1989 chevrolet s10. FIXED.

Slam it and leave everything else!

Tom

Ohhh, I thought that the lacquer peel was the art work you referring to.....

But serious now....how big/small is your car? similar to a Hilux?
I don't think I have ever seen this model car.

Cheers

You need one of these to drive that in!



Amazing. That airbrushing can't have been cheap, aside from being tacky as hell it looks like it was pretty well done, you do wonder how things like this happen, and on that vehicle too?

...dat vette' behind it doe...

So i guess this is a sheep in wolfs clothing?

Less is more just slam it. In time the hub caps will find their own way off the car

ive had a solid week of wolf hoody and dreamcatcher/cowboy hat/snakeskin boot jokes now, i think its time to the the DA out


someone has thrown some money at this truck though. it only came in in 2000, and must have been near mint and original then. it was then subjected to this paint (its not just the murals and the laquer peel, the paint is pretty shoddy in other ways too) although id agree it must have cost a few quid. it then seemed to be pretty active n the show scene up til 2007ish, judging by all the show tickets, stickers and programmes left in it. quite what triggered the rapid fall from grace which finished in me getting ot for free to save it from the scrappy, i don't know.

so, time for a bit of a walk round it to point out the pertinent features and problem areas.

its got a f-koff heavy plate step bumper on it(most of it is 1/4" plate!), that i think will be staying, as it'll make lots of sparks when dragged on the floor. i need to tidy up the foglight, trailer wiring and sort a different plate though, as well as straighten up the other corner, as its bent.


its also got an opening rear window, so you can still talk to your kids whilst driving. its needs a clean up though as all the frame is covered in sealant from the hardtop-


it looks like the rear axle has been replaced at some point, as there's junkyard greasechalk on it saying 's10' and something else i cant read, so i need to drop the cover and see what ratio it now it, as it may effect my wheel choice.


oh, and i have a weller. just the one mind-


this is all i have on the handbrake setup. the cable from each rear brake comes up and is joined with two joiners and a very short bit of cable just below the gearbox tailshaft. ive been on 'murican ebay and have managed to get the handbrake pedal, release mech and the bit of dash it fits to, a new cable and an equaliser mech for £120(nearly 2/3 of which was shipping), which is all currently on its way across the water. if only whover removed the setup from this could have managed that...


inside. it has a bench seat, and some pretty cool aircraft latch style seatbelts. and half the dash smashed up and spread through the cab. this is after i cleaned out all the rubbish.


some of the interior plastics have been painted, as well as the bench seat dyed which is now wearing off. its got a few rips too so will get recovered. tbh the finish on this door card is pretty good, its a metallicy maroon, and isnt all flaking off and stuff. shame they only did one as ill never colour match it!


this side on the other hand, is bloody awful. red paint flakes off over time you touch it, so ill take the jetwash to it and see how much i can get off. the 'door cards' in this are actually entire black ABS type plastic, with various textured bits to make it look like faux tuck and roll.


see this gaping void? there should be a foot-operated handbrake lever there.


unfortunately to make said gaping void, whoever took the handbrake out smashed the dash to pieces. i've gone through the cab and picked out all the broken bits of plastic, and 99% of it is there, so i'm just gunna glue it all back together. there's only one or two mounting tabs missing that can be replicated with plastic/milliput/tigerseal. some bits seem to have been brken before, the dash plastics on these have a reputation for being fragile, and there's evidence of glue on some parts already.


whilst i was under the dash, i had a look at the electrics with a view to getting it running. theres no keys, but you don't need them, you don't actually turn the key in GM ign. switch of this period, you grip it by a collar on the switch, which seems to work without the key! what i did need though was the keyfob for the alarm, which i didnt have, so an hour or so later and a few rejoined wires, i have this-

i think i took out more than was left! i also removed a super shonky cruise control system that ran off manifold vac. pressure and a magnetic pickup on the prop!

it now cranks, but didnt seem like it was getting fuel. throw a bit down the 'carb' and itll fire and run for a few secs, so i stuck my head against the fuel tank whilst george cranked it over, and i couldnt hear the fuel pump, so guessed it was that, as they're an in-tank submersable. the fuel in the tank also stank if you took the filler cap off and had a sniff, so i decided next job was to drop the tank. as proper work was halted as we had a power cut yesterday whilst some cabling was replaced, i decided to do it then.
actually came out pretty easily-


bloody massive dent to the front of the tank, entirely hidden when fitted by a big thick plastic tank protector- guess it did its job! ill probably just leave it seeing as it doesnt leak.


fuel pump out and bench tested. wiring checks out ok so pump is very much dead. not surprising seeing the fuel though, it was the colour of coke and the consistency of diesel! got about 15L of it out of the tank, but forgot to take a pic.


this is the residue left behind in the 'swirl pot' (swirl box?). I'm gunna jetwash it out and leave it to dry for a few days.


so, once its got a fuel pump in, it should be a runner! i reckon all it then needs is the handbrake bits fitting when they turn up, the dash glueing back togehter and some wheel/tyre juggling to get matched pairs on axles, a few bulbs, and it'll MOT.

WAAAAAAAAAAAANTTTTT!