FREE Chevy S-10 Xtreme Gets A FRAME OFF Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Everything was XTREME in the early 2000s, including this S-10 truck and the Blazer. Lowered, sport suspension, killer wheels, ground effects, perfect for a couple subs in the back... the Xtreme trucks were the envy of everyone around you. I picked up this 2000 Chevy S-10 Xtreme for free from a subscriber, and drove 10 hours to pull it out of it's tomb. Now we're going to bring it back to life... but with a much better drivetrain. We're going deep with a complete frame off restoration 🍻
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I don't know who would hate on this project. It's a beat old truck. Perfect raw material for a build of your choice.
I know! I had a 2001 S-10 Blazer as my first vehicle and I always wanted to have a LS Xtreme or Sonoma. I still dream to have the greenish-grey Cervini’s Sonoma with the Ram Air hood and Sidestep bed 🤤
@@djparra41 WANTED THE GMC CYCLONE PICKUP 91 TO 94
Unless it’s completely destroyed beyond economical repair, there’s no need to crush a car
@@djparra41 For me around that same time was the WS6 Trans am. I had a 1982 firebird with a 4 cylinder in it. Yep, apparently that was a thing. Then I bought my first Subaru and gave up on all my dreams and got comfortable.
@@rsprockets7846 clean ones are hard to find and they've gone up in value but I still think those trucks are worth collecting.
Frame off is the way to go JR. Make sure undercoat the mess out of the frame onco you stop whatever cancer is there, if any. It’s gonna look once it’s done. I have faith in your skills!
You know he'll undercoat it.
In Kansas? He’d better but probably undercoated. He’ll have to get that off and do it right.
i feel that your chanel is all about saving cars and trucks from the scrap yard. you seem to find those terds and polish them up to be something more... i would love to see more of the big three trucks in the future but you do what makes YOU happy! thanks for the videos!!!
TO THINK of all the g bodies h bodies mustangs we junked made me shiver when with now all the repro stuff out there
Brought a 2000 GMC Sonoma 4.3 back to life. So I'll be following this closely. You can look at swapping the steering column for an ASTRO van. Replaces the rag joint with a u joint.
You should go with a Newer Style Disc Brake Rear End instead of that Drum Brake Rear End, All you need is the Newer style Rear End & The Proportioning Valve from a 1998-2004 2wd S10 Blazer or you can just buy a Disc Brake Conversion Kit...
That's the plan! 🍻
8.8 Explorer set up.
@@Davidsmusicselection That's what I was thinking. When I looked into this, everybody who did the swap said the S10 rear is not strong enough for a V8.
I'm so happy that all the drivers we have are 4 wheel disk brakes, so much easier to work on and they stop. Some of the Mopar guys used to try and find 72 imperial rear disk brake setups to retrofit rear disks on older big Mopar muscle cars.
I personally bought a complete running 74 Dart 4 door for 150 because it had big bolt front disk brakes to put on my Dart. I asked him if the brakes worked and would it drive 5 miles and handed him the cash. Just the basic brake setup 2as worth 350 bucks even then and I got everything needed from that car.
You are growing on me! The blog style was weird to me at first, but I love how you take on projects and ADVANCE on them, very organic. Loving what your doing, keep on going, don't forget to take some you time. Thank you
I just bought an 2003 S10, always have wanted one and am glad I came across your videos to help me get acquainted with it. I can't wait to break into it as my first project car and teach my son more about cars than I had ever learned before.
I'm glad to see you doing this project. Some people don't think these trucks are worth the time of day. I see them as inexpensive, (sometimes free) relatively light weight, rear wheel drive platforms with endless parts support.
I think it's hilarious the tiny amount of rust coming off this thing, go watch a South Main Auto video, a few whacks with the hammer and more rust will come off stuff he works on than the entirety of this project! Not to mention something this old would already long be in the junkyard in the rust belt, too.
We have an S10 at our farm and I love that you are keeping the Jump seat.. I can't wait to see how this build progresses!
Now building this LS10 is something i could watch all day, thanks JR
Good to see that today’s younger guys still have the hunger for mechanical projects that my generation had in the 50’s and 60’s way to go JR.
Tip, when a wheel won't come off, put the lugs back on loosely and drop the truck back on the ground. If it still won't go, roll back and forth a few times... and yes, spraying penetrating fluid around the hub center is important too
The video said that it included a paid promotion and if it did it was the smoothest Holley promotion I've ever seen. *All* paid promotions should be this smooth.
