the random projects i have (1968 beetle 1995 Tahoe currently)

[Mater]

i was told i should join after getting a 1995 Tahoe 2dr LOL

it has been sitting pulled it out of a literal forest still cleaning the pine needles off it

mainly bought it to practice body work and welding and to have a truck after the michigan winter rot took out my avalanche

worst part of the truck

previous owner let their brother driver it and took a turn to tight in a parking garage

 

[bigdog9191999]

Welcome! For the rest of the peoples, this here is a buddy that I have known and done lots of swapping and trading with over the years.

 

[Mater]

and now my more long term project

1968 beetle

not a lot of progress on this one but i am having to redo the body work on the passenger front part of why i got the tahoe so i can practice on that

all these lap welds need to be but out as it was just rusted metal under them

and some never installed carpet that is very dirty but got for $50 the whole point of the beetle is i am trying to do it correct but also keep it period and low cost

 

[OR VietVet]

Welcome to the forum from Oregon.

I have seen a few of the rusted out hulks in my days when I lived in KC, Mo. Great for the practicing you want to do.

 

[Mater]

thanks!!

yeah the avy got so bad it was missing the bottom half of the driver frame rail. bummer as it only had 153k on it

 

[Hoesgottaeat2]

Welcome from NY. When I was learning to weld, my friends and family were sure to harass me with sentiments like this...

 

[bigdog9191999]

Here would be toms rails

Have to say I think they were further than mine. Although mine was a year older, at least I had 30k more miles.

 

[89Suburban]

WOW!

 

[Mater]

Yeah when the guy that got it for the engine picked it up the gas tank fell out on his trailer.

 

[Mater]

You can see that passenger rail and it's perfectly solid.

I always suspected it pulled a boat and boat launching did it in at the rar bumper was also really bad and both lower rear quarters where replaced at one point as the body fully was cracking through.

 

[Mater]

i would also like to add i am a bit of a collector or rare 1of1 early production cars that have zero extra monetary value for there rareness


past examples consists of

1992 Lebaron convertible base model. what made this car rare was it had the white leather sport buckets. it was a base model ti was not even suppose to have leather as it was not an option when order but it had the white leather which was limited to 500 units. how this car came to be was it was last batch of 92's built before the facelift the next year and chrysler had a bunch of extra parts so a lot of the last production units ended up with just random options before being sent to dealers to be sold

2001 Grand Prix GT coupe. this car was an avis rental car 1 of 1500 and 1 of 50 coupes ordered complete with the AVIS package which basically made it a completely striped down zero option car the base SE had more options then this car did. even had it's own special color code

1991 Caprice Classic. oh this was a fun one it was the fully loaded LTZ AND the 9C1 it was a special order detectives car. had all the hoses coolers but sadly was a TBI car so not really desirable.

2001 Aurora V8. this one is a doozey this was Vin2 it was the second production aurora for the 2001 redesign (there was no 2000 model year aurora) for consumers and is the V8 car used in the advertisement brochures. just a silver V8 with a sun roof. vin 00002. vin 1 was a silver V6 used in the same brochures. sadly i had no idea this was vin 2 till i needed to look up the vin when i went to get a new power steering cap at the dealer and the michigan rust already did it's number on it.

and the list goes on @bigdog9191999 can attest to my magical ability to finding rare unusual cars for dirt cheap LOL

i also accidently bought a truck that used to be owned by my states past governor once LOL

 

[Hoesgottaeat2]

...i also accidently bought a truck that used to be owned by my states past governor once LOL

You're not from California, are you?

 

[Mater]

You're not from California, are you?

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no michigan LOL

it was a white work truck owned by the Engler farms but i got it form a john deere dealer

 

[bigdog9191999]

He isn't lying for sure. He lives about 150milrs from me in mid Michigan, and I am in southern Michigan. In fact the the Leberon , 40th gtp, avalanche , the 2001 prix , 75 grand am, 97 prix, and I know there are others that we have both had. ( Much of it can be seen in my thread) but we have known each other since 2003 ish.

 

[Mater]

the 05 grand prix as well and a 95 town car but i think the town car was a biddies of yours

 

[Mater]

well today finally got it to fire the fuel spray pattern on the injectors are god awful but i also think it has no gas so will try and put in 5 gallons tomorrow see if that improves if not i will add in and adapter to check fuel pressure

does nto help it has been sitting for 5 years

 

[Mater]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1765499443914476

 

[Mater]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1054393889211151

runs pretty good now. it;s going to need a fuel filter or 4

 

[Mater]

well grandpa has a mini starter just hanging around so going to install that in the tahoe.

so far all my tests are pointing at a intermittent bad solenoid

starter benches fine but in the truck some times it will just not crank and i just hear it engage the flywheel. engine is grounded even added another ground just to be safe. when it fails to crank there is no power draw on the system lights do not dim but the S terminal is powered. if a jumper the solenoid it cranks just fine in the truck.


if this still does not fix it i will just install a ford fender solenoid so i can jump it with a screw driver LOL

 

[Hoesgottaeat2]

..i will just install a ford fender solenoid so i can jump it with a screw driver LOL

We call that the “steal me junction” lol

While you’re at it, install an old MOPAR starter so it sounds like a dying animal when you crank it over…