After a long hiatus from tinkering with S-series,and just now getting back into them it’s starting to become more then a passing thing again I figure a new thread was in order to stop spamming the forum.
I’ll start off with what I’m working on now,and add trucks as I work on them. I bounce around a lot nowadays on projects,so I’ll try to mark which trucks are which with the pics,because it can get hard to tell dismantle,especially since I currently have 3 Tan Xcabs I’m working on. It’s also becoming more difficult to find good used parts or cheap parts trucks..with various Facebook markets just locating them for sale isn’t as easy as the Craigslist or newspaper add times...always looking for those puzzle pieces tho:haha:
Tan ‘00 Chevrolet 3door Xcab Stepside. 4.3,Auto,Power options.
I originally purchased this truck for parts. Mechanically it’s a really good running truck! No ML’s lit on the dash,shifts out nice,..body&interior wise it’s a piece of shit! I really don’t like to let my trucks sit indefinitely,and become more&more dilapidated over time. The truck is drivable,so some stabilization is in order to keep it from falling apart till I decide its future.
Interior:
abused&neglected with busted out speaker grilles,dash panel,cut wiring,and ruminants of a rigged sound system.
Rain water leaking in on passenger side floor.
Sagging driver’s door that won’t close.
Driver’s window off track,and damaged sash
Bad crack in windshield
I replaced the Driver’s door with a junkyard blazer door of the same color. Couple slight blemishes,but pretty straight,with surprisingly nice hinge holes!
Now I can close the door!!!
The next big issue is the water on the floor,wet carpet,smell,...breathing mold:haha: I’m not going to remove a crumbling dash to fix the leak,then reinstall it...so enter
’03 Chevrolet 3door Xcab fleetside,2.2,manual,Cruise,up level interior
The body is a total loss. Interior trashed,not a straight body panel on it. Crankcase full of mix...BUT the price was right at $250,and behind the 99-01 Dash bezel us a near perfect double din dash!! A very rare item for Florida!!
It also has all its accessories including a newer AC system&Alternator! Plus,a smooth feeling manual trans..which will come into play in yet another truck I have I’ve been sterling parts off of for two years:haha: I’ll get to that one later.
Back to the Tan ‘00 Xcab I pulled its dash to see all what’s going to be needed to get this thing to not be a complete shitbix. plus the heater didn’t work! Appears the core is completely stopped up!! Couldn’t even get through it with compressed air.
With the dash removed I ran a hose over the truck,and sat inside. The water was coming in through two places. The fresh air duct,and the heater box
Now I’m waiting to go back to Florida to pillage parts from my donor truck then when I’m back in Bama I’ll tackle the windshield that’s coming outta this
White ’97 Isuzu Hombre parts truck originally obtained from Davey2cat.
Then I can finally scrap what’s left of the Hombre..it’s been long stripped! I also have some nice tan body parts in my garage for this ‘00 I’m working once I get it sealed up,and heat.
I’ll start off with what I’m working on now,and add trucks as I work on them. I bounce around a lot nowadays on projects,so I’ll try to mark which trucks are which with the pics,because it can get hard to tell dismantle,especially since I currently have 3 Tan Xcabs I’m working on. It’s also becoming more difficult to find good used parts or cheap parts trucks..with various Facebook markets just locating them for sale isn’t as easy as the Craigslist or newspaper add times...always looking for those puzzle pieces tho:haha:
Tan ‘00 Chevrolet 3door Xcab Stepside. 4.3,Auto,Power options.
I originally purchased this truck for parts. Mechanically it’s a really good running truck! No ML’s lit on the dash,shifts out nice,..body&interior wise it’s a piece of shit! I really don’t like to let my trucks sit indefinitely,and become more&more dilapidated over time. The truck is drivable,so some stabilization is in order to keep it from falling apart till I decide its future.
Interior:
abused&neglected with busted out speaker grilles,dash panel,cut wiring,and ruminants of a rigged sound system.
Rain water leaking in on passenger side floor.
Sagging driver’s door that won’t close.
Driver’s window off track,and damaged sash
Bad crack in windshield
I replaced the Driver’s door with a junkyard blazer door of the same color. Couple slight blemishes,but pretty straight,with surprisingly nice hinge holes!
Now I can close the door!!!
The next big issue is the water on the floor,wet carpet,smell,...breathing mold:haha: I’m not going to remove a crumbling dash to fix the leak,then reinstall it...so enter
’03 Chevrolet 3door Xcab fleetside,2.2,manual,Cruise,up level interior
The body is a total loss. Interior trashed,not a straight body panel on it. Crankcase full of mix...BUT the price was right at $250,and behind the 99-01 Dash bezel us a near perfect double din dash!! A very rare item for Florida!!
It also has all its accessories including a newer AC system&Alternator! Plus,a smooth feeling manual trans..which will come into play in yet another truck I have I’ve been sterling parts off of for two years:haha: I’ll get to that one later.
Back to the Tan ‘00 Xcab I pulled its dash to see all what’s going to be needed to get this thing to not be a complete shitbix. plus the heater didn’t work! Appears the core is completely stopped up!! Couldn’t even get through it with compressed air.
With the dash removed I ran a hose over the truck,and sat inside. The water was coming in through two places. The fresh air duct,and the heater box
Now I’m waiting to go back to Florida to pillage parts from my donor truck then when I’m back in Bama I’ll tackle the windshield that’s coming outta this
White ’97 Isuzu Hombre parts truck originally obtained from Davey2cat.
Then I can finally scrap what’s left of the Hombre..it’s been long stripped! I also have some nice tan body parts in my garage for this ‘00 I’m working once I get it sealed up,and heat.