I wanted one of these so badly and I am so glad you are building this!
I cannot wait for this epic build.. XTREME!!!
Reminds of Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
I don’t care that JR gets free cars, sponsorships or freebies right, left and center, this guy probably works 12-14 hours a day between one thing and another. Working on cars is the coolest thing ever. He just managed to find a way for it to pay for itself -and then some! Whatever projects you’ve got JR, bring ‘em on, I LOVE watching you work on them!
When this is all over JRs gonna have a perfect 2002 Pontiac/Chevy showroom reproduction lol..Aztec, C5 Vette, Extreme just needs a good G8
I have a huge soft spot in my heart for the S10, and have rebuilt, flipped, and even restored them. I currently own 3 of them. A ZR2, an SS stepside, and a plain Jane base model. They’re amazing trucks and I’m so happy to see you doing this one right. Don’t let the hate bother you man, screw the haters and rock on!
Love seeing these saves. They are the next round of classic cars.
perfect truck for a rocky mountain race week!
I AM IN SHREVEPORT AND I CHANGED THE 1ST S-10 BED SIDE PANELS ON BOTH STYES FOR THE 1GCCS PLANT. IT TURNED OUT WELL. ME AND 2 OTHER FELLAS FROM RED RIVER CHEVROLET BUILT A S-10 EXT CAB COMPLETE ASSEMBLY FROM A RACK OF PARTS. I STILL OWN NUMBER 101 FROM THE FIRST GEN. IT WAS MADE FOR ME WITH EVERY OPTION. I OWNED 6 OF THEM IN TOTAL. THE LAST ONE I HAD WAS WITH AN ADVANCED VORTEC V-6 STANDARD SHIFT, AND AFTER WARRANTY PUT IN A LT1 CORVETTE ENGINE.. THAT ONE WAS A TICKET MAKER ON THE INTERSTATE. TROOPERS GOT ME A FEW TIMES. NOT MUCH I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE S-10. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO..
Love to see a full restoration on a car truck ETC , can’t wait to see the finished product JR your doing it right
People don’t realize just how rare cool factory options & trims were in the 90’s & early 00’s. The Extreme & The Nissan Frontier with the Rockford Fosgate audio were among the rare exceptions.
Now, alloy wheels & factory body kits are the norm, to the point that you just don’t see aftermarket rims on cars and you rarely see custom decks in the dash.
Most refreshing intro on TH-cam IMO And the content is always worth watching , God bless you Jr and keep it up man :)
Watching you two remove the bed like that was wild! Had to be heavy 😪.
Nice to be young.
Really liking this build.
G-body dirt track parts (upper control arms with extended ball joints, in particular, and roll center adjusters) will massively improve the way this thing drives.
I bought a 1998 S-10 brand new as my first truck. It wasn’t the extreme but still a great little truck. I took that thing everywhere and never got stuck. I still wish I had that truck. Carry on with the gifs work.
Most productivity of videos in week my opinion. Keep it up guys. Love content
Yes, Yes, Yes and more Yes! I'm excited to see you go this in depth. I wanna see this bad boy go from cool lawn art to a real 1/4 mile drag truck.
For the “R” at the end of the logo, use the R from the SSR badge. Would fit perfectly.
Awesome! Glad you decided to keep going with it! Cant wait to see it done. Going to be awesome.
Let the haters hate JRGo. Let the haters hate. I want to see this happen!
“I don’t like the first-gen S-10.”
I can hear the cries from the first-gen fans now. Music to my ears.
I made sure to say "that's just my opinion" 😂
First gen s10 is a sick truck. This isn't bad, but first gens are the cats meow
@@WatchJRGo check see if frame aint tweaked
All of saabkyle04's subscribers cried out, and then suddenly silence
Its going to be one awesome build!
So happy to see this truck being worked on 😁💯👍
"we're just going to power through all the hate..." words to live by for sure.
JR HAS HIS PEARLS OF WISDOM
I love watching you bring it back
Holy Teardown Batman! I did not see the total teardown to the frame coming on this one. Must be sweeps month.
I just turned mine in for a restoration .. can’t wait to see it finished..
Watched for along time, respect the effort and what you bring to the table, regardless. I will make an effort to like everything I watch because I do. Thanks again
You need a 4 or 5 pound dead blow hammer, then lay down and hit the wheel from behind a few times, trust me, I’ve changed my fair share, been in towing and roadside almost 20 years 👌👌
sometimes,they need a hell of a lot more persuasion ...had to use a scissor jack to pop a wheel off my WS6 trans am and it still wanted to fight me....
