Momma's Grocery Getter Suburban Project

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As my '63 swb project started to dwindle down to the end, I started thinking about the next project I wanted to tackle. I've always been a fan of the panels, and started talking to my wife about it. Of course, she thinks they're ugly and boring, so I started showing her pics of suburbans. She started liking them more and more, and eventually I talked her into wanting one for herself. One for you, one for me. Perfect. So I started scouring the internet and taking drives through the countryside when I had free time. I stumbled across a CL ad with 2 'burbs for sale - '64 and '66. I called the guy and talked to him about them, and he mentioned that he had a '63 as well. I drove out to his place and checked them out. The guy was definitely a collector, he had 6 trucks and 2 'burbs in his yard, with another 2 'burbs in a shop and another truck in a garage. All in various states of disrepair, but he was sitting on a gold mine. He wanted $1200 for the '64 - converted to 4x4, bad rust, nothing lined up quite right. No thanks. $1400 for the '66 - factory 4x4, dealer installed pto front bumber winch. Cool. Worse rust than the '64, holes in the roof. No thanks. The '63 was in pretty bad shape, whoever owned it before considered themselves to be gods of fiberglass. 2x4, no motor, no trans, no seats. No thanks. What's that? $500? Yes please. I am now the proud owner of a pair of '63s.