I had a 92' S-10 Blazer (4DR, 4X4, 4.3L non-Vortec) which I acquired for free at 32kmiles after it had been involved in t-bone. $1200 fixed the front clip, straightened the frame and replaced the rad and condenser. I drove that little truck for another 160000 mi with not much more than routine maintenance. It did have a bad habit of eating the reduction gear starter about every two years...a PITA to replace. And, it always had an annoying electrical gremlin that would periodically make the voltmeter go to zero...never ran a battery down or anything just no indication on the volts.

It looked like a piece of crap when I sold it 4 years ago to a co-worker...paint flaking off everywhere, chrome in bad shape, back glass rattled like a SOB...

Right before last X-mas, I saw the buyer and she reported that the S-10 was still soldiering on down in Leon, MX and that her nieces were learning to drive with it.

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