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1988 suburban barn find!
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I posted this in another thread but probably belongs here. I bought it from a salvage auction as a donation, clean title and one owner. It has 34k miles and in it was all original service invoices from dealer, pre delivery inspection, etc.
I'm restoring it as a daily driver and something to cruise the family around in summer. There was ZERO rust on the truck besides surface rust on hood and roof. |
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That's a very nice find! Looking forward to more pics and updates.
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It was not running when I got it, fuel pump hoses deteriorated and valve stuck open. We cleaned tank and installed new pump, pulled throttle body and rebuilt it, got valve freed up and it runs extremely well. Here's a few early pics
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Here's one from auction
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I had it soda blasted a couple weeks ago then epoxy primer it and painted it
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Went with original white and started cleaning up bumpers, added roof rack, all new gaskets and we removed the big dealer installed Ramsey winch hidden under front bumper
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Very nice transformation!
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There was a few dead mice under the hood lol, luckily no wires chewed in two or nest hidden inside.
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We gutted the interior today to lay the dynomat and new carpet. It was really clean under everything. I'm gonna put the new LMC headliner in also
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Figured we would go ahead and lay a good sound deadener underneath the new carpet
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That looks fantastic!
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The carpet from LMC fits horrible! I restored an old Cherokee a couple of years ago and stock interiors.com carpet fit great and had heavy padding. I've heated it all day and stretched it to fit better.
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I've used several types of sound deadening material before but this rattle trap stuff is nice and is cheaper. I'm lining the roof tomorrow then installing the headliner.
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Very nice transformation. Glad to hear feedback about LMC carpet. Was going to order a carpet for my truck soon.
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I will give LMC credit though, the new headliner fit really well and looks great. Ill get some pics of it tomorrow. I fought with the door panels all day today.
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I also put sound deadening on the roof to help with insulation and noise on the big roof skin.
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Nice score!
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It's coming along nicely!
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Great score. You're going to have a hard time deciding what to drive!!
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I've got all the door panels done. I used the velour LMC uppers and new carpeted lowers. I also installed new window and lock switches. The LMC felt doesn't fit well at all. After doing all these gaskets, window felts, and channels, the classic industries stuff was a lot nicer quality and fit much better.
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The door looks great! Thanks for the review on the materials.
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It's getting closer! Decided to take a break and drive it for a few days.
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