Geo Tracker, past project

Good morning!

Since I’ve been working on my present ’97 Geo Tracker, I did have one back in 2005-2006! It’s taken quite a bit of time to find those pictures in my archives in different folders! You know what I mean!

I suppose this was inadvertently my first project car/truck without even knowing that one day, this little truck would be included on Classic Cars and tools!

Here the little Tracker sits out front of my Moms fabulous home, also where I grew up!;)

I actually had a Geo Tracker back in 96 or so. I traded my Suzuki Samurai in on a green Geo Tracker, so I must have a deep underlying love for these little trucks!

This one I found in San Antonio. I think I paid 1600 for it, and it was going to be a “project”. I rented a Tow dolly and drug it home to Houston. Actually it doesn’t look too bad in the photo, but it was pretty dinged up!

The poor little tracker had some issues; the transmission needed over hauling for one. At this time, I wasn’t really doing mechanical work, I let someone else take care of that.

At this time, I knew Corby Genzer, owner and operator of DC Eagle Paint and Body! He had painted all of my motorcycles, and they were always yellow! I had this thing for yellow for some reason.;) Below, and the couple pictures were taken at his paint/body shop. I paid 2200 for a complete paint job. Ouch!

My part in this project was simply to take it apart, and put it back together again! It wasn’t so simple!

Only a Tracker lover would appreciate this, but see the plastic that goes around the body there, it’s black? Over time, those plastic pieces are what hold the soft top in place. Without those, the soft top would flop all over the place! These become fragile and break. Now they are scarce and if they are to be found, are very expensive! They are not being reproduced that I know of.:(

I found some custom seats on Ebay for about 100 bucks, free s/h and they matched the outside very well. However, as much as I loved yellow, these seats just suck up dirt and have to be cleaned often, and these were rather hard, so made for an already bumpier ride! However, from a show car point of view, they did look great!;)

Of course Discount Tires loved me! A set of American Racing wheels with TA radials really set this truck off! Plus the Hot Wheels decal~ my touch!

Here, this is far as I went with this project, note the hardtop made for a quiet ride, but a pita to remove if wanting a convertible top.  I didn’t keep this little tracker very long and sold it for 6800.oo therefore recovering some money for whatever was next;)

I believe these little Trucks are not appreciated. They are fun, practical, get great gas mileage, and do not take up much parking space!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this little blog! If only I had a garage to keep everything I’ve worked on! Sigh! Well, let’s keep on Truckin~ and have a great day. So from Classic Cars and Tools~ pay attention on the roads and be on the lookout for really cool vehicles! Honk and wave knowing you appreciate them and their rides! dne’;)