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08-02-2008, 06:19 PM
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71 Suburban New dash
So here I am, finally I am in the position to post some pictures of my work on my 71 suburban.
I bought the suburban on e-bay, it was cheap so I could expect a bad suburban although the pictures looked good. Also talked to the seller an he said it was a driver. When I finally got the suburban home after 5 months in October, it was a little disappointing. He didn't run and had bad brakes, and he was in worse shape than the pictures revealed. But ok, I bought it as a project with a good engine. That was my first real disappointment, when I got the engine running i noticed I missed a few cylinders. In March i finally got the time to start on the suburban So than I pulled the engine and found two bad cylinders. I decided to put my engine in there that was originally for my rod. After that it all went very fast until bodywork and painting started. this is my first paint job and car that i have straightened, so I learned a lot. I choose to use a cheap industrial paint, that was also a bad choice. The paint had pickles in it that I could not remove even with the finest filters. But because I want to use this suburban as my wedding car I didn't have a choice and went on painting. the result on a distance and pictures look ok but from a close up it is not really the quality I like to show of with. Also made my own complete stainless steel exhaust system, finished today. I am still building up, but wanted to share this for now.          
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08-02-2008, 06:20 PM
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08-02-2008, 06:20 PM
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08-02-2008, 06:21 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
     These are the first 35 pics, i'll post the rest later.
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08-02-2008, 10:47 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Nice work. Are you adding ac?
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08-03-2008, 03:19 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Sweet..... Whats going in the big hole where the stereo and ash tray were?
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08-03-2008, 04:17 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
@ thelonerife, maybe in the future. But for now i will have to do it with only heat.
@ FRENCHBLUE72, I have a double din radio dvd sat/nav touchscreen for that hole.
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Here are the rest of the pictures.
         
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08-03-2008, 04:21 AM
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08-03-2008, 04:23 AM
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08-03-2008, 12:30 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Welcome to the Burb Club!! Nice progress, keep the pics coming,
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08-04-2008, 11:37 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
looking good
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08-05-2008, 04:55 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
looks really good.. nice color choice. i like the seat to..
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08-06-2008, 01:19 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Now you have to make it a 71! That's a 70' grille on it. You guys really get things done there don't ya?
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08-06-2008, 03:14 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
I like the 70 grille. This way i have an extra set of lights that makes him legal for the road. I must have separate blinkers and city lights.
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08-06-2008, 04:21 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Very Nice!
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08-06-2008, 12:31 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Very Cool! Nice work! I'd like to see some more pics of the garage too!
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08-14-2008, 05:06 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
This is my spray cabin, i haven't got many pics of the rest.
   
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08-14-2008, 05:07 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Does anyone know wher to get a good 700r4 transmission?
Mine has died.
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08-15-2008, 06:28 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
If you want the best you can get then call Jim! Advanced Transmission-ATO Performance
2660 Mercantile Dr Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 Map (916) 636-3283 Call Heavy Duty - Super Heavy Duty - High Performance I have a few of his 700R4's and have never been able to beat them hard enough to hurt one. Kevin LFD Inc. |
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01-10-2009, 08:45 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
Nice work. Keep it up.
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01-10-2009, 09:45 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
the new wheels look nice!!!
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01-10-2009, 11:10 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
this is a cool build thread. I like the results so far.
my question is what do you have planned for where the later column meets the cluster? |
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01-11-2009, 04:46 AM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
@ toomanytoyz
These are the leds that i will be using, there available in different colors.  I welded a pipe on the back where the holes are, the leds fit right in there. I drilled some holes on the side of the pipe where 2 pins will hold the led. I'll post a picture of that later. @ idonutn0 Yes i also like the result on the wheels, of course 20 s would be nicer but because it is going to be my daily driver i have to consider the driving comfort. @ 68C15 I will try and make a piece of aluminium that lets it flow in to each other.
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01-11-2009, 03:25 PM
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Re: 71 suburban daily
I used my Sunday to Finnish the dash.
I still need to wire the whole thing but i temporarily hooked up a battary too see how the signal lights would look.     Earlier I made myself a trailer hitch, nicely hided behind the license plate. I run the suburban on LPG, on the right you can see the filler for that. On the left is the hookup for the lights.   I forgot to take a picture of the back of the panel, if I don't forget than I will do that later this week.
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