88 beater repair

[dimerunner88]

its time i repaired the body damage on the beater,i picked up a parts truck to get my hands on somewhat straight body panels. if you remember the beater was wrecked last winter while on a parts run for the fullsize. heres what it looks like currently.



now heres the parts truck i picked up for $50,its pretty much junk. 2.5 4-spd has a blown head gasket and supposedly had a loud clunk in the drivetrain when being driven.








i soaked all the bolts for the fenders in PB blaster tonight so tommorrow i will start removing the fenders and core support.

[AK49BWL]

wow.. good luck with the project

[sdime98]

i'll be going to get my tetanus shot now, bbl.

[tolowinorlando]

wow $50.00 bux thats cool wish i had a beater to have fun with / not care so much about

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

i'll be going to get my tetanus shot now, bbl.

i love rust.....it makes things so much cheaper,lol

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by tolowinorlando

wow $50.00 bux thats cool wish i had a beater to have fun with / not care so much about

my friends and i have a circle track for our quads and whatnot,well we had three guys buy only a mule and my quad,so i jumped in the beater and we all raced on the track. surprisingly my truck is faster in a circle in grass than an 07 mule,lol

[Dragonball98312]

did this truck not come with hear or ac or were the vents shaved?

[dimerunner88]

my other one is like that too,they only have floor vents and defrost, no dash vents. they didn't put the vent option in till around 1990ish

[98layinframe]

damn both those trucks are beat to hell and destroyed!


but no the vent thing before 90 isnt correct. only the base base base model trucks didnt have the dash vents. Hell my old 89 and 91 both had them, and the new 89 has defroster vents, dash vents, side window vents, a vent pointing at your crotch, and floor vents.

[rmoore911]

ok, which one is the parts truck again?

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe

damn both those trucks are beat to hell and destroyed!


but no the vent thing before 90 isnt correct. only the base base base model trucks didnt have the dash vents. Hell my old 89 and 91 both had them, and the new 89 has defroster vents, dash vents, side window vents, a vent pointing at your crotch, and floor vents.

ic,the only base model i've seen with vents was a 91 i had for parts last year.

Quote: Originally Posted by rmoore911

ok, which one is the parts truck again?

the blue/red one without the bed,lol

[Wicked Mayhem]

damn.. replacing dented rusted parts with a little less dented rusted parts.. i think i would have opted to spend a little more and got a nicer parts truck so its worth your time.

[JChapoton]

poor set of irocs wasted on POS like that, sad.

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem

damn.. replacing dented rusted parts with a little less dented rusted parts.. i think i would have opted to spend a little more and got a nicer parts truck so its worth your time.

i'm not going for show quality and the beater isn't worth the money it would take to buy rust free panels. it has atleast three bad cab/bed mounts and i just repaired the huge hole in the frame that broke open when i hit the pole. your input is appreciated though

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by JChapoton

poor set of irocs wasted on POS like that, sad.

those aren't IROCs they are Z28 wheels,i would rather have this truck than an 84 with a POS 2.0

[dimerunner88]

sorry got alittle emotional there. well anyway made some progress tonight.

[Onimun]

Good grief....


$50 too much. That thing have a sunroof?

[dimerunner88]

yeah the parts truck has a sunroof,but it's missing the hinges. so its just a piece of glass with a latch and a seal. if it was complete i would put it in the beater but its not.

[JChapoton]

Quote: Originally Posted by dimerunner88

those aren't IROCs they are Z28 wheels,i would rather have this truck than an 84 with a POS 2.0

a 2.5 isn't any better and it uses more gas and makes your truck heavier not to mention all that computer crap adding even more weight.

Hell the parts truck looks a whole lot better.

the guy who sold it is an idiot. He could have gotten $125 in scrap for that.

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by JChapoton

a 2.5 isn't any better and it uses more gas and makes your truck heavier not to mention all that computer crap adding even more weight.

Hell the parts truck looks a whole lot better.

the guy who sold it is an idiot. He could have gotten $125 in scrap for that.

ha,my s-10 weighs 2700lbs with a full tank of gas and me in it and it ran an 11 sec. pass on the local 1/8th mile course. the guy who sold it is a friend and its not technically his. it was his sons truck,his son owed him some money so he was told to sell the truck and put the money towards the money owed.

[Wicked Mayhem]

i guess im just used to texas trucks.

[brakenit]

Quote: Originally Posted by dimerunner88

i soaked all the bolts for the fenders in PB blaster tonight so tommorrow i will start removing the fenders and core support.

Sheesh, you should have soaked them both in gasoline instead. Need to borrow a match?

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem

i guess im just used to texas trucks.

yeah everything is rusted terribly up here.

[OneLowSdime]

holy **** dude...........wow idk what to say...o yeah........on the parts truck why is there a brick on the gas tank lol

that makes my beater look good lol how much did u pay for ur beater?

heres my $200 beater

[fdimeroller]

wow...neither one of those trucks have metal in good condition from the looks of it... but good luck with it all

[dimerunner88]

my beater was free,my dad bought it new in 88 and gave it to me when i turned 16. the reason i keep it and keep fixing it is for sentimental reasons. when i was growing up this was our only transportation so its kind of a secret obsession.

edit: btw the brick is the parking brake,lol

[OneLowSdime]

well then thats alright but if u actually bought that it would be dif

[dimerunner88]

yeah, the drivetrain is still bulletproof. took it to fort wayne(200mi one way) last year without issue along with multiple trips to indy(90mi one way) for work. i wouldn't hesitate to drive to cali in it right now.

