my sorta crew cab short bed build
 

I picked up a 1973 crew cab for the wife. she cant stand my crew cab so its going to be a short bed 2wd or a 4wd. i really can not decide.

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Four wheel drive

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Cant wait to see more!

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yea there is alot of short bed 2wd's maybe i could switch it up a little. So hows this

shortbed crew cab 4-6 inch lift, 3/4 ton axles with 4:56-488 gears th700r4 with a np241 91 suburban front clip, tbi 350 with a suburban tank under the bed. power windows and mirrors ?? factory paint scheme blues and greys or silvers with some additional pinstriping bucket front seats out of a 95-99 tahoe have to be wider seats im a big guy early style (73-79) center console. any more ideas ?????

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here's more pics its not gonna be fun but ill have fun

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make it look like it is now just with a short bed same colors and chrome truck with a 4 inch lift and some matching tires i think it would look killer

the 3/4 suspension and 350TBI seems like a good idea but i would keep it a round eye

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I know where you can get a deal on a dana 60 front. Jay

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i have a 79 crew cab with the round eye. my wife wants a newer front end like her 1991 suburban. i prefer the round eye too im goimg to look at a set of 3/4 ton axles for it right now

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i have 2 dana 60 fronts single wheel but i dont need that bullet proof its going to be my wife's kid hauler

I got a parts 90 suburban
 

its my parts ride, a 1990 chevrolet suburban 4x4, minus the motor. im liking this project already...

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pulled the rear doors for the crew cab and put the burban on a diet.... has anyone replaced the section of the dash where the new style radio goes out of a 89-91 burban and placed it in a earlier dash?

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Made it to pick in pull today got the door pull that was ripped on the drivers side and got the 1989 speedometer with the trip odometer awesome

the 4x4 conversion has been put on hold. im gonna get it running on the crew cab frame first so i can play with it a little. so its dropped spindles time and axle flip with a new bed and all the parts off the burban, traded a stock set of dually wheels for a set of 1995 chevy suburban seats. yes its comming together quite nicely.

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right on
I'm in for the ride!!

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cant wait to see it come together!

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Haven't got much done last weekend, it was my daughters birthday weekend and trick or treating got in the way. Looks like I need to take some time off work to get some work done on it. I traded a tilt column for a th400 for the dually portion of the build, and it looks like im trading the 73 doghouse.. front clip... whatever its called for a back seat and a good bed for the dually. just so no one is confused im building the dually to a driver while i collect the parts for the suburban frame shortbed frame build. My wife is getting excited finally.

more progress
 

got rear doors swapped out and the front fenders on it. I have a question? when swapping out the front clip i used to just weld a tab and cut a hole on the cowl to clear the hinges, is anyone doing anything different?

front doors on
 

i got the front doors on. This is only a test fit i still need to drill the holes for the power windows and locks. but its coming along

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Nice work!!
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I'm digging that look with those aluminum rims!

keep us posted on your progress

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its gotten slow my 6 year old came home with a flu and all of us have got it but shortly ill be back up and running.

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get well soon....the build is looking really cool!

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Very nice build! That was a nice donor man. :lol: All the burbs I keep finding are trashed.

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update....

i got a set of 3/4 ton axles for it a corperate 10 bolt 4:56 gears limited slip in front and a full float corperate 14 bolt with 4:56s and a posi. i just rebuilt the transmission 4l60 or th700r4 whatever its called. have the bearing kit for the np241c transfer case and i got a 84 short bed 4x4 frame with a 6 inch lift in a trade. so i guess some flattops and a 2wd steering box and a call to parts mike for steering arm and drag link for the crossover steering. now to the motor?? 350, 383, 454??? tbi 383? who has a 383 tbi motor? how does it run? what would you do different? come on some input? o yea the official cut date for the frame is march 1st thats when alot of pics will show up. o its all starting to come together. :metal:

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Coming along pretty nicely man! TBI's not a whole lot better than a well tuned carb would be all told... Why not drop in a late model LS truck motor - vast improvement in drivability as well as fuel mileage! Look forward to more pics either way!

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nice...subscribed!