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Getting the seams sealed up and filling the 90+ holes in the fire wall..

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Thank you glad you liked it... what i did to fill the holes in the frame was to buy some round stock and cut slugs the thickest of the frame and hold them up with magnet and weld them in.. I tried to use stock close to the hole size and if the hole in the frame was some off size i just drilled the hole to the size of stock i bought .. 1/2'' and 1/4'' etc.. i'll see it i have pictures..

wayne

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Nice build I think iseen this suburban in person at pomona swapmeet
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Do you just spot weld the panels on or do you go back and weld the entire seam?

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beautiful finished product

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No sorry this one has never been to the pomona swapmeet...

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Hotrod, the floor pans just got spotted about every 3-4" and then seam sealer was put on all seams.. the cowl panels and any other patch panel was weld all the way around and then grounded smooth..

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Thank you... glad you liked it..

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Getting the a/c mounted and running the lines.. making room for the a/c lines to get into the engine bay..

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One more shot of the cut away for the a/c lines and building trans cover

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Getting the electric fan mounted..

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Door gaps, everyone loves these.......

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Both rear lower corners were rusted out so they got new ones..

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The barn door on the pass side was push in on the bottom so i split the door pulled it out level with the outside and welded it up..

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Now the top was pulled out on the pass side, so split it just under the window and pushed it in and welded it up

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all that left a huge gap between the doors so welded them up and ground the gaps to my liking..

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The center of the driver's door stuck out to far so cut and weld...

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Getting a gas door in fender

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You can see how much better the fender fit on the drivers side than the pass side.. cut it moved it in a little and reshaped it to fit..

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On the suburban's the drivers seat sits up on a riser so we were able to put the radio, computer for air ride and some relays under the seat making a neater install and to hide some of the ugly stuff..

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Running lines for a/c

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Breaking it all down so all the welding can be completed and sent out for power coat ....

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More parts off to power coater along with the frame , body gets under coating...

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The frame all power coated and ready to be put together..

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Body back on frame and welding up factory seam's where the lead use to be..