Anyone Hacked the Cap off of a Suburban making it a truck?

[Hazieview]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever hacked off the back of a suburban making it into a truck.

It would resemble something like an modern Chevy Avalanche.

If so post up some pics!

[old Rusty C10]

i dont have time to look but im sure there was a thread about this at least once before

[Youngbuck7072]

there is a thread on here recently about converting the back half to a blazer so its removable, not exactley what your talking about but...

[knightowl73]

i found this, but kinda disgusted me too but i would copy it a bit right behind the doors, just woulda kept it short as possible out back. looks weird.

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/showthr....-don-t-bother)

[Maxxd07]

There is a few around here from the mid 80s that are done right, not hacked, and repainted. They kind of look like an avalanche would have from that period. From the looks of them they were done in the mid to late 90s before the avalanches were even out. I see them once and a while and one was for sale a while back but I never have my camera with to take pictures.

[63chevyll]

Originally Posted by knightowl73

i found this, but kinda disgusted me too but i would copy it a bit right behind the doors, just woulda kept it short as possible out back. Looks weird.

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/showthr....-don-t-bother)

yuck!!!!

[knightowl73]

yeah i searched in the blazer/burb section and found nada too, but i do remember there being a thread about this, might just be looking up the wrong words or something. i would like to find the post if anyone has it saved someplace. have been contemplating about making a ccsb from a few of my parts trucks abut something along this line wouldnt be too bad either if i could figure out exactly how much work is involved and how good can i make it look. im a bodyman and do alot of custom stuff so it cant be anything that i cant handle. just need the ideas like hazieview

[Hazieview]

Originally Posted by knightowl73

yeah i searched in the blazer/burb section and found nada too, but i do remember there being a thread about this, might just be looking up the wrong words or something. i would like to find the post if anyone has it saved someplace. have been contemplating about making a ccsb from a few of my parts trucks abut something along this line wouldnt be too bad either if i could figure out exactly how much work is involved and how good can i make it look. im a bodyman and do alot of custom stuff so it cant be anything that i cant handle. just need the ideas like hazieview

I think it is a pretty cool idea. I'm into things that are different. I think the 'avalanche' concept is neat. Hope someone can dig up some pictures or the old thread on it. A good 'bodyman' can do some really cool stuff!

[babyJay]

Originally Posted by Hazieview

I think it is a pretty cool idea. I'm into things that are different. I think the 'avalanche' concept is neat. Hope someone can dig up some pictures or the old thread on it. A good 'bodyman' can do some really cool stuff!

I saw somewhere that you could buy the front end conversion parts as well. Go for it!

[scooterskoolkustoms]

Originally Posted by knightowl73

i found this, but kinda disgusted me too but i would copy it a bit right behind the doors, just woulda kept it short as possible out back. looks weird.

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/showthr....-don-t-bother)

OMG that is so ugly , why?

[engineco713]

I like the truck itself but I think it would have looked better with a stock rear window. Not a big fan of that RV looking window.

[lakeroadster]

Originally Posted by Hazieview

I think it is a pretty cool idea. I'm into things that are different. I think the 'avalanche' concept is neat. Hope someone can dig up some pictures or the old thread on it. A good 'bodyman' can do some really cool stuff!

X2!

Don't let the naysayers beat you down. Using an Avalanche as a guide there is no reason it can't be done. The proportions have to be right. In the link above: http://www.fullsizechevy.com/showthr....-don-t-bother the rear hatch needed to be much closer to the rear doors, and the bed addition is too long.

Do it, and keep us in the loop!

[moneyeater]

A friend of mine hacked of the back and put on a Hardtop from a Blazer and installed a "contikit" to take his Harley with him!
Pretty unique and very ugly! But very usefull!
I have to look for pics!
Volker

[moneyeater]

A friend of mine hacked of the backroof and put a blazerhardtop on it!
He also added a "contikit" to take his Harley with him!
This ´burban is very ugly but unique and very usefull!
Volker

[knightowl73]

i wanna see side pics of that, looks pretty cool to me.my gf was actually saying shed like it more if it were black and a 2-DOOR..... hmmm lightbulbs

[BGRAFX]

Here is the way it should be done....http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=427178

[lakeroadster]

Sweet! GM should have done this.

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

Sweet! GM should have done this.

done right

[knightowl73]

ok thats just truly awesome. i still think the rear is just too long tho. i want to do the sides like the real avalanche sides behind the doors. and just make the rear alot shorter, find something to do about the tank. possibly mount truck tanks and use a pickup floor to get the clearance. should be interesting. if i did do it with a blazer top and kept it short i could ake it alot nicer too and multifunctional, keeping the avalance sides on the fiberglass top and making the rest like a hard tonneu that was funtional. damn im lookin all around now for a running old burb for cheap. i feel like a kid again with a new plan for my bike lol

[Hazieview]

Originally Posted by knightowl73

ok thats just truly awesome. i still think the rear is just too long tho. i want to do the sides like the real avalanche sides behind the doors. and just make the rear alot shorter, find something to do about the tank. possibly mount truck tanks and use a pickup floor to get the clearance. should be interesting. if i did do it with a blazer top and kept it short i could ake it alot nicer too and multifunctional, keeping the avalance sides on the fiberglass top and making the rest like a hard tonneu that was funtional. damn im lookin all around now for a running old burb for cheap. i feel like a kid again with a new plan for my bike lol

HOLD UP! IDEA STEALER! IDEA STEALER!!!

HA!HA!

That is exactly what I was thinking about doing! Exactly what you said. Truck and SUV in one! Like a classic Avalanche.

Would these plastic things work as the avalanche sides? i'm not really fond of them but it could be something to work off of...


Sparked some interest here! I think it would be cool!

[knightowl73]

i dont see why u couldnt make that work n if its on ur teuck already then go for it, bu tbasically all you would need on that tuck is the hard tonnuea. ive seen some nice ones for the "working" crowd with separate doors to access different parts of the bed. u might need something like that as tall as that truck is, btw its a killer truck if its yours hazie

[Greenlee]

Here's one. That truck had 54" tall tires, that are under water. That was a deep hole!

[1LoC10]

I seen one made out of a 90's Tahoe

[1LoC10]

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by Hazieview

HOLD UP! IDEA STEALER! IDEA STEALER!!!

HA!HA!

That is exactly what I was thinking about doing! Exactly what you said. Truck and SUV in one! Like a classic Avalanche.

Would these plastic things work as the avalanche sides? i'm not really fond of them but it could be something to work off of...


Sparked some interest here! I think it would be cool!

What if you found a scraped avy and took the Side saddles and rear part of the cab and graft them onto the suburban? than you could have the tool boxes and the same kinda look?