1950? S-10 tdi

[mr48chev]

Hope you have better luck selling S-10 body parts than the S-10 frame swap guys do here. A couple of them have had pretty nice looking body parts on Cragslist for months.

[65blackfleetside]

I had a '98 TDI bug. Absolutely loved that turbo diesel motor! Lots of torque the turbo had a power band that was a blat to drive when it kicked in . I wanted to put that same motor in my jeep scrambler but never got around to it.
You are going to love it. plus you will get 40 +MPG with that motor

[vintovka]

Right now their are over 500,000+ VW TDIs sitting in lots across the country. One of them used to be mine and wished i could have kept the engine and sold them back just the body. In any case thats a whole bunch of cars that are probably going to be scrapped so engines just might be available(or not). FWIW i got over 55 MPG and went for 2 months on a single tank.

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by vintovka

Right now their are over 500,000+ VW TDIs sitting in lots across the country. One of them used to be mine and wished i could have kept the engine and sold them back just the body. In any case thats a whole bunch of cars that are probably going to be scrapped so engines just might be available(or not). FWIW i got over 55 MPG and went for 2 months on a single tank.

One of those lots is in LaFayette, Ga. It's crazy to look at the acres and acres of nice VW cars and know that they might be scrapped.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

One of those lots is in LaFayette, Ga. It's crazy to look at the acres and acres of nice VW cars and know that they might be scrapped.

One drawback to consider is when we were sure they were going to buy it back (we had no choice) we stopped all maintenance in last 30K miles. Many others did same. No oil change -nuthin. even ran it dry of def and it still ran. Sure didn't help the engine any. Many stripped whatever they could as all it had to be is a running chassis to qualify for buyback. I really liked that car . 2012 VW Passat SEL TDI with absolutely everything.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 65blackfleetside

I had a '98 TDI bug. Absolutely loved that turbo diesel motor! Lots of torque the turbo had a power band that was a blat to drive when it kicked in . I wanted to put that same motor in my jeep scrambler but never got around to it.
You are going to love it. plus you will get 40 +MPG with that motor

Looking forward to it. We have a 2010 Jetta TDI and love it.

Originally Posted by vintovka

Right now their are over 500,000+ VW TDIs sitting in lots across the country. One of them used to be mine and wished i could have kept the engine and sold them back just the body. In any case thats a whole bunch of cars that are probably going to be scrapped so engines just might be available(or not). FWIW i got over 55 MPG and went for 2 months on a single tank.

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

One of those lots is in LaFayette, Ga. It's crazy to look at the acres and acres of nice VW cars and know that they might be scrapped.

Originally Posted by vintovka

One drawback to consider is when we were sure they were going to buy it back (we had no choice) we stopped all maintenance in last 30K miles. Many others did same. No oil change -nuthin. even ran it dry of def and it still ran. Sure didn't help the engine any. Many stripped whatever they could as all it had to be is a running chassis to qualify for buyback. I really liked that car . 2012 VW Passat SEL TDI with absolutely everything.

Ya we will see what happens. I'm also putting a 03 TDI in my Jeep this winter, bigger injectors and a stage 2 tune.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

Hope you have better luck selling S-10 body parts than the S-10 frame swap guys do here. A couple of them have had pretty nice looking body parts on Cragslist for months.

I imagine he'll do ok selling those panels out here. So many of the first Gens are dust and our minitruck community is still fairly decent.

Hopefully you don't have two trucks done until I have one done lol.

[lower50's]

Well I have not been on here for ever.
Lots has happened the red S-10 is sold as a s-10.
I bought a 1952 GMC 9430 it is a X-tow truck. I also bought a 1999 s-10 frame from a show truck in mint shape with some 18" mag rims. Then I picked up a 700r4 trans that I had rebuilt. The cab was sand blasted and I picked it up from the sandblasters with my 52 GMC 9700.
The 1.9L TDI motor and trans are going into the frame once the paint is dry on the motor mounts. Tomorrow!