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Originally Posted by OneBad68
Hey all. New to this forum. So glad I found it. 7 months ago I bought a 1968 Chevy K-20 Suburban. She is a 3/4 ton 4 wheel drive with a straight six 292 with a 1 bbl carb on her. I plan on keeping her as mechanically stock as I can. She is rough right now but have an awesome wrench and bodyman to help me finish her up. She was barned for 28 years, was originally from Cali. She will be my daily driver/ work rig.
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Very cool to see your burb on it's way to getting fixed up! Yours looks just like mine did when I first started fixing up my ol' girl.
If your drive train is original, and you plan on keeping it that way (Which I am a big fan of BTW), those brakes can be a real adventure in overhauling. So make sure you don't throw anything away, and that rule goes with everything else as well. LMC and catalogs of the sort look at first glance to have everything you will need to get your burb like new again, but you will learn pretty quick that your burb is special and parts will be hard to come by. Don't get discouraged with snobby resto shops that deal primarily with PU's and Blazers, it's gonna be a tough row to hoe but keep the faith and you will prevail!
These early Burb's are in a class of their own, and are just barely becoming an interest of the resto shop's. So plan to refurb as much as you can that is burb specific, which is pretty much everything from the front doors to the back.
From the front doors forward is all PU interchangeable, but if you have original stuff try your best to restore it. (Just compare your original bumper to a repro, or any of the sheet metal for metal thickness).
From another 68 K20 burb owner, I am really interested in seeing more pictures of your baby! So don't be shy ok! We all love pictures here
