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Went to Harbor Freight for some supplies for the weekend and to the welding shop for a new mig gas regulator. I hope to have some part in today so I will be able to work and I promise to update the photos, My computer at home is acting up...

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Yeah, it's not like you know anyone who could fix it! :crazy:

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I know Molly is not happy and at work our computers are on a network so we cannot add photos.

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Made it home and I was able to work on the old project a little before it got dark. The rear panel came in from Brothers and I was able to start on it.Attachment 887269
The A-Arm have been Sand-blasted and ready to install the bottom cups

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The rear after cutting off the old panel

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After a lot of sanding and cleaning it was sprayed

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Not near ready for fitting but it is a start

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By the way the A-Arm shaft was a pain to get the caps off I only hope the bottom A-Arms are not as bad, I had to put a cheater bar on my wrench and still it took all of my weight to remove it.

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nice progress...i know your cupping the front with drop spindles but what setup are you going to run in the rear?

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Since the intention is to tow his 68 Camaro with the Suburban, will probably do Bag over Axle, or put the Bag right in front of the Axle instead of putting them on the arms. Step notch with bridge bars to mount the bags and shocks.

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After a lond day we were able to fit the rear panel, the inter structure was completely rusted out so I had to fab all of it with 16 ga steel 1st before I could fit the panel. It not great but all of the rust is gone and I am not too bad at blocking and filling. Bcubed will be posting some pic's of our progress.

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I would like to set low but like Bcubed stated I am trying to tow my car. The tongue weight is about 600 pounds and tow weight is about 4,500.

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As bud1300 said, today the task was to weld in the new lower quarter. Here are the tools for the day. Had to rebuild the inner structure. The panel was test fitted many times during the day until it was tacked in. The welds were filled in and dressed and some primer shot to protect it till its time to do final bodywork. Afterwards cleaned up the tools and rearranged the garage.

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Before & After

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I am sore today after working on the ground not to self (2 post car lift)

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Yesterday I was able to get the old 350 transmission to the shop for rebuild and a new housing, I also pulled the heads and intake off of the engine and it looks good so I will only need to install new lifters and push rods and I already have a RPM intake and 650 chm carb and valve covers and Bcubed gave me a set of headers . Later that night I got most of the front frame painted. I hope to have my parts in this week from LMC and Brothers.

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I will have to become a paying member so I can edit my post sorry for the spelling I am a lot better at building trucks (not typing.....)

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Today I sent my heads to the shop for rebuild and went to the parts house to get all of the engine parts. Good news I was able to order everything on the company accout and pay cash... We buy about 50,000 each month in parts and got a BIG DISCOUNT.

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Thats great being able to save on parts like that. Cool project and BEAUTIFUL CAMARO btw.

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Thanks Joe, UPS just called and I am on my way to unload the truck...I will be able to work on the burb this weekend

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keep those updates coming....gotta love when UPS calls to tell you to unload the truck...your parts are here:P

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i have a '05 lq4 6.0 in my burb...LOVE IT...even has the original computor, been flashed....works awesome...reliable, better gas milage, more horses, and u can't beat a new engine in a old truck.....keep at it...looks good so far

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Having trouble finding the outer rocker panel for the passenger side it’s not the same as the truck due to the 3rd door. I don’t even know if anyone makes it or if I need to modify the truck panel to fit...?

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Made it home to find boxes of parts, all of the front suspension came in the only thing missing was the all bags, Ricky at Thorbros said they were being shipped today. I was able to put the final coat of paint on the front frame today worked on the fire wall, UCA and rehung the door and checked the alignment of the rocker panels and floor pan. 1st try it was a good fit all of the measurement paid off. I took a lot of photos I will post this weekend.

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do you need the front passenger rocker, or the 3rd door rocker?

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Both, he actually put in the front rocker passenger side, but it was a truck piece, so it's going to need some massaging ..but he needs the 3rd door rocker as well.

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Spent most of Saturday and Sunday working on the Suburban. When I got there Bud had already cleaned and painted the frame and started on the firewall. He used a hammertone paint and I wasn't sure how it would look on the frame but it looks very good.

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A bunch of parts had come in, bag brackets. Front suspension rebuild kit.
A bunch of engine parts had been gathered together

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The engine itself, the intake and heads were torn down and a friend went over the heads and put in new seals and checked them out. The cylinder walls were in good shape and cleaned up and then the heads reinstalled with new head gaskets. A new oil pan has been ordered and the engine will get a coat of Chevy orange before going back in.

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Worked on the suspension, drilled out and mounted the upper bag plates. Finished taking the control arms apart, painted them and started reassembling them with all new parts.

This was easily the worst part, plenty of persuasion from a torch and large pipe wrenches were needed. In the end we almost gave up with the reassembly, the new parts were not fitting together very well. We ended up having the clean the threads of the new caps with a file, and then heat up the control arms and put the caps in ice water, the combination of heat and cold and they finally went in pretty simply.

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Took a jack and cycled the suspension .. the bags aren't here yet and already decided we aren't using the cups but will be cupping the arms.

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Took a short video



With that, and wanting to see it down already, we removed the rear springs to get the back down more. The back is resting on the axle, the front is not all the way down, hopefully this would be about ride height once it is all set up.

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lookin good!

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front passenger and 3rd door rockers can be found at GMC Paul's....http://www.gmcpauls.com/Patch_Panels.htm

BTW...this is an old thread, but check the 2nd post on how he modified the passenger front rocker (which was a truck rocker) to work
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=1157426

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Thanks

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so far so good......to high of ride height thou...hahahahaaa....i just like it a lil' lower, thats all.....keep at it
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Thanks Dave I was able to turn the 30" tall tires at this height. Question about rims and tires size??? would you go with 20 x 8 in front and 22 x 9 in rear tire height at 29"...

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thats pretty much exactly what im running.....i think....i got 22's in back with 30 series tires....20's with 35's in front...29" sounds right

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Thanks again Dave.

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Made it home and was able to work on the engine for a little while

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i think brothers truck parts has them.

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cool build man.

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Oil pan just came in today now I need to find the engine mounts 350 3 hole to 72 suburban 1 hole...

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Well this week I was able to order all of my parts that i need to complete the suspension, brakes, engine, trans and body work the only thing I still need is a front grille. I like the 1970 but I will also be looking for a 72. I hope to install the engine next week and start the rear airbag kit.

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Put the front end on to clearance some for tires

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Welded in some more on the firewall

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Looking really good!

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nice! diggin the stance..

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I hope to get home today and remove the LCA so I can get them cupped, the air bags came in yesterday. I would like to complete the front end this weekend.