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Here are a few more pictures of the K1500. I couldn’t remember if it was a '94 or '95, but now I see it’s a '94. My texts from last month say the same. I prefer this dash, as it reminds me of when I was younger. This will be a major project, obviously. Right now, I'm picturing an LS swap...

Today I removed the tint on the passenger window, which was so badly bubbled that it was difficult to see out of. Such a tedious job! I used the heat gun to soften the adhesive. Then I used a razor blade to scrape the adhesive off. After a while, I finally got it all.

Yep! I laughed at that too.

Ah, the snorkel gives it away as AI. 😂

Just found that I took a picture of the polished portion of the bed side. The reflection of the pad is the money shot, for me. It's far from perfect, but it's so much better than it was.

After additional development of my paint polishing skills, I was confident enough to document paint repair on my YouTube channel. I'm still apprentice level, but the results were fantastic. Doing YouTube is way outside of my comfort zone, so if you folks would be so inclined to like and...

My uncle got this car. He really wanted it so I didn't try to get it.

Here are pictures of the K1500:

Last night, I did a few more polishing passes on the roof, put on a coat of wax, and installed the new 3rd brake light lens. The clearcoat blemishes don't look as bad in person, but I did get some blue wax on order, to see if I can get them to blend in a little.

Thanks Andrew! I went back to the beginning of your S15 build the other day and thought it sounded very similar to my start. I'll see if I can dig up pictures of the other cars. Most were inaccessible in the junkyard, and some already belonged to my uncles. I also inherited a '95 K1500 4x4...

The roof of the Sonoma looked horrendous. I'm getting more confident with the DA, and I had a few minutes, so it came out to see how much the paint could be improved. Other than the obvious blemishes in the clearcoat, made worse by filling with rubbing compound, it came out quite well.

While I was out picking up the speakers, I stopped by Lowes for a 3/8" bolt and rubber washers. Since the hole I drilled in the HVAC box wasn't on a flat surface, I needed some give, so I stacked 4 rubber washers. One metal and one rubber washer on the inside and three rubber and one metal on...

Big weekend for project Sonoma - heater core replacement. First, I drained the coolant, unhooked the heater hoses, removed the blower motor resistor, battery, and coolant overflow bottle. One of the bolts for the heater box is inside the underhood HVAC box, so I drilled a hole just big...

Work continues on the Sonoma. In the last few days I replaced the rear shocks with Rancho RS5000's and finally got the seat lever installed. The driver's side shock had zero compression resistance and would not self extend. The passenger side had neither compression or rebound control for the...

Yes, that is the table that is now in the corner.