One SUV out of two.

[lloyd3]

Alright, alright....let me see if I can liven things up here a bit.















Kids, right? My son wrecked his car (well, his buddy feel asleep while driving it back across Wyoming from California in early March with him in the back seat sleeping as well).  Thankfully, nobody go hurt. He sold the corpse of the little '06 Civic for $800 and then bought this non-running '99 Black Trooper online for $900 (a varmint had eaten the wires under the hood).  We still had an '02 Trooper in storage that I'd fixed up for him in high school, but the motor blew just before graduation.  He's a junior up at CSU now, so...that's been awhile ago.   Long story short, the '99 has a low-miles motor (50k) and a stick with a fresh clutch (fairly desirable) but looked like hell (the elderly owners had hit a deer, along with several other smaller things) and the interior was merde (some people?). The '02 was in great shape in and out (one owner, always garaged) except for that blown motor.  Got Blackie running and then started swapping out the better parts from the White '02.

Swapped the doors (so now the windows all work), swapped the tires and shocks (the ones from the donor car all had less than 5k on them), swapped the fenders, the hood, the grill, the wiper arms, headlights, taillights, and even the spare. Still need to swap the serpentine belt, the mass air flow sensor (it's throwing codes), the seats, the carpets, etc.  It might actually make him a vehicle now.  That boy's got no money but he does have moxie.

[LaOtto70Charger]

That is pretty sweet!  I have been contemplating of I need to do something similar with my 07 ram.  Engine is good but wow the body is rusting.

[Kern Dog]

That is pretty sweet!  I have been contemplating of I need to do something similar with my 07 ram.  Engine is good but wow the body is rusting.

Here is my 2007 Dodge Ram 1500....



402,000 miles on it with the original engine and transmission.

[lloyd3]

KD: your truck is wayyyy to-clean.  Real trucks get used properly...



2001 Off-Road Package Dodge Quad-cab 4x4.

In proper use...



The tools of the trade..



End product of that use...



Back at the house...



Almost done...



My poor car. Thank goodness for a good cover.

[lloyd3]

My son's finished product...







at least this one's still got functional AC, my truck's just crapped-out on me.