2000 Tahoe RAT Rod Convertible ??? A little different...

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Chad Nicholls

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I am not sure if this will be well received, however I thought I would share a project my son and I have been working for the last 6 weeks. Its a GMT800 2000 Tahoe LT that was rolled in Michigan last winter. We picked it up on Facebook for $400. It has high mileage and obviously it wasn't a restore candidate so we originally bought it for the engine to put in my son's 46 ford rat rod.

While he was gone this summer I got board and thought I would start stripping it for parts and scrapping the rest. I had a little too much fun and ended up cutting the top off, to give head room and allow the door to close so I could drive it around on our property. Well I had a hood off a 47 Grain Truck that I had sitting around with a major dent up the middle. Well one thing came after the other and before we knew it, we had a Frankenstein Rat Rod. We have a place near Silver Lake Sand Dunes and this will be our dedicated weekend toy for the dunes.




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gat0r

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i like it
& it looks a helluva lot better than the rat rod c4 vette i saw a few years back.
 

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I dig it!

Why wouldn't it be well-received? You saved it from the scrap yard and gave it a cool appearance and new purpose. Cheap thrills!
 

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I am not sure if this will be well received, however I thought I would share a project my son and I have been working for the last 6 weeks. Its a GMT800 2000 Tahoe LT that was rolled in Michigan last winter. We picked it up on Facebook for $400. It has high mileage and obviously it wasn't a restore candidate so we originally bought it for the engine to put in my son's 46 ford rat rod.

While he was gone this summer I got board and thought I would start stripping it for parts and scrapping the rest. I had a little too much fun and ended up cutting the top off, to give head room and allow the door to close so I could drive it around on our property. Well I had a hood off a 47 Grain Truck that I had sitting around with a major dent up the middle. Well one thing came after the other and before we knew it, we had a Frankenstein Rat Rod. We have a place near Silver Lake Sand Dunes and this will be our dedicated weekend toy for the dunes.




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What’s not to like? Get a tetanus shot and let the good times roll.
 

Jeff O

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I suspect that those unfendered front wheels will throw up a lot of dirt which will end up in your unwindshielded face.
 

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You and your son have done a awesome job Chad!! I love it also!

Welcome from Miami Beach!
 

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