I've been looking at the first gen s10 upss now for a few months. the more i look at them, the more i like them.
I've seen a few project threads on here that really helped me make up my mind.
i've been watching craigslist for about 4 months now and today something caught my eye.
It's a trade in to the dealership. They just wanted to get rid of it asap. They wanted 1950$ for it before taxes. After all is said and done, I paid 1920$ for it, and that included Taxs, Tags and Registration. It has 86k miles on the v6 and its a manual transmission. tires are pretty much brand new. Carfax says its never been in a wreck.
I'm pretty happy with it. There is some surface rust, the front bumper is pushed up a little, and the front fenders have some slight damage. but nothing that can't be fixed. the inside needs some love...
but honestly.. im really happy and excited about it.
Here are the pictures from the craigslist ad.
So far here are my plans:
1. Replace Front Bumper.
2. Repair front quarter pannels.
3. Sand off all body rust, and primer
4. Fix the head liner on the inside. Looks terrible.
5. Get rid of side moldings, fill any holes and primer
6. 4/5 drop on it.
7. Dash is pretty beat up and cracked. Wonder if I can fix it, or should just replace it.
8. Replace Carpet inside.
9. Recover Seats.
10. strip the paint, fixed all dings, primer it black.
11. bags.
12. bag it.
I'll post more pictures when I pick it up tomorrow.
I've seen a few project threads on here that really helped me make up my mind.
i've been watching craigslist for about 4 months now and today something caught my eye.
It's a trade in to the dealership. They just wanted to get rid of it asap. They wanted 1950$ for it before taxes. After all is said and done, I paid 1920$ for it, and that included Taxs, Tags and Registration. It has 86k miles on the v6 and its a manual transmission. tires are pretty much brand new. Carfax says its never been in a wreck.
I'm pretty happy with it. There is some surface rust, the front bumper is pushed up a little, and the front fenders have some slight damage. but nothing that can't be fixed. the inside needs some love...
but honestly.. im really happy and excited about it.
Here are the pictures from the craigslist ad.
So far here are my plans:
1. Replace Front Bumper.
2. Repair front quarter pannels.
3. Sand off all body rust, and primer
4. Fix the head liner on the inside. Looks terrible.
5. Get rid of side moldings, fill any holes and primer
6. 4/5 drop on it.
7. Dash is pretty beat up and cracked. Wonder if I can fix it, or should just replace it.
8. Replace Carpet inside.
9. Recover Seats.
10. strip the paint, fixed all dings, primer it black.
11. bags.
12. bag it.
I'll post more pictures when I pick it up tomorrow.