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Project GMC LS-Z57 – Day 2 Tear Down – Mar 14, 2017

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We made a little more progress on the tear down tonight. So far no surprises, no rust and almost all of the bolts and screws are coming out easy.

We did the following tonight:

Removed all of the mechanicals and glass from the doors
Removed the doors
Finished cleaning everything out from under the dash
Removed the fuel tank
Removed all the trim
Removed the head lights and buckets
Vacuumed it out

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