Hugger orange two door tahoe (pic heavy)

[powder1742]

Whats up guys? Been wanting to drop some pics of my two door ho I picked up about a year and a half ago. 96, 4 wheel drive, 5.7L, 275,000 miles. Rust bucket. Been slowly working on her as time and money allow. I bought the thing to teach myself how to do body work on. I figured I could sell the thing for something no matter how bad I messed it up. Now on to the pics. (please excuse the first several pics. I upgraded the camera shortly after the build started.)

Here she is when I brought it home:

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The teardown began that night. It was hit in the ass by a guy on a crotch rocket right before I got it. His shoulder made the dent in the tailgate. His head bounced off the sail panel above. He was wearing a helmet at least.

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Interior tear out begins. It was a work truck for the company I work for. The interior was filthy, ALL OVER.

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Dash out.

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New to me, less dented, junkyard tailgate.

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The rockers on both sides were rusted through, like they happen to do on these things. I ordered chevy truck patch panels to replace.

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Let the hacking begin:

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[powder1742]

One regret I have on this build is that I didn't take enough pics of how damaged this thing was to begin with. Another thing I would have done differently would be to try to find a whole quarter panel and replace instead of hacking together one like I did. I know this wont last as long as a good quarter panel replacement, but I learned a load of bodywork tricks while trying to piece this crap together.

Passenger side rocker panel rot:

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Passenger patch panel tacked in place:

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The wheel arch was shot too, so that was next:

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Picked up a set of fender flares, so I had to mock them up, try to make it look like I was making good progress to the wife.

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Fiberglass roll pan from summit. I looked and looked for a steel one, couldn't find one. A year later I check ebay and they were all over the place. By then, this one was installed and painted though, so fiberglass it is.

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[RyanMerrick]

Awesome project!

 

[powder1742]

Removed this post. double post.

 

[tscherbi]

Coming along nicely good work and welcome

 

[powder1742]

Found out that my rear corner piece from a chevy pickup wasn't quite right, so I grabbed the generator, sawzall, and cutoff wheel and headed to the bone yard.

Heres the donor tahoe rear corner:

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Original gas door, rusted bad. Make sure you remove gas tank before attempting this repair. (I didn't learn the hard way, by the way)

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Messing around with one of the stock ram wheels I had laying around:

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Time for the mud slinging. Now, if no one has told you yet, the thing about Bondo is you have to lay it on as thick as possible. Just kidding.

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Closer,

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Replacement front fender,

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Uninstalled:

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Installed. You can get a good look at the inside of my garage door here too. That was a drunken weekend project that I'm pretty proud of, lol.

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Thats all I'm giving you guys today. Rest assured, this truck is painted and sitting in the garage, so the pics will come fast! All comments welcome!

 

[DonYukon]

Looks good man

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[///RAGMC]

Nice keep the pics comming!

 

[chevyman0191]

looking good, awesome project!

 

[bluex]

Love the door, I might have to steal that. Dukes was my favorite show as a kid