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Pardon the crappy build thread, we slapped this pig together without documenting much.
This car belongs to me and a friend. We had been running the Gambler in my 03 Tundra prerunner/overlander but it was too easy and not nearly stressful enough. So we began looking for our car. It was going to be a B body (caprice/impala/roadmaster. It was going to be a wagon with the LT1 and tow package. Which meant a 94, 95 or 96.
The Gambler 500:
2018 https://highpointoutdoors.com/blogs/...it-gambler-500
2019 https://highpointoutdoors.com/pages/2019-detroit-gambler-500-gallery
After a few months we found exactly what we were looking for, a 96 Roadmaster Wagon with the towing package. We got it for $600 but the guy probably would have taken half that after finding out our plans for the car. Then my partner in the car started selling off trim and misc junk off the car to people restoring These things. We sold over $300 worth of unnecessary crap off the car.
We rounded up some parts, taking our time to keep cost down.
Used bfg 30-9.50s
Used Lockright from a 95 Chevy 1500. The tow package means we can use Chevy truck parts in the rear diff.
(We welded it first and didn’t like how it drove)
2-3 inch donk spacer lift
New shocks
New optispark and plug wires to correct lots of misfires
2 glaapack mufflers I had laying around
This car belongs to me and a friend. We had been running the Gambler in my 03 Tundra prerunner/overlander but it was too easy and not nearly stressful enough. So we began looking for our car. It was going to be a B body (caprice/impala/roadmaster. It was going to be a wagon with the LT1 and tow package. Which meant a 94, 95 or 96.
The Gambler 500:
2018 https://highpointoutdoors.com/blogs/...it-gambler-500
2019 https://highpointoutdoors.com/pages/2019-detroit-gambler-500-gallery
After a few months we found exactly what we were looking for, a 96 Roadmaster Wagon with the towing package. We got it for $600 but the guy probably would have taken half that after finding out our plans for the car. Then my partner in the car started selling off trim and misc junk off the car to people restoring These things. We sold over $300 worth of unnecessary crap off the car.
We rounded up some parts, taking our time to keep cost down.
Used bfg 30-9.50s
Used Lockright from a 95 Chevy 1500. The tow package means we can use Chevy truck parts in the rear diff.
(We welded it first and didn’t like how it drove)
2-3 inch donk spacer lift
New shocks
New optispark and plug wires to correct lots of misfires
2 glaapack mufflers I had laying around
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Go to the right places and you'll find rocks the size of jeeps, water falls, all kinds of terrain in one spot. (Canada is better from what i hear though)
