Hey folks! Been a good bit since I've posted anything. Not much to update, however... Mostly lots of daydreaming. Acquiring parts and pieces for the S-10 where we can and trying to get my old K5 off to the body shop to free up the bay it's been in. I've been caught up working out of town too much to get anything significant accomplished and my partner isn't much better off. He's currently working somewhere in Louisiana and when he returns, I'll be taking off to Missouri for a good bit. As I've always been told, you've either got the time or the money but never both.
Not too long after acquiring the S-10, my partner and I happened across a screaming deal on a running '01 Chevy 2500HD pickup. Snatched that up as the powertrain donor for our salt truck... Fairly fresh 6.0L LQ4 engine and a 4L80E in need of a little attention. We know a trans guy so no worries there. Don't much care about the rest as it'll likely be off to the scrapper after selling off anything usable on it.
I also happened across a mud truck recently that, after considering the parts that were used in the build, was way too sweet on price to pass up. It, too, has a 6.0L LQ4. It dyno'd 380 hp to the ground it's current habitat, though. I call that habitat Big Ugly. PO just called it Frank. My partner and I are thinking that engine will probably work it's way into the S-10 in the name of time. I know the builder and trust the work. The rest of Big Ugly, though... well, it just might stick around for some local mud pit terrorizing with a different heartbeat. We'll see...

Hopefully we'll have a chance to check out a few vendors at the NHRA Nationals in Topeka in May. Try to get that fire-suit hurdle jumped while there and if not, at least know what size to order when I get home.
Enjoy reading through all you guys' build threads, hopefully one day we'll get to contributing a little more. Next time I post, I'll load down on some pictures of the truck as it sits for a solid documentation of our starting point. Until then...
