My Wife's New Ride - 1969 C20 Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

So we just picked up a 1969 C20 Suburban. We bought it from the 2nd owner. Her previous ride was a '72 GMC Suburban that has a rebuilt 350 with a turbo 400 that ran great, but the body was not in great shape. She had been wanting me to do the body work on the '72 while I was working on her '66 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban. I kept telling her to just be patient and that I'd get the '66 done soon. I wasn't wanting to put the money or time into the '72 knowing we'd sell it once the '66 was completed.

Well, we came across the '69 and took a look at it and it was perfect for shuttling the kids around and heading to the beach and all. The previous owner installed an MSD electonic ignition, changed the rear main and a few other seals, installed new tires, aluminum wheels, Magna Flow dual exhaust, Hedman headers, Edelbrock intake, Edelbrock carb, changed the seals in the axle, installed a tach and water temp gauge.

It has the original seats, front and middle only with minor rips on the front, no rips in the middle. I'm taking the rear seat out of the '72 and installing it into the '69. Our 2 girls like to sit in the back and we put our baby in the middle seat. Can you say family vehicle! My wife said to sell the '66 with the '72, she loves this new ride. Well, the '72 is going soon, but I think, (hope) she was joking about selling the '66 too!

It does have some rust at the passenger side upper front part of the cab. The previous owner had a few vehicles and it sat under the roof where water dripped on it. It's minor along with the lower part of the front driver and passenger doors. Carpet is clean and the back rubber mat is intact.

It sounds mean and it jumps off the line with just a little bit of pedal. Brakes work great, when I test drove it, I hammered them to see what would happen, they were responsive and locked up.

Let me see if I can figure out how to post pics of the old '72 and the new '69.

Thanks,

Chris
Huntington Beach, CA

1966 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban with factory roof rack
1969 Chevy C20 Suburban
1972 GMC Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

Ok, I'm still figuring out how to add pictures. Believe it or not, I used to work in a computer room. Key word are "used to".

Chris
Huntington Beach, CA

1966 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban with factory roof rack
1969 Chevy C20 Suburban
1972 GMC Suburban

[CharlesUFarley]

Congrats on the new ride. To post a pic that you have stored on your computer, click the "attachments" box above where you type in words that has the paper clip symbol. A new "manage attachments" window will appear that has options to upload files from your computer. Click one of the dropdown menus that say "Browse" on them. They will lead you to where your pics are stored. Click on the pics you want to add. When you've added the pics you wanted, click the "upload" tab to load the pics into your post. To preview your post with the pics in it, click "preview post" at the bottom of the screen. If you like it, click "submit reply.

Whereabouts in HB are you?

[1972GMCSUB]

Charles, the only option under the paper clip is "Enter the URL address of your link"
The other one that is an option next to the paper clip is Insert Image and the only option there is "Enter the URL address of your image"

There's no option to browse my pc to get the picture.

I live off Beach between Garfield and Yorktown. You?

Chris
Huntington Beach, CA

1966 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban with factory roof rack
1969 Chevy C20 Suburban
1972 GMC Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

Never mind, I found the way to do it. Here's the pics of the '72 that is being replaced.

ok, this is the mssg that I'm getting as the file was being downloaded.

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

I'll work at it later.

Chris
Huntington Beach, CA

1966 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban with factory roof rack
1969 Chevy C20 Suburban
1972 GMC Suburban

[gcburdic]

from NC and to the boards Chris!!!!

It sounds as if you pictures are too big to upload to the site.....

here's a post that may help you upload

How do I use albums?

As a member, you can create Albums of images that are linked to your public profile. Albums can be created by visiting the User Control Panel, and clicking on the 'Pictures & Albums' link, and then clicking on 'Add Album'.

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Public albums can be viewed by anyone
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[1972GMCSUB]

Here's a few pics. I uploaded them individually. I'll get pics of the new ride soon.

Chris
'66 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban
'69 C20 Suburban
'72 GMC Custom Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

And the Front.

[1972GMCSUB]

Thanks GCBURDIC

[CharlesUFarley]

I might have seen you driving down the street the other day.

I'm near Beach/Atlanta.

[1972GMCSUB]

It's been my wife's daily driver here in HB for 2 years since we've had her (Peggy as we call her).

[gcburdic]

That's the perfect beach wagon Chris....and I think it rocks your wife drives Peggy daily I keep trying to convince my wife that she would get so many looks if we had one for a grocery getter!!! I love these burbs

[1972GMCSUB]

It really is awesome. We wouldn't sell it if it weren't for the fact that we bought a sweet '69. I'll get pics of that on here tomorrow. Even though the '69 is so much nicer, body, engine and interior, my wife still doesn't want to sell the '72 because it's been so great for us and it totally is the perfect beach wagon. We keep the boogie boards in there and we'll just cruise down the street to the beach often and it's not a beauty queen so we haven't been afraid if it gets scratched or bumped here and there. I'll get some pics posted of our '66 GMC Custom Suburban too.

Chris
'66 GMC Custom Deluxe Suburban
'69 C20 Suburban
'72 GMC Custom Suburban

[paul mora]

Chris my name is Paul and I live by 13th and Palm I am building my 71 in my shop, should start a build thread. I though I saw you car for sale a few months back?
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[1972GMCSUB]

Originally Posted by paul mora

Chris my name is Paul and I live by 13th and Palm I am building my 71 in my shop, should start a build thread. I though I saw you car for sale a few months back?
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Hey Paul, yes we did have it up for sale, but that was about a year ago I think. We chose to keep it and didn't follow through with selling it. However, we did just sell the blue '72 last Sunday. The newest family ride is the '69that we just recently bought. And I'm going to sell our '66 GMC Custom Suburban.

Where's your shop and what's the current state of your '71? I'm right off Beach between Yorktown and Garfield.

Chris
'66 GMC Custom Suburban
'69 Chevy C20 Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

Just today I took pictures of the '69 that we just bought. I'll get those loaded over the next day or so.

Chris
'66 GMC Custom Suburban
'69 Chevy C20 Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

Here's pics of the C20 that replaced the '72.

Chris
'66 GMC Custom Suburban
'69 Chevy C20 Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

As you can see in the pics, the green paint is where I used a razor blade and peeled the brown paint away. I plan to go over the body and remove the brown paint that way so I can get to the stock green.

For the top, we'll paint it white. I need to fix two rust holes on the front cab corners. I've seen the roof replacement panels for the trucks and so I figure I'll get one of those and cut out the corners to replace it. The prices I've seen is about $250. Has anyone done that replacement with the patch panel?

Here is one more pic.

Thanks,

Chris
'66 GMC Custom
'69 C20 Suburban

[1972GMCSUB]

Since I was posting pics and our '66 GMC Custom Deluxe was in the background, here's a pic of it. Also, can someone tell me what year the rally's are off of? I have a set of stock steel wheels. I like the stock look better with stock caps.

Thanks,

Chris