LS10 is a great name for it. It will be a great LS conversion. Looking forward to it.
Xtreme S10’s are pretty rare these days. Most people don’t know they held .85 G’s on a skid pad on snow tires.
Little known background. Glenn Hotchkiss was brought in to help develop the ZQ8 suspension after the Syclone didn’t get the suspension upgrades they wanted due to budget constraints.
It was originally intended to have a supercharged 4.3, but GM shut it down as it was performing equal to the Corvette, and they didn’t want to put the upgraded transmission in it. GM didn’t want another super truck giving their top tier car a black eye.
The V6 trucks have an 8.5” rear end, which oddly enough still made it to production despite being unnecessary after they dumped the extra power and 6 speed. You may have issues finding parts for it.
It was the best handling production truck made up to that point. Had it launched with the boosted 4.3, it would have been an icon. Instead they went the opposite direction and made the standard V6 the top tier, and offered a 4 cylinder in most trucks. They were never meant to be offered as such. It was supposed to be a V6 with the standard drivetrain, or a boosted 4.3 with an 8.5” rear and a 6 speed.
Glad to see you’re going all in with this. Finding good examples in this day and age is next to impossible, and they’re fun little trucks even without the extra power.
I have had a 89 98 and 99 S10. I love them all. This is my favorite one. Glad you are saving it
Glad you're doing a full resto on this. Some of the initial comments seemed like you were going to throw in an LS, some racing seats, and call it done.
For engine compartment space you should add Hydra-boost off of an Astro Van and change the steering gear from a mid eighties Monte Carlo LS for better lock to lock steering! On the rear brakes you can convert over to disk brakes off a blazer and add a proportioning valve!
I have disagreed with you before, but this time I am 100% with you. Looking forward to seeing the results. Keep up the good word.
Gotta admit I had a good laugh at 9:21, when did Derek Zoolander show up rocking blue steel! 😂😂
Judging by that bed somebody actually used that truck. makes me happy.
Love the video and the channel! I wonder if you would make a video about all of your friends that work with you. It would be nice to have a backstory of the guys in the shop.
Can't wait to see how it turns out
I am truly LOVING this growing series!!!
As a former S10 owner I fully approve of this project 😎👍🏽
It's funny how I been looking back at these Trucks on line since I've had quite a few of them. I really wanted the xtreme as ny first truck but the one u wanted got sold on me then I settled for a extended cab ls and made my own xtreme. It was still just as Cool only thing that is or was different is you need to get a posi rear which is necessary and the steering box is even better apart from the zq8 suspension and sway bars body kit fog lights and leather wrapped steering wheel
I miss my 1989 Chevy S10, bought it brand new and paid $6900, drove it 6 years was a cool truck. I changed the seats. Stereo, added air conditioning and power windows and tinted the rear window. I wish I would never got rid of it.
This is going to be an awesome build!
I can't wait to see the vinyl cut logo for LS-10R.
First gens look great tubbed on steam rollers but the second gens nail the styling. Similarly I finally graduated from C/K square bodies to a GMT400. Grabbed a 98 Sierra regular cab short bed 2wd for $1000. It's a nice driver quality 4.3/5spd truck. A 5.3 is in it's future.
So Cute to see John Ross struggle with that truck bed.
You might want to grease those cardan joints in the driveshaft, you need a needle grease gun tip. Also the true zq8 handling package has a hop shock for axle wrap, thats the bracket on the top right side of the differential. Mostly found on standard trans trucks, but makes a big improvement.
I am excited for this build, I am currently doing a LS swap in a 1st gen S10.
You need some wheel dollies. With that smooth floor the cars would glide right across to where you want them.
Restoration and LS10 is a great idea!
I picked up an 03 x just like this last year...$1000...running...250k MI..body was rough...I had an 85....I agree this body is the best.....Im watching anxious like you are to see the final..✌from Mo.
It’s going to be an awesome build series keep it up.
My first s10 was one of those trucks where if you used an impact on a wheel you had a perfect outline in rust.
Everything was a fight. Literally everything. Towards the end i think it had 3 bed bolts and only one door worked semi reliably.
Need to call this channel "watch JR LS Swap" 😎
LSR-10 Extreme going to be a nice project.
since this truck has XTREME n its name i guess a raptor liner paintjob would do hella great on it
I love s10s thanks for saving this one
Looking forward to this build, glad you are saving this one and doing it right!
