Jay's Rigs

[JayZR2]

My first love is Sunshine. 1984 GMC sierra 1500. When I got her she had a 305 carb'd motor. I swapped that out for a 350 TBI with only 88K on it. Wheeled it like that for a couple years with the 10 bolts open/open. She did good and handled most everything I threw at her. Had to use the more then I wanted too but stuffing a 7 foot wide vehicle down the New England trails isn't easy. In fact the off camber side of Carnage is probably clearly marked in yellow paint now. :lol: Since I got AirForce 1 Sunshine will become a long term project to build her the way I want. Step side short bed, new cab, some new 35's maybe a little less aggressive. Then I'll use her for the Class VI runs and some of the easier stuff. Keep AF1 for the harder stuff.

After the bumper install


Wheeling some Class VI's


Yanking down the rotted work shop at my house.



Since Sunshine needs some serious attention, I decided it was better to give her that and get her built right.
Meantime I didn't want to give up wheeling all together. So I've been passively keeping an eye out for a good rig that would fit the bill to hold me over.
I found this not far from my house in Sutton. He's actually the same guy that was selling  the yellow Sami I looked at for Jigg last year.

It's a 1989, webber carb, center force clutch, spring over with 34x9.5 TSL's
Body is pretty solid. lock- rites front and rear.

Future plans include an exo, new bumpers, move the CB over from Sunshine, work out some of the wiring issues from the previous owner.

So here it is, Airforce 1:

[jerry k]

af-1 looks like a fun little buggy..after wheeling with suzuki george a couple of times i know how capable those little rigs can be.

[mika401]

Hey wasnt airforce1 for sale on NEOW earlier this summer?  If so you got a hell of a deal on it!

[Axle]

Nice rigs Jay!

[Bradman]

my fav would definately be Sunshine.  Don't forget about her......she's gonna be a peach all done up right only change I'd make is loose the stepside and go 6ft bed but everything else I dig.  I would love an 84-86 chevy/gmc

[JayZR2]

AF1 wasn't for sale on NEOW, but I did buy it from a NEOWer. Gymtom is his screen name, he sold 4 other ones about a year ago. 2 POS' and 2 good ones. He was keeping the Orange one for himself. He got another one thats EFI and a little more street friendly on 33's so he decided to sell the orange one.

I'll never give up on getting Sunshine the way I want her. It might take a few years but she wheel again!

[Ian]

i think af1 is pretty spiffy!  i'm looking forward to seeing it on the trail.  

 is everything back to normal with af1?

[JayZR2]

Pretty much. It's a long story but the bottom line is the shop/guy that it up has put it back together and it's wheelable again.
I tested it around the yard on a steep hill climb and on some rocks in the vacant lot down the street and it goes pretty darn good.

[Mitch]

i really like the sammy! nice rigs

[X-BoB-J]

sunshine looks like my friends, he also lives in spencer.

[Bradman]

is that TONKA?

[JayZR2]

Damn with the exception of those bald ass tires, thats pretty fricken close to what I want Sunshine to look like.

[Ian]

i think sunshine should be rolling on 53" michelins
 

[JayZR2]

LOL like the Dodge on 122 in Grafton

[jps4jeep]

Glad you found your way here Jay,  I am and always have been a huge fan of FS chevy's, in fact if someone offered the right price for my jeep, i would sell it in a heart beat and build another K5.

oh and one small correction, sunshine is a K10, chevrolet didn't use 1500, 2500 and 3500 as model monikers till 88 for the pickups, K=4x4, C=2x4... 5=blazer/jimmy, 10=1/2 ton 20= 3/4 ton and 30=1 ton