FrankenBetty- The 95 2 door Tahoe Junkyard build thread- Long and pic heavy

[Squirrelsmith]

I got my new mirrors yesterday. Damn!!! They are gorgeous. And the foam for insulating and mounting is super thick. They even came in nice dust bags! I have to return the Q-Logic kick panels. They won't work with my MB Quart speakers. But I found a step up ring that will allow me to mount them in the door panels. I'm going to be like @Squirrelsmith and heaping on that Dynamat. It has been raining for days here so no new work on FrankenBetty but hopefully this weekend the dash gets finished. We need to clear up space in the garage. My kid just ordered all of his rearend stuff for his C10 so it looks like a Summit storefront in there!

Speaking of dynamat i recently discovered that our doors are completely searvicable, thats to say the sheet metal that the speaker is mounted in totally unblots from the rest of the door. Talk about convenient!!!

 

[dkknaebel]

So the dash is mostly in after fighting my husband tooth and nail. Fired up the FrankenBetty for the first time in weeks and the damn key got stuck in the ignition. Got the steering wheel surround apart and a new lock cylinder to be picked up tonight. Well that is everything in the column being replaced LOL. Oh the a/c blows out of the correct vents!!!! It is awesome!!!!

An indication of how gross the carpet and interior were in my truck

 

[dkknaebel]

Well it seems as if the linkage got wonky when Tim pulled the steering column. Really need to fix that gearshift selector and replace it, you can tell someone just constantly ripped on it and dropped it down in first. It's loose as hell. I swear, just when I think, yeah, this truck is gonna be sweet, this crap happens. Good thing I can't get it in neutral to roll it in the street and light it on fire

 

[liquify33]

What mirrors did you pick up?

 

[dkknaebel]

What mirrors did you pick up?

https://www.ebay.com/vod/FetchOrderDetails?itemId=132568066517&transactionId=1667083383003

 

[willxfs]

The link for the mirrors doesn't work but if you copy and past the item ID number into the search bar in ebay, they come up. The mirrors look good. Hopefully the glass doesn't move around too much. Let us know what you think about them once you get yourself and your truck all fixed up. Good lucks!

 

[liquify33]

The link for the mirrors doesn't work but if you copy and past the item ID number into the search bar in ebay, they come up. The mirrors look good. Hopefully the glass doesn't move around too much. Let us know what you think about them once you get yourself and your truck all fixed up. Good lucks!

+1 on this! Looking for mirrors that work at 80mph!!

 

[dkknaebel]

You go 80??? LOL. Well figured out the lock cylinder/gear selector issue. The steering column shift mechanism broke in the inside. $130 later, we are in business! I also got to drive her 3/10 of a mile, around the block. The air blows where it should, the lock cylinder is super tight. I finally have good news on my back, surgery on Tuesday, recovery of 2 weeks and then I'm back in business. Got to get Tim cracking on the rest of the upgrades LOL. Thanks for the well wishes fellas

 

[swathdiver]

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Is that a petrified french fry down there? LOL Keep at it, once you replace everything the earlier repairs will need doing again and by that point it will be easy peasy!

 

[dkknaebel]

Is that a petrified french fry down there? LOL Keep at it, once you replace everything the earlier repairs will need doing again and by that point it will be easy peasy!

No clue but new carpet is going in. It is likely Tennessee red clay like everything else in that damn truck!!!

 

[dkknaebel]

One of my mirrors got installed, it looks awesome. I need to get a new control switch for the driver side, it doesnt go up. But I'm sure I can find one somewhere or go rob 6 more from the junkyard. Oh I just heard the Betty crank up, she's so loud and awesome! I am also a storage yard for my truck, my son's 85 square body and our buddy's 89 Hydrastream. Tim is taking our boat out on Saturday so he's going to use Betty to tow the Hydrastream out of the way. I can't wait to get pics of that.

Back surgery went really well. I'm out of a lot of pain and I can walk again and not limp! Two weeks cannot come soon enough. I'm missing my fav fishing tourney this weekend but I'll be back in business for the MacDill airshow.

 

[Tonyrodz]

One of my mirrors got installed, it looks awesome. I need to get a new control switch for the driver side, it doesnt go up. But I'm sure I can find one somewhere or go rob 6 more from the junkyard. Oh I just heard the Betty crank up, she's so loud and awesome! I am also a storage yard for my truck, my son's 85 square body and our buddy's 89 Hydrastream. Tim is taking our boat out on Saturday so he's going to use Betty to tow the Hydrastream out of the way. I can't wait to get pics of that.

Back surgery went really well. I'm out of a lot of pain and I can walk again and not limp! Two weeks cannot come soon enough. I'm missing my fav fishing tourney this weekend but I'll be back in business for the MacDill airshow.

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Hydrastrem? Is it like an Airstream?

 

[dkknaebel]

Hydrastrem? Is it like an Airstream?

It's a boat that goes 100 mph....80 on a slow day

 

[Tonyrodz]

It's a boat that goes 100 mph....80 on a slow day

Lol, can you tell I'm not a boat guy? But.....I know that's a pretty damn fast boat!

 

[dkknaebel]

Lol, can you tell I'm not a boat guy? But.....I know that's a pretty damn fast boat!

That boat is a blast. Our boat goes 40 on a really good but ours is a fishing boat, not a good fast boat. That thing just screams by

 

[Onebad1983]

One of my mirrors got installed, it looks awesome. I need to get a new control switch for the driver side, it doesnt go up. But I'm sure I can find one somewhere or go rob 6 more from the junkyard. Oh I just heard the Betty crank up, she's so loud and awesome! I am also a storage yard for my truck, my son's 85 square body and our buddy's 89 Hydrastream. Tim is taking our boat out on Saturday so he's going to use Betty to tow the Hydrastream out of the way. I can't wait to get pics of that.

Back surgery went really well. I'm out of a lot of pain and I can walk again and not limp! Two weeks cannot come soon enough. I'm missing my fav fishing tourney this weekend but I'll be back in business for the MacDill airshow.

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More info on the square body? I happen to own one myself

 

[dkknaebel]

More info on the square body? I happen to own one myself

The 85 is my son's. He is putting a turbo LS in it and making it a sleeper. It is a long bed, lowered and pretty decent. He also has an 02 Trans Am that he is building as a manual drag car.

 

[Onebad1983]

The 85 is my son's. He is putting a turbo LS in it and making it a sleeper. It is a long bed, lowered and pretty decent. He also has an 02 Trans Am that he is building as a manual drag car.

Ironically, that is the plan for my square body!

 

[dkknaebel]

Fender install coming soon. The kid says the OBS grille just looks goofy sitting in front of his square body. I just see that the clear is bubbling and needs to be sanded and re shot LOL

 

[dkknaebel]

Gonna try and stop the passenger side leak but the fenders are off and new ones are going on! I got the almost all clear from the surgeon, formally released 4/23. Gonna be working from home starting on Monday.