You can get front steering knuckles off a 2wd blazer and then swap in 2 piston front brakes. You can also use the front springs off a ANY non zq8 s10 for a higher spring rate.
Awesome truck and i know about crap falling in your eyes. Thanks for restoring the LS10-R. The only thing that would set it off...if it had Blue Ovals.....lol.
Glad you're going to save the S10! Good luck with that. Just as a suggestion when you're dealing with a rusty vehicle like that - even wearing safety glasses some rust could get in your eye. Get one of those neodymium magnets - if you get some rust in your eye those will pull it right out. Had a big chunk fall off my Ranger when I was working on it, took the magnet, ran it along the edge of my eyelid and eyeball, and it sucked the pieces right out easy as pie. Can't wait to see more (L)S-10!
Cool truck. Reminds me of friends who had S-10s of similar age. The best of times.
I love these trucks! 🍻
Jr lifts the bed off. “Is there a chiropractor in the house?”
With the hours you put in, you need your own apartment there at the shop, just for those super late nights.
I would not be surprised it there is something to sleep on already in the building.
I wouldn’t be surprised if an older camping trailer shows in the corner of the shop at some point
A camper van or small motor home would be good in the shop
In one of these S10 videos, he did say something about plumbing and a kitchen... so maybe he'll turn part of the shop into a bachelor pad??
Ok, this is gonna be fricken awesome.
Haters gonna hate but this is gonna be an awesome build! I've always wanted to get a 2nd gen ZR2/ZR5 like this to LS swap and make an awesome off roader! Can't wait to see this all done!
The last s10 I had was from the last generation where they put similar wheels on it but they were more like a iron looking style wheel and the trucks only came with the zq8 suspension and performance parts but no thrills like paint match but I actually liked that one better the body kit when lowered rubs on everything especially like in NY now it was so hard to keep up but still fun
You’re the only TH-cam video I watch that I’m sad at the end that it’s finished.but can you explain why in the world you’re doing all this work right in front of the door in a corner when you have A huge shop?
Good question, eh?
I was thinking the same thing. Is he already running out of space in the shop?
Well it was just bad choices before he put those new wheels on it, now I have no idea
I’ve wanted to do this to an S since I was 18! I even have the conversion manual from JTR that I can’t bring myself to get rid of, so glad to see you doing this!!!
How old are you now, 19?
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH just turned 40…
This will be a fun build, and I like the way you handled the nay-sayers - with courtesy and class.
I think that as an "xtreme", clasic, it has potential!!
you should invest in an outside building sand blaster, great project
Guys who say to crush something like that are not car guys. They're the people who buy a brand new car and then go to a car show and expect to win a trophy for it.
This is perfect to build as a race truck, it's rough but not particularly rotted.
Somebody local has an S10 short cab long bed this gen that is V8 swapped, I saw it a couple weeks ago ahead of us at a traffic light and noticed it because it was really nice, then when he drove away you could hear the exhaust was not a six.
Put the bed on a hinge if you are going to use that doorman fuel pump. Will make it easer to swap out for warranty.
Looking forward to this build!
The past few mornings I've been seeing a guy driving that gen S-10 Blazer. Rare nowadays.
You should have used a lift to take off the bed. Put straps on the arms of the lift and lifted the bed straight up. The cab can be lifted by the rocker panels also. Saves your back and lots of time as well.
You have 4 lifts, work smart not hard man!
i love those trucks. i have a 1997 gmc sonoma with vortec 4.3L with zq8 suspension package and its a stepside. super clean truck. wish i could add a picture to this comment to show you
Looking forward to watching the outcome of this! Going to be a cool build!
The extreme was a nice truck. When your done Putting a LS in it will be an awesome truck
Who would hate on this truck? I would go 1200hp drag truck but protouring is good also. 600hp that can turn will make for a sweet combo.
Absolutely. These are the last of the Mini trucks. Buy any mini truck you see without rust.
I have a huge (like 14lb) rubber kerb hammer for knocking stuck wheels off, means you can hit the wheel as hard as you want without damaging it
Crew cab S-10's are the absolute best mini-trucks!!! I might be biased being an owner of one. I would absolutely kill to LS swap and turbo my baby.
I don't like the S-10 at all, but I'm glad you're doing major work to this. And I'll watch it.
Another great project!