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alright no more negitive heres some progress from last weekend
I finished up the drip rail on the driver side also got the top of the fake door welded in

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Also finished welding the inside where suburban meets truck.
and final welded the roof suports i made

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Looks good! Sorry to hear about the engine.

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First of all, excellent work.

Perhaps I missed it. Is only 3 of the doors going to be functional?

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Suburbans only came with 3 doors and im to much of a wimp to fab
a 4th door
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You ain't no wimp in my book. Brave or crazy maybe, but not a wimp.

Looking good my friend!

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Thanks for the feed back i know im not a wimp I just don't want to regret it someday
but for right now I just want to get this thing on the road!
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Yeah, I knew about the 3 door Subs. I had one about 25 years ago.

I think you could fab one. You are obviously not a wimp to fab, but it would require tons more work. I think it will be fine with only 3 doors though.


I have been silently watching this build from nearly the beginning and I love how it is coming out. On another note, I make 3d models for an outdated game called 4x4 Evo 2. I thought you would be interested in seeing my model I made of a 1966 quad cab shortbed pickup I created. Here are a few pics of it:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2...b/b4616547.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2...b/1fbd03e8.jpg

I hope it is OK with you that I post these here. Now you have inspired me to work on another crew cab of the 68-72 gen.

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Sweet rig, I remeber playing that game on Nintendo Gamecube I believe.

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Not much work on the truck today I was running around getting parts.
A fellow boardmember "americanthunder" saw my post about my block being cracked so he offered up the motor he pulled out of his truck "booger" as a core. So I went and picked it up and I couldent be happier now, I have good motor to rebuild.

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I also went to my buddys and cut up another cab for patch panels
and it had a nice ac dash so i grabbed that too I plan on running aftermarket ac but i want all the stock vents and controls. Also if I remove the dash it will make it alot eaiser to repair the kick panel.

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Nice

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made some progress today I got the dash removed and the kick panel

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one more

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Whoa! I thought that just had some pinholes in it?

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^^ Whoa! Is right! that looks like a lot of work sir!

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dude your the man so cool to know thiers such good progress happen here in town!

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Yea it is a lot of work but when I got into it it was easier to replace entire panel instead of only patching a few areas. I think it looks harder then it is.
Not much progress today but I did manage to tack replacement panel in.

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Thanks man you should come by sometime and check it out!

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One more thing I decided to make it a ultra short bed!

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haha yep thats short!!

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Awesome progress! I fear I have a similar situation in the cowl area to tend to once I finish the rolling chassis.

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Yea it will be a 18 inch bed!

The cowl was not as hard as I thought it was going to be but im glad I did it
because it was worse on the inside.

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And here I thought you were kidding about making it easier to get around the truck... Your :censored: crazy man. ;)

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Are you going to have tail gate also. If so I will need to watch thi one. high pockets from fl.

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I really hope you're joking on the ultra short bed....................

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Killer.....

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Yea the truth is I got tired of walking around the frame and banging my leg on the home made hitch. So i thought since I am not going to use that part of the frame might as well get it out of the way. I am going to run a stock size short bed.

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Nice progress, I like the effort. Keep up the good work

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I figured it was probably a joke because I remember you buying a donor frame I thought. :lol:

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You could put a 'T' bucket bed on it (with Chevy for logo, of course).

http://californiacustomroadsters.com/bod.html

Or just put a trunk box back there and call it done.:lol:

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Nice patch work, and I like the dash plan.
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I like that trunk idea it would cut down on bodywork!
Thanks, hope to get cowl wraped up soon.

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Cool project! I love my 'burb but having the ability to tow a fifth wheel and have two rows of seats is pretty sweet. Nice work on the roof. My only knock with crewcab builds is when people dont get the roof or rear door right and ruin a nice sub. You have done an excellent job of getting both right. Keep up the good work.

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Thanks, and I agree with you on the roof and door thing a square rear door just dosent look right.

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I got the cowl all finished up, man am I glad that's done.

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Nice work man...Looks Great..

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Nice work!

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great job on the patch panel !

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Looking good it's going to be like a new cab when your done. :metal: