AppocAlexx
Darth Appocalexx
Working on and cleaning up the Tahoe yesterday I found that I have a prior border patrol Tahoe. I have always had suspensions about this with things I have found and yesterday I know for that it is an SSV type truck.
The first things I had found was the console was painted from the factory color tan to a black. they even painted the leather which is now peeling. The truck has for sure had a whole body paint job due to finding over spray all over it due to bad prep work by the painter. There are also two rub marks from something that was hitting the top of the roof on the inside and rubbed holes. Looks like a box or some kind of barrier that was mounted in there. The carpet in the rear and the carpet up front to the second row are two different colors of black and look to be different manufacture since the rear has started to break apart after a few times vacuuming and cleaning it.
All that said, yesterday I know for sure because after cleaning up the Tahoe and working on some paint chips around the body, as I was walking around the truck I noticed some kind of lettering on the rear hatch. At just the right angle you can see the outline of what looks like M564845 (random numbers since I could not see the whole part of the numbers). After typing that in google, the first thing that shows up is border patrol. Now that I know what they looked liked I look for the other sticker residue that might have been left over from the horrible paint job that was done on this truck. On the rear driver side panel I see where there was stickers that said the same M15654 and US Border Patrol. You kind of have to look pretty hard to see it but the rear hatch is easily seen from a good ways away at the right angle and in the sun.
Not saying that these handme down trucks are bad but should I be worried about anything that these kinds of trucks come with or might have been handled in the past. I just ran over 100k miles a few weeks ago and the engine seems to running good and other than some suspension parts that need to be replaced it seems to be a good truck so far.
The first things I had found was the console was painted from the factory color tan to a black. they even painted the leather which is now peeling. The truck has for sure had a whole body paint job due to finding over spray all over it due to bad prep work by the painter. There are also two rub marks from something that was hitting the top of the roof on the inside and rubbed holes. Looks like a box or some kind of barrier that was mounted in there. The carpet in the rear and the carpet up front to the second row are two different colors of black and look to be different manufacture since the rear has started to break apart after a few times vacuuming and cleaning it.
All that said, yesterday I know for sure because after cleaning up the Tahoe and working on some paint chips around the body, as I was walking around the truck I noticed some kind of lettering on the rear hatch. At just the right angle you can see the outline of what looks like M564845 (random numbers since I could not see the whole part of the numbers). After typing that in google, the first thing that shows up is border patrol. Now that I know what they looked liked I look for the other sticker residue that might have been left over from the horrible paint job that was done on this truck. On the rear driver side panel I see where there was stickers that said the same M15654 and US Border Patrol. You kind of have to look pretty hard to see it but the rear hatch is easily seen from a good ways away at the right angle and in the sun.
Not saying that these handme down trucks are bad but should I be worried about anything that these kinds of trucks come with or might have been handled in the past. I just ran over 100k miles a few weeks ago and the engine seems to running good and other than some suspension parts that need to be replaced it seems to be a good truck so far.