s10 build ( hotness )

[thinkskater]

Thought i would be trendy.

S10 that i am soop-n up. Updates will be not be daily but will be fresh yo.

Purchased the truck on the third of January of 2010

It is a daily as of today but who knows later.

Here is a picture of when i first got it...


It had a few problems that would show them selves up front at the time of purchase. Ended up having a ton of starting issues. And i also had to get it legal to pass the Missouri vehicle inspection. Put a new wind shield in it, got all the lights working, and fixed a leaking brake line.

When i got the truck to pass inspection I immediently tracked down a solid front end. And just installed it this past Saturday this is the first real build deal I have made for this thread I guess.... but I did learn something with this ... that its friggin hard to stop what your doing and take pictures. Once you get into a groove its tough to stop.

8:00 am- early and cold- parts EVERYWHERE


Did not think that this little sander would do any good. I was wrong.


Started with the cowl - before sand or paint


Cowl before Paint


Hood before paint


Hood after paint



Grille before paint


Grille after paint


Fenders went through the same deal. As you can tell I am not a pro, actually this is my first attempt at paint and body. But I forgot to snap pictures most of the time.

Disassembly

Last before picture


Bumper and grille off - check out the drive side bumper bracket-GNAR.


Driver fender on and New bumper bracket on(sorry blurry)


The passenger fender was FREAK nasty to get off... few pics of the process



OFF


New fender on


Cowl on and wipers back on


Hood on


Bumper on


Sanded painted installed front end-

[thinkskater]

Cavi seats going in today and new passenger door and door panels.... updates this evening ENJOY

[stevo_EF91]

looks 100x better already. good work man

[quickdodge®]

Lolol. We're on the same page in a way it seems. The first thing I was going to comment on was to get rid of that hideous grille. Looks like that was already in the mix, lolol.

Something else, is this an S-10 or a Sonoma? You say S-10 so I'm wondering why you stick a Sonoma grille in there. Later, QD.

[JDMJAYDC2]

love the garage space!!!

[bigdom]

qd, he prolly said s-10 because it is the same chassis? looks great man, keep it up.

[bigdom]

scratch that... i just saw the old grill, and now i am a bit confused....

[thinkskater]

its s10 but the gmc grille looks a TON better. going to get a badgeless grille eventually. but for the mean while. it will do.

[Nerdsrock22]

I completely agree about the GMC grill. Reps for saving an S10 man. They are great trucks.

[thinkskater]

s10's are okay. honestly the truck is so much more of a challenge to work on then anything i have ever worked on. guess i am too deep no to stop really. i like it. lol.

i assumed QD would be one of the first few to post on this. cool that we are on the same page lol.

[thinkskater]

put new door panels in and a new door ......


old door ..... RUSTY


door spring removed


two door pins removed


And then a doorless s10


New door installed


Driver side door panel installed


Passenger side door panel installed


MONEY SHOT !!!


I have always wanted to say this. " fedex man hooked me up "

HID's , waiting on some new headlights. should be here thursday.
ill put them all in over the weekend for the next update.

[thinkskater]

BTW i intend to replace the cab corners and rockers here soon. just before someone states the obvious , the rust is EVERYWHERE up here.

[GoodOlHerps]

owned a couple of s10 blazers and loved them. any motor swap in the plans. i love the 4.3s, but a v-8 always works too. good luck.

[thinkskater]

building a 383 to go into it. carb'd goodness. buying the rotating assembly next month after the muncie 4 speed.

[georgieboi]

nice work man

[ATL86]

Subscribed. Can't wait to see the finished product

[bobbyg313]

Great work, looks 100X better. Those door springs are a PITA to get back in with out that tool.

[thinkskater]

oops forgot to post the Cavalier seats....

for those who are interested , the seats did bolt up. i had to turn around a bracket and bend them on both sides and a total of six holes to get the seats in there ....

so where ever u see " cavalier seats bolt up" on the net. They lie. Hard.



over all - well worth the 20 bucks i paid for em. were a pain to get in. but glad they are in now.

[thinkskater]

reps given, had enough trouble with the door pins. didnt want the springs to act up as well.

[AV8ter]

Dig the seats man. I bet they are nicer than the stock s10 seat you had in there. I wish they made a set of leather cavi seats at some point because the stock tweed they used annoys me.


Kevin

[DSM~420A]

i respect your work good job

[thecrazyone]

cool progress!

[Drummerboy]

I have a 94 sonoma with the 4.3 vortec, its a fun little truck. 383 should be a monster.

[PreludeVTEC01]

That front end looks pretty good. Those seats looks really good in there. I have always liked S10s... All years

[thinkskater]

thanks guys. the seats do bother me a little because the sit a lil high i did some research and i was suppose to use the s10 bucket seat brackets. but the only problem is the steering wheel is a bit too close to the seat. and i plan on getting a after market steering wheel any ways. so. oops but not really.


REPS FOR COMMENTS

[Okie_doke.]

Keep us posted shit looks a ton better, miss my old s10 blazer

[94accordkid]

looks really good man.
i helped my brother do a similar fender repair on his 90 ford ranger

[thinkskater]

more reps thanks for the comments.

[thinkskater]

Headlight assembly's came in too late today to put in but still took em outta the box and played with them...

i went with the most oem looking projector i could find. i always ran oem headlights in the civic that i had hid's in so. thought i would try this. hopefully. it is a good investment if not, head lights a freakin cheap yo.

should have them in tomorrow or sat..... teaser!

[thinkskater]

Head light and HID install

grille-less yet again and missing head lights ?



headlight installed



headlights and grille back installed


HID's






thats my last update for awhile i think. lol. at least a month. anyways again thanks for all the positive comments !!

[bbuba]

Idk if you posted or not but wuts the suspension setup

[thinkskater]

trust me man. i want this thing lowered so badly. but its not as easy as a 30 dollar coilover kit. well kinda. if i werent looking for it to hold up against alotta power i could get a kit that includes drop spindles lowering springs and drop leafs for like 300 but i am going to hurling power at the back so it has to hold up. so the only real part of my build thats not budget is the suspension. i am going to put tubular upper and lower control arms with qa1 shocks (Damping Adj) also i am going to convert the rear to 4 link and use the qa1 adjustables as well. which will not be cheap , but will get my truck about a 5 inch drop in the front and a 6 in the back and will do it while having alotttta power thrown at it and hold up

wow. that was alotta explaining. o well.

[bbuba]

Sounds good

[GoodOlHerps]

those headlights are bitchin. they look stock but with a cool upgrade. good work.

[scrxils]

god damn i wish i had a car lol

[thinkskater]

god damn i wish i had a car lol

i know. i pmed ya.

[ATL86]

Coming along real well. Keep up the good work

[Brian*]

Looks way better bro!

[MINI]

Cool build

[thinkskater]

repps sent !!

update
finally had a time to take a peek at the 350 i was hoping was in good shape to build. got it for free so there were slim to none chances.



spun a rod bearing but me and my dad measured it out and the factory size is 2.100 and the size of the good rod journal was 2.099 and the spun journal was 2.097




and the only crazy looking damage is the rod bearing. OUCH.





anyways should be dropping by the machine shop to see what they say for sure on the crank still being good.