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Old 12-19-2014, 05:46 PM
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A customer in Russia contacted us early this year about building a badass S10, because he absolutely loves these trucks and has a couple already. He also mentioned everyone over there has no clue how to work on old USA vehicles, so he had to think outside of Russia to make his dream truck come alive.

Since it's costly to send a truck over, and these are cheap to come by, we sourced a 1982 S10 out of California.

Most of the S10's around us are rotted out. We hoped the one in Cali was rust-free, and luckily it was! All it really needed was a tailgate and a door which had been damaged.

I'm sure you're wondering what exactly would constitute this "badassery"... Well, here's the basic breakdown:

-Schwartz G-Machine Chassis (custom/new product)
-RideTech single-adjustable coilovers
-Baer Extreme Plus 14" brakes w/6-piston monoblock calipers
-Moser full floating 9" with Baer Tracker floating hub kit
-GM LS7, modified by Schwartz Performance to 675hp, N/A.
-125hp shot of nitrous
-T56 Magnum transmission
-Custom 18x8 / 18x12 wheels (TBD)
-Small cowl hood, chrome bumpers & grille, painted satin black
-Dry sump tank, nitrous bottle, and tonneau cover in the bed
-4 to 6 point roll cage
-Bench seat, simple interior, with upgraded stereo, backup cam, spot light on the A-pillar

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We literally found 3+ black widow spiders in this truck upon disassembly. We don't have those around Northern Illinois.. so most of us were really jumpy and often screamed like little school girls if one was spotted, or if we "thought" we saw one.







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Next is a bit of bodywork- blasting, priming, etc.







The previous owner had fabbed up some neat ground effects, but our customer didn't want any of that.


We smoothed a few areas of the firewall at this stage. Not much was done around the tunnel since we didn't know how the engine & trans placement would end up.



Holes for AC/Heater hoses




New door


Some of the jambs painted





At this point the chassis started being worked on. I'll touch on that soon.


WE INTERRUPT THIS THREAD TO BRING YOU SEXY PARTS:



Mmmm.. I can smell the dry sump lingering in the air.
....Was that too much?



We're using a Wegner front drive system. These by far are the best LS serpentine drives on the market.. We have been using them for over 7 years and try to use them on every LS build. The cost is comparable or less than VA and BS, and best part is, we're a dealer for them.

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Old 12-19-2014, 07:18 PM
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I've got some Sonoma GT cladding you might be interested in


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Not a body style I'd put "Marty Money" in but certainly will be fun to watch this progress!
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Why not 9s on the front? They tuck easily enough, and the extra tread width...
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Why not 9s on the front? They tuck easily enough, and the extra tread width...
Actually they do not tuck easy with 18x9's. We attemped to fit one in, but it would drastically limit turning radius and suspension travel with the ride height we're at. Going to have to make new inner fenders as-is.
These trucks are very narrow too, so a wide front rubber isn't all that necessary. The rear is 60" sidewall to sidewall; a 70 Chevelle is 72"! Pretty crazy.

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