1951 Suburban a 4 year project....

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All loaded up and headed for paint

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While suburban was off getting body work and paint the motor and trans were detailed and painted..

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A few shots of it while in the body shop getting paint and lizard skin sprayed inside.. Also the wood grain goes on dash

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more of parts getting painted

[ClassicDreamer]

what color is the paint?

[Kid]

A beutiful burb you have there, all the build pictures put together makes it look like a smooth quick build, Ha! Great docmentation, I love the overall theme, restored stock, but slamed & updated driveline, welcome to the board parkwood. Howbout some pics of the wagon?

[fredscarryall]

man, i wish i would have seen this build before i did mine. you have alot of good ideas. what is that black setup that connection from the frame to the upper control arm? does it just limit the air bag from over inflating? what did you do in the front to stop the crossmember from hitting the ground when you deflate the air bags.

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by ClassicDreamer

what color is the paint?

Dreamer, it's a 1936 Ford Cordova Tan (think i spelled that right)

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by Kid

A beutiful burb you have there, all the build pictures put together makes it look like a smooth quick build, Ha! Great docmentation, I love the overall theme, restored stock, but slamed & updated driveline, welcome to the board parkwood. Howbout some pics of the wagon?

Hey Kid, it was a quick build only took 3 weeks... Only in your dreams.. It'll take me 3 weeks to post all the pictures..

The real story is i had it for almost 4 years but the build in real time was a little over 2 years.. We worked on at least 4 other car and trucks while working on the Burb... Maybe i'll post some of those pictures

Here's a few just for you...

[hotrod1]

Bring them on!

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by fredscarryall

man, i wish i would have seen this build before i did mine. you have alot of good ideas. what is that black setup that connection from the frame to the upper control arm? does it just limit the air bag from over inflating? what did you do in the front to stop the crossmember from hitting the ground when you deflate the air bags.

Fred, the setup on the front and the rear are load levelers from Ride Tech. (air ride).. they hook up to the computer and and you have to pre set them for the height you want and if you add more load (people) and the frame goes down the things sence it and raise it back up to the pre set height

As for the crossmember hitting the ground the kit comes with a bumb stop you weld on and this stops the x-member from hitting.. I just lowered it down to where i wanted it to stop and that's where i put the stop..

Hope this helps...

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by hotrod1

Bring them on!

Hot Rod, few just to tease you.......

[hotrod1]

now you are talking our language.

[parkwood]

With the Grand National Roadster Show just over 3 months away we got the suburban back from paint. The only thing done was the body was bolted down to the frame and the some wheels were on it... only thing left to do was everything...... no big deal.. ha

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by hotrod1

now you are talking our language.

I take that it's the language of love.. i'll have to do a thread on them after the suburban.. they'll be short only took about 5 months for one and 3 months for the last one..

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shots of the frame coming together, air tanks on the frame rails, a/c in, and seat frames at power coater..

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The head liner had to go in before the glass, wood was screwed to the top bows and tin was used to round the corners and then foam was glued and sanded to make smooth and nice shape.. then the head liner was glued to all that. one big piece... came out very nice and smooth..

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We use power windows in the burb. and the the switchs were the kind that looks like a stock window handle... works great...

Time for glass..

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The motor is a ZZ4 350 and the trans is a 700R4..
The motor was torn down and rebuilt with better rods and pistons and a little hotter cam.. sounds great.

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Time to get it wired up. everyone's job of choice...

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Painting a few things the body shop didn't... steering wheel, and grill bars.

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Installing the sun visor

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Getting front on..

[youngrodder]

Wayne

Nice pics....I should have made it easy on myself and just had you come to MI and finish putting my truck together for me.......We would have called it a "vacation" so I would not have to pay your west coast hourly rate.....JK

You must have a ton of pics because some of these I have not seen before and I know that you have sent me quite a few.

I saw a small pic on pg 101 of the newest Streetrucks mag. They were covering the GNRS.

Marc

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Originally Posted by youngrodder

Wayne

Nice pics....I should have made it easy on myself and just had you come to MI and finish putting my truck together for me.......We would have called it a "vacation" so I would not have to pay your west coast hourly rate.....JK

You must have a ton of pics because some of these I have not seen before and I know that you have sent me quite a few.

I saw a small pic on pg 101 of the newest Streetrucks mag. They were covering the GNRS.

Marc

Marc, yes we could have called it a Paid Vacation...

My shop rate is so low i'm almost on food stamps..

Yes i have almost 1000 pictures of the suburban build, and some of the other trucks i've worked on not so many only because we only had them for 6 months or less.. want me to make you a CD and send it to you..?