suburban regency conversion

[Mr. 250r]

Has anyone heard of this conversion or know about it, i was just at the junk yard and saw one with it and have never seen one before
Posted via Mobile Device

[Da88burban]

I don't know about them. Got any pics?

[Mr. 250r]

no ill get some but my dad said they were mostly van conversions but this suburban had fender flares and the inside had wood center console, wood overhead console with glass piece, 4 bucket seats about all i saw didnt look too hard but it was sweet im going back for seats
Posted via Mobile Device

[Zoomad75]

Regency was one of the larger conversion companies at one time. They did do Suburbans along with the normal full size vans. Some of the suburban conversions had a fiberglass hightop roof installed. They usually had overstuffed captains chairs, a lot of wood and accent lights.

[RandyP]

They did vans, suburbans, mini vans and trucks. Regency was just one of dozens of conversion companies from the 80's and 90's, they started phasing out in the 00's. Was hard to compete with some of the factory units coming out with all the toys they started offering inside and out.

[Mr. 250r]

yea i found a few others starship, choo-choo, regency and many others im getting the 4 captain chairs and wood consoles and rear ac
Posted via Mobile Device

[RandyP]

I always like keeping the emblems off of them when we'd do repairs on those conversions, insurance would pay for new ones. The "Good Times" emblems were my favorites, they just looked pretty damn cool, a nice hipster font that belonged on a 70's VW bus or something.

[Jonboy]

Regency was in business until 2009. They were based out of Fort Worth, so they were pretty popular around here. They were turning out some pretty cool pickups for a few years before they closed. You don't see conversion vans much anymore, I wonder how many of those companies are still in business.

[Mr. 250r]

the conversions are pretty sweet and as much as i like my 3 bench seats ill take over stuffed captain chairs any day of the week they sure don't make them like they used to now its gm crap leather that doesn't hold up
Posted via Mobile Device

[joe231]

I had a '88 2wd 1/2 ton regency burb 10-15 years ago.
I loved it. I might have a few exterior pics around here somewhere, dunno if I have any interior shots. It had the wood center console, wood overhead console with small lights behind some sort of plexi-glass, and wood in the rear above quarter windows with indirect lighting.
It was pretty cool.
Posted via Mobile Device

[Space Truckin']

Heres a few shots of my 1991 regency:

http://s895.photobucket.com/albums/a...y-yo/Suburban/

And yes the overstuffed chairs are SWEET! Mine also has extra padding on the 2nd row but not the third. (wtf?) And it seems lower with a softer ride than my old 2wd 'burb but I havent measured it.

[Mr. 250r]

man you got the exact color i need lol im gonna try snagging the seats and both consoles this weekend ill get a rear door another time
Posted via Mobile Device

[Space Truckin']

Fair warning that top console is a $&%$ to install and thats if you already have the mounts in and lined up. If you have a helper, or two, it makes it a LOT easier.

[Mr. 250r]

i was thinking about not even putting that one in and instead the silverado suburban one instead and can you tell me size of bolts holding the seats down because i don't wanna carry whole tool box around lol
Posted via Mobile Device

[Space Truckin']

Seems like they are 9/16 or 3/4 but they are thru bolted with fender washers and a nut on the underside and will require an assistant (or vise-grips and bailing wire). The rails are different than standard suburban rails, and I think they will require drilling thru the floor pan in your truck.

[motornut]

my 88 conversion was done by Vacation customs Texas
the cpt chairs had custom made brackets bolted to the floor(factory 1 front bench only,rpo code YG4)(no belts either)
the 2nd row rears are bolted threw the factory holes but they didn't all line up(big bolts and big washers all around)
and it's all real wood

[motornut]

the only prob i had was the tube used in the seats kept breaking
so i had to take em out

[Mr. 250r]

that looks awesome are those bucket seats from a suburban conversion or not and is that company another one of the original conversions or was it done recently
Posted via Mobile Device

[motornut]

it was a original conversion done when new back in the 80s
it was hit by a DUI this fall
ins wrote it off

[Dave C]

i just purchased an 89 regency conversion . took off the nasty lookin floor boards already... but the interior looks great. buckets up front and bench seats in the back.

[Da88burban]

^^^Got any pics of it?

[Dave C]

Originally Posted by Da88burban

^^^Got any pics of it?

i snapped some pics last night. I'll try to get them up at lunch today or when I get home. lots of wood grain inside, lol i like it but cant get the idea out of my head to put in a bench seat up front and take out the big center console... even then there is wood all over

edit:
here are two bad quality photos off of cell phones. i do not have the mini usb to usb cable to transfer the pics from the memory card (will get it in the morn) . as you can see i took off those ugly ass steps

[motornut]

wow very nice
like the paint
looks close to mine....

[Dave C]

i meant to get some of the center console lol... its a lot of wood!!! looks like in about a month it'll be on bags and will post up some more pics in a build thread. Sorry it took so long to upload!

[67sub]

Regency had some good looking stuff in my opinion. Not as cheesy looking as a lot of the companies turning out the customs in the 80s-90's. I work right across Hwy 35 from where they were, didnt hurt my feelings much when they closed though. New shop named Tuscany has gone in using some of the buildings they had, not sure if its any of the Regency crew though.