Tank's '02 Z71 Tahoe Rescue

[Tonyrodz]

Loving how the build is going so far. F bodies were my 1st love. GTA an 89? I had 2 89 350 Formulas back in the day.

 

[Tankueray]

Loving how the build is going so far. F bodies were my 1st love. GTA an 89? I had 2 89 350 Formulas back in the day.

It is an '89. It was my first major project. I bought it from the original owner after it had been totalled and went through a few donor cars to rebuild it. It sat wrecked in storage while I was in college, and the actual work took about 4 years I think. We've had quite the rodent problem since the drought broke, and it's always had a parasitic power issue*, so I have a whole new set of things to repair on it once the Z71 is legal and the weekends have good weather.

* Thanks again to ScottyBoy for mentioning the Power Probe, I'm hoping that will finally fix the GTA's battery drain issue!

 

[Tankueray]

Here are some photos of the GTA for Tony. All the build photos were taken with 35mm, and I never scanned them.

 

[Tankueray]

So in the last few weeks, the fuel filter crapped out; I replaced the Schrader valves, accumulator, pulley and belt, and orifice tube for the A/C; and the water pump had to be replaced.

I made some progress on the interior, replacing the dash with a dark graphite one from an 03+ silverado, and a few door handles and door panels.

Next weekend's project will be replacing the shocks with bilstein 4600s and working out a seat upgrade from 6-way to 8-way power.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Here are some photos of the GTA for Tony. All the build photos were taken with 35mm, and I never scanned them.View attachment 197930 View attachment 197931

Nice thx.

 

[Rocket Man]

Nice work so far. Subscribed.

 

[Fosscore]

Hilarious first accounts of your acquisition from the auction pick up, to the lost spare tire, etc... Should be a fun project and progress already in motion. Way to revive what will be a good looking Z71 NBS.

 

[Tankueray]

Some catch up photos....
We pulled the rear gray carpet from the donor truck and I cleaned it for about 2 hours and finally gave up. Here's the result.

While removing the knee bolster on the donor, we found an odd little device. Turns out it was a GPS tracker installed by one of those we finance anyone car sales lots.

And before installing the rear carpet, we laid sound deadener/heat shield. (Frost King insulation from Lowe's.)

 

[Tankueray]

Two weeks ago I hit a local salvage yard and pulled some good leather and gray plastic from an '05 Tahoe, and a dash from an '03+ Silverado.

 

[Tankueray]

The dash took a full weekend of cleaning then treating with 303 protectant to get it back in shape.