LQQK Need suggestions Please

[jlipchit]

Ok for the last five years I have been putting aside what I thought would be the payment on a new suburban so that I could get/build my dream truck now as I look at my account I think my dream is about to happen and I have some questions to ask the experts so I can make my final plans and get rolling on my truck by December at the latest.

I would like to build a one of a Kind truck to suit my fancy this will be a 70/30 split mostly on-road and no real rock crawling or mud bogging, the whole project needs to be done at under the cost of a new suburban (Aprox 45,000) I have 30000 in cash and can get about 9 more off my credit card so I thing this will be enough. (I can sell my current truck for the rest if I need to)


First off I want to start out with a 1970’s barn door style suburban with a 454 engine and TH400 tranny.

Here are my questions and what I want to do feel free to smack me if this won’t work I am a computer tech not an engineer.

1. Gut it front to rear and sand blast all the paint off repair any rust dent dings scratches etc…
2. Full roll cage
3. Rhino liner the whole truck inside
4. Custom fab up diamond plate to cover the engine compartment firewall, sides and wheel wells
5. Box the frame
6. Convert it to 4 wheel disk brakes (with oversized rotors to stop big tires)
7. Convert it Cap discharge lighting
8. Install 4 nice seats (two front and 2 rear)
9. 502 ramjet or Diesel (Need suggestions on this one)
10. Six inches of lift and 37x12.50x18 tires (I think this will fit with out trimming let me know)
11. Bullet proof tranny (floor shift), transfer case, front diff and rear diff (Suggestions)
12. Roof top AC unit (from a RV shop) everyone knows suburban AC units don’t cool a truck this big
13. Custom Drive shafts with the right joints for the angles (Suggestions)
14. Carpet to just behind the rear seats from there the floor will be slats of white ash and black walnut with a Chevy bowtie routed into the wood.
15. Now for the fab work I want to build out tool boxes in the back behind the rear seats the right side will house a heater and a small generator, the left side will house 2 8dRV battery’s Both will have to be vented to the outside and insulated.
16. I want to build a custom console that will start between the front seats and come up to the top of the dash with room for three din sized openings and misc items (like the one on the Need VW 4x4 T something or other its called)
17. Diamond plate the inside sides and ceiling from the rear doors to the back or the rear seats.
18. Install 5 point harnesses
19. Somewhere under the truck or in the rear tool boxes if there is room I want an air tank and compressor.
20. Dual Exhaust Cat back?? Dual cats?? Or headers?? (Suggestions)
21. Dual winch with renuel (sp) bumpers I think 12k winches would do the job nicely.


Now for the hard parts I can do some of the work but I don’t have time or a place to do it at, so I need a name of shop or shops that can do the work and do it RIGHT in southern Washington or any where in Oregon. (Suggestions)