A work in progress. Front clip and engine are back on and in. Tailgate getting rebuilt now

When I was a young man and ready for my first vehicle, I always liked the K5, because my buddy I went to school with had one and thought it was bad ass, my Dad said " let's go test drive one you want to? I said Hell yeah, we drove the one I wanted, he said " Man this is awesome! smell that new car smell? man you would look good driving this bad boy, you want it?" I said yes sir, he said " well let's look at what we can do, I'm giving each of your brothers $10,000.00 each, this one you want is more than that so let's put a pencil to paper, you want to quit football? I said no sir, he said " okay, well your going to insure it, gas, take that pretty girl friend out on dates and keep the oil changed, well after I tallied it up you're Fu***!", I ended up with a 76 Toyota P/U, I was mad at him for a while but years later a great lesson in life, but now I have one I've been restoring for over a year now and almost done, my Father has passed on but I know he is looking down on me with a big smile saying... Hell yeah Son that's my Boy never give up on your dreams!"

A little smokey but it doesn’t smell like oil and there’s no milkshake in the oil. May just need the rings and seals to rejuvenate a bit. Seems smooth.

First run did pretty good

I am in search of a auto meter analog cluster for a 1984 jimmy