"GMC" "pickup" weekend beater rust-bucket

[sc0tt]

Gmc grill on basically a suzuki sidekick. SUV converted to pickup. So the title is somewhat correct.

Anyways i bought this little beast pretty cheap knowing that it needs work. 4x4 1.6L 4 cyl 5 speed. Should make a decent bush beater camping rig.

Want to put it on 31s with a small lift, bumpers front and rear, possibly weld the rear diff and then fix up whatever other little things it needs

First thing I did was yank out the steel box from the "bed". Going to find a factory tailgate to throw on there.

Brake lights didn't work at all and no lights on the right taillight worked. Finally figured out a few wires got chewed by mice in behind the plywood bedside.

Decided the rear portion of the frame should be dealt with asap since the gas tank crossmember was pretty much being held in by rust.

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[sc0tt]

Chopped a bunch of metal out and cleaned up what was left. Boxed around the body mount and stuck a new tube in for the fuel tank mounts to hang off of.
Keep in mind this is being done with a 110v Flux core welder and in a snowy driveway so don't expect any Barrett Jackson quality here

Outsides of the frame rails will get a fishplate when I have more daylight, and I'd like to reinforce a bit better inside the frame rails if I ever drop the gas tank

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[dszx13]

Friend picked on up as well. Has a 3.0 v6 to swap in. Put a lift on and 34" terms. Dfw one to play around in


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[sc0tt]

Friend picked on up as well. Has a 3.0 v6 to swap in. Put a lift on and 34" terms. Dfw one to play around in


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Toyota 3L? And that'll be interesting to see how it holds up with 34s lol

 

[sc0tt]

Couple updates on the rusty turd

Bought a tailgate and a set of 31 dick-cepek ATs although I now realize I don't have any photos of the tires on it.

Patched up the floors quick and greasy with some aluminum and rivets.

This is how bad it was
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPI2BawjhDS/

Also stuck a new front gas tank crossmember in just as hacked as the rear crossmember

Then made up some 1/4" plates to rebuild the outside of the frame in the rear. Just tacking everything in place with my bird shit welder and I'll do the final welding with a proper 240v machine.

Also after knocking all the loose shit off this is how non-existent the frame was back here

And tonight I got a good start on building a bumper. Only using a angle grinder, bench grinder and cordless drill so it's pretty time consuming

Ends of the angled tubes will be cut square to the body and plated together. Also planning a tie back to the frame for the sides.

Mightve gone overkill with this size shackle

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[sc0tt]

Got the bumper and frame mounts done and fully zapped up.

Threw a healthy coating of stone shield on the frame plates and some grey rattle can on the bumper

Also I patched up some rust on the body under the tailgate

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[marc]

you see that round bar that was almost falling out from the rust.

i tried pulling my buddy out on my old sidekick/tracker with that and the whole gas tank was on the road lol.

my old one


paid $350 for mine as it sat.

want another one bad.

 

[sc0tt]

They're blast to drive and awesome on fuel lol super easy to work on too.

I paid about 3x what you did then. Hard to find them cheap now

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[sc0tt]

Well been a while since I've updated anything here... Tracker got some parts thrown at it

Solid axle and rear suspension to match height, 33s, front bumper, a real hardtop and got rid of the plywood shit. Countless hours of rust repair and much more that I'm forgetting. I built everything on the truck myself and have lots of pictures if there's any interest

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