[AVTekk]

[Project] Bodydropped 95 S-10

Heres the next project in the shop, the rework of the 'Draggin Daddy' feature truck. Many people may remember this truck under that name, but it has since been sold by Dennis to my buddy Brian, and its in die need of some changes. Ill be reworking all of the suspension to something more fit of a feature truck, as well as some body mods and a tune up of other components.

 

[AVTekk]

Here it is in the shop, the headache begins! (as well as the poor quality pics, someone should donate a decent digi cam to me )

 

[stuntjester1]

look good, ready to see something different with it, a mini truck is never done....

 

[AVTekk]

Here is the current setup. It used to be all covered up with tweed and carpeted panels, for good reason. Its just bare bones air over axle suspension with monoleafs, stacked 1" and 4" blocks, 255C bags, and some 2x2 box tubing with some flat stock and angle iron thrown into the mix. The original compressor died so that monster Blowjax 550 comp was put to work. The valves are haphazardly sitting over a hole int he bed floor.

 

[AVTekk]

Heres what it looks like after a short session with cutting pliers. The tank was half bolted half welded to the floor and some wires and tubing ran under a piece of fiberboard to feed the rear setup.

 

[AVTekk]

This is what came out from the bulkhead, a piece of fiberboard for the comp to sit on, a tweeded panel and a piece of 1 x 4 wood with bent nails sticking out of it? Strange place to hind some lumber..

 

[AVTekk]

Dont do this, securing the valve wiring to the bag bolt isnt the best way to ground anything and it certainly doesnt look nice.

 

[AVTekk]

Heres where everything ran thru the bed floor..not good. Nothing is protected and the edges are quite jagged. you can see the green wire has been involved in a short, its bare wire most of the way and whatever insulation is left is melted and scorched..We also had a problem with a gauge line feed being cut here and had to run a new one.

 

[AVTekk]

Heres the valve setup, its about the same for front and back. Theres about 15 extra fittings in here and its no wonder the truck couldnt hold air for more than 3 hours. Most everything is Home Depot brand and to run the gauges they used a bunch of compression and PTC fittings to get the job done. Not to mention the adaptors at almost every connection.

 

[acrofobia]

Very scary...good luck on the rebuild. :thumbup:

 

[AVTekk]

I went under to remove the taillight wiring and I found a huge nest of wires all taped together and a large assembly of butt connectors..This is getting changed anyway so it was all cut out.

 

[cab]

lol, looks like you've got a nice project ahead of ya..

 

[GriMSysTeM]

Wow... Thats some ugly shit under all that nice exterior in there.

 

[Low99Sonoma]

ewwwwww, truck looks good but damn fawked up ass work. Hope to see it in show condition after your done with it.

 

[SlowBlue00]

WoW, have fun. Take lots of pics.

 

[NCHEVYHEVN]

Man its amazing what u will find under some carpet and places u can't see.

 

[DimeBag]

damn, that pretty body hides a lot of scary shit. good to see someone can save this thing

 

[s10r0b]

yep....def half assed fab work...makes ya wonder wut trucks that look good are done rite or not....shit wires coulda set fire at anytime

 

[orangesonoma]

looks nice dave...good luck with that one...cant wait to see it done...


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[Layd Dly]

funny thing is i know that truck and dennis first hand lol...but alot of that truck was shop built and its no wonder i build my own truck....cuz thats what shops do down here.....also notice it doesnt truely lay body....im interested in seeing when its finished tho....