriguing also. I'd like to give that a try to clear up some more room for headers. Other than that, just replacing and cleaning it up, taking care of 30+ years of neglect...
For the interior, I'm a little less decided. I think it will kinda come together as I go. Definitely going to have my buddy reupholster the seats, but other than that not totally sure yet.
I'd love some input from anyone on here. This is a learning project for me. I've done builds before (stripped/built/rebuilt plenty of derby cars), but this is my first vega build. Anyway, help me out guys, give me the 411. Done TONS of reading through the site, but would love the input as I go. Thanks!