Vonrottes
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- Columbus, ohio
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- 2009 Pontiac G8 GT
Before I owned my Holden import, I was a minitruck owner... Orignially had a 1992 Chevy S10 with a 2.8/5speed was a solid little truck that was my first car. had it for several years and eventually ended up LS swapping it and was slowly making improvements to it, 2017 that truck got stolen and they totalled it.. cab got ripped off the frame and bent the front frame rails... I was lucky enough that a week prior just a few minutes down the road a Arctic white/Argent grey 1992 GMC Sonoma GT got posted up for sale. was able to purchase it a week or two later, truck was completely original when I bought it and was only missing the tonneau cover, which I just replaced with a aftermarket one..
Over the summer that year I stripped off every piece that had any value from the wrecked S10, fortunately the $3,000 worth of new parts I had just installed weren't damaged.
I was planning on getting all the parts together while I daily drove the truck and then do the swap the right way when I had the extra cash and all the parts. but February 2018 I was in a small wreck in the truck which bent the front bumper, fender and core support... so I started rushing to get body panels and a new core support... that summer I ripped everything off the frame except the cab and pulled the interior out and started resorting everything.
just to summarize the parts/work into the truck.
it's got a LM7/4l60e, aftermarket aluminum core support, Torsen differential in the stock 7.5", aftermarket Transmission crossmember, Stainless Work long tube headers, custom 2 to 1 3" exhaust, rear mounted battery, Hydraboost, ICT billet AC bracket, modified Silverado wiring harness, new interior carpet, bed liner in the floor pans, sound deadener in the cab, Tubular control arms on the front with Viking Coilovers and Viking Smooth shocks on the rear, New PPG paint in the original colors.
A lot more and she's still not done.
Guess I should also probably explain the truck a little bit too..
It was a VERY limited run "sport" truck here in the US produced as a stable mate to the 1991 Syclone and 1992 & 1993 Typhoon.
but this was the cheaper alternative to the awd turbo V6 trucks.
Featured a similar body kit, similar seats and gauge cluster, same modified C4 corvette console/shifter and got the same 4-spoke leather steering wheel as the Typhoon.
also got Bilstein sport shocks, and 15" steel wheels.
other than that it was a Standard 4.3 V6 and only came in 2wd.
And this one is #70 or only 806 ever produced...
Really starting to look like a wall of text here, but just some future plans,
Doing Brembo brakes, 19" camaro wheels, lowering it 1-2", eventually swapping the iron 5.3 for a aluminum 6.0 or 6.2, finishing up the body work and getting this thing show quality. really just want this to be a fun toy I can drive on nice days, do some weekend racing and take to car shows.
Over the summer that year I stripped off every piece that had any value from the wrecked S10, fortunately the $3,000 worth of new parts I had just installed weren't damaged.
I was planning on getting all the parts together while I daily drove the truck and then do the swap the right way when I had the extra cash and all the parts. but February 2018 I was in a small wreck in the truck which bent the front bumper, fender and core support... so I started rushing to get body panels and a new core support... that summer I ripped everything off the frame except the cab and pulled the interior out and started resorting everything.
just to summarize the parts/work into the truck.
it's got a LM7/4l60e, aftermarket aluminum core support, Torsen differential in the stock 7.5", aftermarket Transmission crossmember, Stainless Work long tube headers, custom 2 to 1 3" exhaust, rear mounted battery, Hydraboost, ICT billet AC bracket, modified Silverado wiring harness, new interior carpet, bed liner in the floor pans, sound deadener in the cab, Tubular control arms on the front with Viking Coilovers and Viking Smooth shocks on the rear, New PPG paint in the original colors.
A lot more and she's still not done.
Guess I should also probably explain the truck a little bit too..
It was a VERY limited run "sport" truck here in the US produced as a stable mate to the 1991 Syclone and 1992 & 1993 Typhoon.
but this was the cheaper alternative to the awd turbo V6 trucks.
Featured a similar body kit, similar seats and gauge cluster, same modified C4 corvette console/shifter and got the same 4-spoke leather steering wheel as the Typhoon.
also got Bilstein sport shocks, and 15" steel wheels.
other than that it was a Standard 4.3 V6 and only came in 2wd.
And this one is #70 or only 806 ever produced...
Really starting to look like a wall of text here, but just some future plans,
Doing Brembo brakes, 19" camaro wheels, lowering it 1-2", eventually swapping the iron 5.3 for a aluminum 6.0 or 6.2, finishing up the body work and getting this thing show quality. really just want this to be a fun toy I can drive on nice days, do some weekend racing and take to car shows.
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