$56.73 worth of fun.

So i traded the beater accord for this and 500 cash. meaning im invested the price i paid for the accord axle.

It was lowered and painted in the early 90's minitruck craze. the 1/4 panels are shot as seen but amazingly the entire underside, frame and lines are perfect. the kid i aquired it from bought it 2 years ago and replaced the fuel system after it had sat for 12 years. not sure how much lower it is then stock but its de arched leafs and 3 inch blocks rear, drop spindles and aftermarket (orange) springs front.

Im going to stuff a snow tire under the rear and drive it. needs a wheel bearing but otherwise driveable 2.8/auto It was neat enough i felt i needed to share it before i finish killing the 1/4 panels.

Time to learn rust repair!

You overpaid.

kevlarcorolla wrote: You overpaid.

Normally id agree but since scrap was way up last year anything with the power to move down the road in this corner of ohio is a 500 car. Im not even repairing the sheetmetal, im fixing a wheelbearing and throwing tires on it. should be alot more fun to play in the snow with then an almost as rusty accord!

Cover the gaps in the metal in those rear quarters with duct tape, paint the tape blue and rock it all Winter ! ! !

Turns out the wheel bearings fine. Junk rear tire so just throwing the snow treads on and removing the rest of the now broken running board!

Title and transfering plates was 26 bucks. Goal is to survive winter for less then 500.

Love the paint, the tint, the flares & kit, the wheels, the style... Hate the rust. This is reminding me why I Don't Deal With Rusty Cars anymore (and part of the reason why I got the hell out of the great lakes area years ago, hehe.)

If the quarters are that bad I'd be HIGHLY suspect of the rest of it - it is possible for the underside to look fine at first glance but actually be held together by hopes & dreams.

THAT SAID ... for a cheap as nuts winter truck? Perfect! Drive it & enjoy it. Hopefully it's 2WD so you can throw some gnarly snow tyres on it and hang the rear end out around every corner.

After having it on the lift at work im now positive its solid underneath. Im at 96 bucks now. 10 to have 2 tires mounted and a can of carb cleaner.

Now it just needs to snow! Its already sold as long as it doesnt get wrecked before i can legally sell another car.

Friend and his dad have built 9 small block s10's and he wants to do a 2door blazer. He even has quarter panels already!

I feel like if you took the ground effects off and flat-fendered it this would look way nicer.

But it would also ruin the entire panache of the trucklet.

I'm torn.

ssswitch wrote: I feel like if you took the ground effects off and flat-fendered it this would look way nicer. But it would also ruin the entire panache of the trucklet. I'm torn.

The flares are off. One broke from the bad rear tire. It also has 27x8.5 mud terrains on the rear now. The wheels dont match so it killed the trucks cosmetics.

ssswitch wrote: I feel like if you took the ground effects off and flat-fendered it this would look way nicer.

NO.

Don't listen to this. It is objectively wrong.

I had an '88 with the 1/4's heavily rotted too. The rest of the truck was just fine. Inside was like new in 2001 and it ran perfect. I see a 'flat dash' in yours meaning 82-85 with a carb. Reliable as gravity as the saying goes...

I had a 2.8 S10 with well over 200,000 miles a long time ago.

Should rock with the big snows on the back. Some of these had a factory posi rear. If not, a Powertrax could also do the trick, but would cost equal to your money in the truck

you need big fog lights on the front now also

singleslammer wrote: Time to learn rust repair!

Unscrew license plates, attach to car with less rust.

Scrap prices are back down, I am told.

Scrap prices are somehow linked with oil prices. Cheap oil means cheap scrap.

Unless the frame gets bent it wont be scrapped. Amazingly people up here find this fixable. Im just out to amuse myself while i save my pennies for the type of truck i want.

Filled up the 20gallon tank when i puchased it in october, finally had to get gas today. Math says its getting a stellar 14mpg. All city with a round trip of 5 miles a day. I dont drive it unless im going to work!

Does this generation break lower ball joints, or is that only a 2nd-gen S10 thing?

The 4WD's were hard on ball joints, 2WD lasted a long time. The front suspensions were totally differnt.

ball joints on this one are good. aside from the terrible tire howl from the rear tires that i threw on because well its normally snowing in ohio it runs rather well. 198 miles in total and its used a quart of atf lol