Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

Like the title says not sure if im brave or crazy. I'm in the middle of a 68 shortbed build when I started looking on this very website and came across
the young frankenstein build and could not stop thinking about it. So long story short I go out and buy a running driving 1970 suburban from a buddy and less than 5 days of ownership its a convertible. My plan is to use most of the parts from my current build and use it on the crewcab then sell off extra stuff like cab and frame. It sucks to part out one project for another but i dont have the time or the budget for two trucks. Anyway this will be a factoryish looking crewcab
with round back doors,truck roofline and stock length shortbed. i'm not the best at this build thread thing so i apologize in advance.

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first step cut off roof no turning back now, after that first cut it goes pretty quick

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then quater panels

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It took me about 4 hours,6 sazall blades and 2 cut off wheels to completely ruin a perfectly good suburban.

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heres a pic of my other project that will be donating most of its parts its a little farther along than pic shows but its the most current i have

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Can't turn back now...Looks like fun...We have the same thing planned soon...Tell your neighbors the loud parts over:lol:

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Maybe you are a little of both....:metal:
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Sweet can't wait to see more progress pics.;)
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this makes sense why you wouldnt sell me any parts...lol

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ya not much left over you would want. :lol:

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NICE, i am in for the ride !

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Great start! Your short bed project look great too!

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No fear whatsoever. Gotta love that!

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Wow.. Whackin'! It'll be neat to see how this comes out!

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I just shed a tear for that clean suburban, you better make it up with the crew!

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Look forward to progress pics.

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This is the back of cab i got from a buddy its in nice shape but was pretty rusty at rear cab supports and cab corners. But I don't need the cab supports and cab corners are easy to replace. I cut out everthing i didn't need so all i had left was the back wall of cab. I plan on using the suburban floor to try and keep things easy.

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This is the prep i did on 3rd door to get it ready to match up to the truck cab

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looks great so far, keep up the good work!

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I will have to watch this one. very interesting.

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rounded upper parts of doors to match truck cab

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Looking good!! This is what I will be attempting after my Dad and I get the 689 done!

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thanks, suburbans just got more rare lol ;)

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Hope to see more soon & keep the pictures coming & keep on truckin'' :metal:

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man this is gonna be cool keep up the good work

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I knew i would not be able to lift and fit the back of the cab by myself because of its size. So I enlisted the help of fellow boardmember bodydropped68 and some other buddys to come over and help. It took us about 15 times or so to get everthing trimmed to fit so it could be tacked up. everthing lined up pretty well but there is still a long way to go.

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I had to trim back of cab to clear frame rails i just peeled them up for now
and after i extend frame ill put them back and weld them up.

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The rear plate on burb was to long to clear cab so i cut it in half then after cab was in place i simply over laped it to fit back of cab and welded it back in. Then welded it to back of cab this worked out realy well.

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Im leaning away from crazy at this point. I really like how it's coming together.
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I Love It!!!
Looks like you are following my recipe to a "T", I'm so happy to see all my documentation efforts paying off.

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Looks like some nice 'burb quarters for sale! I'm in to see how this comes out!

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Thanks i must of looked at your build 100 times hope mine comes out at least half as good as yours!

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Yes they are, hopefully they can help another burb live on!

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Awesome friend and quick work too!! Very nice!

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Let's hammer down get that bed on by the end of the year
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Awesome !
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I'm in! You are brave AND crazy.

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Looks like you have a great start on it!!

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I wish!