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wow...i cant believe you cut the whole thing up and got it back together that good! i dont think i could ever tackle something like this, looks great. whats the plans for the front suspension?

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KEV Thanks I think its back together right? I have been reading your build and you are doing a great job. I feel your pain on bolting up the rear bags, what a pain. I did it with the body off, I wouldnt want to do it with it on. On the front I plan on buying ECE's 8 to 5 lug conversion drop spindles and putting the other 2600 bags I have in. I bought that special that Thorbecke Bros ran on bags. I like that the holes are in the plates already. I will replace all the front end partd too. I too am curious about the cups on the LCA's. To tell you the truth I dont even know what you guys are talking about? Help appreciated;) I hope that gets me low enough. I dont want to mess with the inner fenders, I have enough to do. I expect to send it for paint in early January. I havent decided wether to go one solid color or 2 tone. I dont want to buy all that trim that looks great on the 2 tone.

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Jeezum crow brother nice work! Makes my projects look small by comparison.

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Just a few questions. Since your busy with your midlife crisis mind if I take that camaro off your hands....


I disagree with the statement about telling the seller you intend to use there car for parts. While I have never done that I have asked the seller if they would just sell me a few parts off the car. Ruthless and emotionally traumatizing to the seller it has worked more often than not. And when it didnot work I always ask if they know where "other" parts cars are. They often tell me. Thier directions usually start with....."as soon as you leave my propery, you go....."

As for the mid life crisis thing, whats up with that. I been doing this since I was 15 but as soon at I hit 47 its a midlife crisis. What changed to turn it into a midlife crisis. I buy a 72 chevy with a 307 3 spd and thats indicative of a crisis? My crisis? maybe the automotive industries crisis but hardly mine and lesser still a crisis.

I got 5 vehicles and the girlfriend has 50 pairs of shoes. whos crisis is it? Mine all run, she cant run in hers. She did not sound too supportive when she referred to my cars as my midlife crisis and when she suggested I sell one ,(she sugested I sell my 65 GTO convertable/4spd because it would sell fast and we would get alot of money out of it) guess who found them selves in the middle of there own mid life crisis.

Really, except tongue in cheek, I never heard a real car guy ever refer to this as a midlife crisis. Its always some muppet who doesnt have a clue.:waah:

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really? I think your taking the title a little too liberal...

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Agreed! I think more than me are or did stand in front of the 'puter and gave a standing ovation!! O M G!! This may be the most effort I've seen in saving a vintage Chevy truck; my hat's off to you sir.

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Thanks

Not too sure where you are headed with this but it sounds funny. Its not my midlife crisis, its everybody elses. I couldnt get permission/ justify spending $8k on a burb so I will build one for $15k. I am 45 and I havent changed a bit but everyone around me did?

Funny Thanks. I hope its a Suburban I wanted!

The body got jammed and the interior and firewall got paint and clear today. Hope it looks awesome!
George

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Great work man!

I just found this one but sign me up.....

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Got some more progress done. I bought a pipe bender for the exhaust but it didnt work out too well. It crushed the 3 inch stainlees before it bent. I ended up cutting 22 1/2 degree cuts and tig welding them together to make 45's. I got the exhaust done to the mufflers. I was able to run the drivers side under the shifting linkage so I think so I wont have to modify the linkage.

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I went and picked up the body from the paint shop before we got the blizzard on Saturday. Everything looks great. I got it home and packed away in the garage before the snow. We ended upgetting 17 inches on snow.

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This is after the snow

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Its Sunday and its time to put the body back on the frame. I am sick of working on the chassis LOL. Time for something different. I bought the mount kit from Energy Suspensions through Summit. The kit had the hardware and everything but it only had mounts for 5 positions and there were 6 positions? After a call to Energy Suspensions everything was solved and they were sending out one more set of mounts Thanks. Also they provided hex bolts and some of the mounts needed carrige bolts so you dont ruin your knees when climbing in the truck. No big deal.Home depot saved the day. Still a good deal on the kit.

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Well I knew it wouldnt be this easy, the gas tank hit the floor support on the body. I cut the support out with a grinder and now the pumpkin hits the wood floor. I put 1 1/2 inch blocks in the cnotch for now. I guess I will cut out a small section of the floor.

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looking good

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Today I started putting the doors back on. Its not fun now that everything is painted. Next time I will get everything fit and have the door hinges bolted in place before they get jammed. I only got 1 scratch that I know of.

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That picture of the rear wheel is 1 1/2 inches from bottoming out. I think the height will be good. Never low enough but not bad. I started putting the brackets on the engine and all the acessories. I went to order the 3/4 ton to 1/2 ton drop spindles from ECE but they are out right now. Said I should have them in a month :waah: I have plenty to do but they were next on the list.

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The suburban is coming along nicely. Keep us posted!

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its looking really good...I love that blue

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Awesome work. You are definitely an inspiration.

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Coming along nicely

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Great job. Subscribed.:metal:

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Don't know how I missed this one. Awesome build. Subscribed.

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Very nice build! Im really diggin that blue!

