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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
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Yeah it's cool that there are some active builds awesome to see how others are approaching their builds. Mine isn't finished yet. I did the body work to the best of my ability (not that great) and left it with a neighbor in Colorado that has over 25 years in the industry. I am driving out with my trailer this weekend to grab it. Pretty excited to get it back and get back after it. |
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Burb, that is looking really good. Nice color choice. It is cool we have several AD Burb builds going here.
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
few new pictures from picking it up and hauling it across the country.
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Work on the grill the cream splash guards had to go for the look I'm going for.
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Did anyone have issues with fitment of the windsheild weatherstrip? I have a few areas where the gasket is to big for the frame.
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Trailered up for the long trip.
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Looking good..BUT..your gonna have to slow down this build or Marc and Doug will have to fight over 3rd and 4th place....and we can't have that now can we..wink wink
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Burb, looking really good...bet the trip was fun! |
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
Money and gathering parts is going to slow me down dont worry fellas.
I picked up a set of steel wheels and some baby moons recently so I will be behind a sandblaster getting rid of the red and getting those powder coated this weekend. |
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Paint (and bodywork) turned out great! dug
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
The burb got new shoes today
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Finished body work on the last door. Who ever owned the door before cut a six inch hole for a speaker. I did a pretty bad job welding this so it took a lot of work to get it presentable.
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Also got some of the small stuff added windshield wipers, lights, and emblems. Also got the running boards mocked up.
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Looks very good. Keep up the good work..
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Yeah, your Burb is looking good. The back door repair came out nice and you are moving right along.
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Got some more stuff done on the burb lately. Had the bumpers blasted and powder coated professionally I think they turned out real nice. I wanted to stay away from having to much chrome up front to let the grill "pop" more.
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Got the exhaust done by a local shop. I went with dual exhaust straight out the back. The guy talked me out of flowmaster and into the Walker brand. They sound pretty deep at idle and not as raspy as a glass pack at higher RPM. So far I'm happy.
Getting this part done meant I got to drive it for the first time and it was awesome! I need to work on the brakes they are a little soft and need to get the alignment done. It drove really nice to about 60 but started to feel a little vibration around 65. |
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I set a goal a while back to have the Burb ready for a car show labor day weekend. I made it there didnt have windows or anything done with the interior but it was still awesome to cruise there with my wife and some good friends in their rides.
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Next onto installing the windows if you guys have any words of wisdom feel free to share.
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I finally cleaned up and got some heat in the garage so I can get some work done on the suburban. I re-plumbed my intake manifold from being heated by exhaust to coolant from the thermostat housing. This hopefully will help maintain a more consistent temp and eliminate some of the hesitation on acceleration. Bending stainless tubing is unforgiving and became quite the project.
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
This weekend I also got sound deadening installed in the roof. I used Fat Mat Rattletrap Xtreme. I have never used a product like this, it was fairly easy to work with and seems like it will do a good job cutting down road noise.
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
and one door is finished minus the hinge access panel.
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
B52, beautiful Burb. If this is a supposed "budget build" it's easily the nicest budget build I've ever seen. She's becoming a beauty queen. Congrats.
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Re: 1952 Chevy Suburban Build
Nice looking progress you've made there...
Marc
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