[JoPre]

wow, just wow. goodluck?

[1BadElky]

what is that cracked stuff on the hood? My 1st gen had that and I thought it was just bondo. (only a small crack on mine..)

do S10 hoods have a coating of some sort? it was too thick to be paint. my truck was an 88 if that matters.

[rmoore911]

damn tom, absolutely no love from the people that only see snow on TV or on skiing trips. . .though, i will say that those are both rougher than most beaters that i've ever seen. . .as if most of us aren't hard enough on our vehicles, we get INDOT helping us every winter by ****ing them up even more. . .

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1BadElky

what is that cracked stuff on the hood? My 1st gen had that and I thought it was just bondo. (only a small crack on mine..)

do S10 hoods have a coating of some sort? it was too thick to be paint. my truck was an 88 if that matters.

it at one had a fiberglass hood scoop bondo'd on,thats the bondo.

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by rmoore911

damn tom, absolutely no love from the people that only see snow on TV or on skiing trips. . .though, i will say that those are both rougher than most beaters that i've ever seen. . .as if most of us aren't hard enough on our vehicles, we get INDOT helping us every winter by ****ing them up even more. . .

yeah, they're pretty beat up,i'm not so worried about the appearance as i am that everything works,when the beater was still in the wrecked condition everytime i left my po-dunk town i would get pulled over and given the breathlizer because all the cops thought i was drunk and had left the scene of an accident.

anyway,updates
new fender,just alittle crinkled

painted,some reason it has a shitty finish on the paint.

hood

hood halfway done

[JoPre]

i cant help it im sorry...







i guess it is goin to look beater, i mean better than befor haha..

[raider600]

HAHA. OH ya that looks A LOT better!
I thought you were going to finish the fiero?
Why not put the fiero body on the s-10 frame?

[sdime98]

goddamn dude.

[JollyGreenMini]

Wow, i'd almost say that things past fixing and would make a perfect field beater... But good luck with getting rid of all the rust!

[Z28Camaro]

Wow. That poor poor thing. Funny you mention driving it to Cali, I was gonna take mine out there but we couldn't fit everyone in it so we took my Cutlass. The tranny gave out 3/4 of the way but I KNOW the S-10 would've made it no problem. I hope it looks alot better when you're done with it. What do you use to fill the holes? lol

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by raider600

HAHA. OH ya that looks A LOT better!
I thought you were going to finish the fiero?
Why not put the fiero body on the s-10 frame?

the whole thing here is to get it so it is functional,not pretty. the fiero is stalled waiting on parts from summit,pistons have been on backorder for two months now, when they show up at my door step progress will resume.
btw your a moron,hope you enjoy driving your stock cookie cutter truck.

[98layinframe]

damn those pics make me feel bad. hell if you were closer id give you my old junk parts that to me are not worth reusing... but there still a hell of alot straiter then that fender and hood!

[dimerunner88]

lol i'm not worried about straightness,its a beater so the fact that its dependable is the only important thing,i would leave it alot but the whole getting pulled over all the time is getting old.

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[raider600]

Good luck when that thing falls apart going 90 down 70. Your hood is going to take out someones front windshield. A van with the clay city hookers in it.
I don't really see what makes my truck "stock".
I mean it doesn't have any rust holes, nor does it burn oil and have a gun rack in the window.
Mine also has clear coat where as yours doesn't. That must be custom.
If yours was bagged it would be WAY cooler.

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by raider600

Good luck when that thing falls apart going 90 down 70. Your hood is going to take out someones front windshield. A van with the clay city hookers in it.

hoods held on with bolts,therefore it will not come off. i know you don't know what a bolt is but try to keep up.

Quote: Originally Posted by raider600

I don't really see what makes my truck "stock".

you've lowered it and put brazil tails on a noma OMG!!1!1!! THATZ SO CUZTOM!!!11!!!!eleven!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by raider600

I mean it doesn't have any rust holes,

has your family owned your truck for 20 years? no.

Quote: Originally Posted by raider600

nor does it burn oil and have a gun rack in the window.

does your truck have 269,000 miles on it? no. the gun rack is gone,kept hitting my head on it.

Quote: Originally Posted by raider600

Mine also has clear coat where as yours doesn't. That must be custom.

did you paint your truck? no

Quote: Originally Posted by 5619916

If yours was bagged it would be WAY cooler.

bags do not define the coolness of a vehicle.

now please GTFO of my thread, thank you

[dimerunner88]

Quote: Originally Posted by JollyGreenMini

Wow, i'd almost say that things past fixing and would make a perfect field beater... But good luck with getting rid of all the rust!

i've drag raced and circle track raced against a kawi mule. the truck is faster with just using 2nd gear.

[v8lonoma]

damn tough crowd in here...

[95xtreme]

They are all intimidated by his pen

[Z28Camaro]

They should be! It is huge after all! Don't dog on him for it not looking brand new, at least he's trying to make it look better than it did thats all that counts.

[raider600]

any updates? Did you run out of spray paint?
or did you buy that gto? new project thread?

[Wrkn prgs]

So.. you're taking two pieces of crap.. and making it one big piece of crap?






























I like the truck how it sat!