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Thanks for looking. I will.
Thanks. I looked at every blue there was and I think I got the right one.
Thanks. Sometimes its even fun.

Thanks

Thank You
Thanks also.

You can look at chips all day but seeing a blue on a car in the sunlight doesnt lie.

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Its been a little while but I have been working on it steady. I got all the serpentine brackets painted and installed. That worked out well. I have been watching Ebay for a Edelbrock 2104 intake but ended up getting one from Summit with a $20 coupon. I got that installed. I have been ordering stuff from CCP and it seems like they overcharge for shipping and they take their time sending stuff out. I got the C notch, rear end conversion kit, rear shock relocator kit with gas shocks kit and the rear panard bar from them and all the shipping was high and slow.
I changed out the rear brakes from the 89 Suburban rear end. Yes I wacked myself a few times trying to pull the springs with channel locks. I will change them out to disc in the future.

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I bought all the weatherstripping from GMC Pauls. I got everything I could think of and it was $700 worth. They gave me 15% off. Thanks. Now putting on the door weatherstripping was another story. It definately takes more than 2 hands. With my wifes help it went pretty good. I got a gasket kit for the heater box and a new heater box from wansco 356 thanks and got everything painted and installed. Its fun putting everything back together. I put all the bolts and parts in ziplock baggies and labeled them and I still cant remember where they go.

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Thanks for the props. That heater box turned out really nice! Looking good man.

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I got the intake installed today and the distributer. I also got the rear shock relocator kit done too. I got the upper bag plates drilled and mounted to the bags. I cut off about 3/4 f an inch off of the lower bag cups and got them bolted up. I am waiting on the 3/4 to 1/2 ton drop spindles from ECE. They are behind on them and its holding me up from putting the nose on. I did order new inner fenders and a new cowl hood and they should be in this week. The paint shop called to see when the burb was coming? I figure 2 weeks. For those of you installing bags with the truck together many cudos! I had a heck of a time with the drilling and I had no nose on.

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I want a tilt column but I will use the old one for now. I sanded it down and painted it and repacked the bearings. I bought new upper and lower ball joints from Rock Auto. They were cheaper with shipping than my local parts places. I got all Moog stuff. It costs me $20 to press in the new lowers at my local machine shop. At this point I am going to put my original spindles back in so I can put the nose on and get the burb painted. I have been looking all over the web for pics of burbs and I havent found a paint scheme I like yet. I might end up doing ghost flames if I dont find something better. I like the idea of skulls but I am not sure.

The bag cups didnt fit in the LCA's too good so I ground out the lca's so they fit better.

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More pics

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We got our 11 year old son a new camcorder and this is a video he put together on the suburban Hope you enjoy.

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That looks sweet! and you are making good progress!

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Your son did a great job on the Video and I think he used every transition on the mixing board as well! I wish I had half the patience that takes.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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I believe your belt routing is incorrect. If that's a stock GM serpentine, which it looks like it is, the belt should go around the water pump between the crank pulley and the PS pulley, not between the alt and the PS pulley. Hope that helps!

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Very nice build.

Any new updates?

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Thanks I am working 4 10hr days now so its only weekends that I can work on it.

He didnt miss any transistions. He is going to be updating it soon.

Thanks. It sure looks like the belt was too close together near the tensioner.

Yes I am going to update now.

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Well I have some progress to show. I got the front airbags all drilled and installed. I have been waiting for 2 months for conversion drop spindles from ECE and I still havent heard from them. I had to put the 3/4 ton spindles back on so I can continue. I bought the repo inner fenders and sent them and the radiator support to the paint shop for black paint and clear. They turned out awsome. I got the master cylinder, booster and all the brackets painted and installed. I want to get as much done in the engine compartment so I dont have to work over painted fenders. I saved all my bolts and brackets in ziplock bags and labeled them. Now I havent got a clue how it goes back together. I park my 71 Cheyenne in the garage and use that as a guide. I ordered all new front end bolts so I wouldnt have to mess with the old rusty ones.

George

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I also got the brake pedal assembly and the parking brake pedal all painted and installed. I sent out the 3 door catches, the hood hinges and the hood latch for chrome powdercoating and they came back real nice. That was $80 bucks. I got the inners all bolted up to the fenders. The gloss black is like a mirror. Got the radiator support all bolted up and the fenders installed. It took some work to get everything close. I had to trim some holes to get it close. I bought a new Goodmark cowl hood and bolted it on. A few more hours and the alignment wasnt too bad. The radiator support cushions were too high and the tops of the fenders were pinching on the doors so out they came. I had to shim about 1/2 the height of the cushions.

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Some more pics

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The pics of the engine compartment dont look as good as in person. Too bad the 16 inch wheels are back on. I twined the front airbags together so I could inflate them. If I let the air out the tires will go through the inners. We got the tailgate on and the back hatch. Loaded up the burb on the car trailer and brought it to the bodyshop for PAINT!!!!!. I was thinking ghost flames but I couldnt make up my mind and I dont want to buy bodyside trim so its going to be Vista Blue pearl with a silver roof. That should go with the grey interior I guess. Too late now so no regrets!