53 Surburban "Family Truckster"

[joedoh]

wooooooooooooooooo congrats!

Futurama: Fry's Woo - YouTube

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Rickysnickers

Well done Marc

Thank you

Originally Posted by oldman3

Marc, glad that took care of your problem. I agree with the burnouts, it is so easy with the LS set-up. Have to watch myself to ease into the gas at stop lights, or it will lite up...Jim

Soo much fun.

Originally Posted by joedoh

wooooooooooooooooo congrats!

Futurama: Fry's Woo - YouTube

Ha ha....Thanks

Marc

[youngrodder]

The Suburban is really working great. So much fun to drive with everything dialed in. We have been squeezing in as many car events and CnC's as we can as we are losing warm weather. Closing in on 6,000 miles. My boys and I will be attending the C-10 Nats in Nashville at the end of the month. Come say HI if you attend that show.

Thank you
Marc

[57FleetsideC4]

Glad you are enjoying your build. The season end soon in my area also. Steve

[youngrodder]

My 2 boys and I and a couple of buddies from Ohio and Pennsylvania are headed to the C10 NATS in Nashville at the end of the month. Looking forward to taking my boys to a big show in the Suburban.

Who else is going???

Marc

[joedoh]

great stuff with the boys, are they interested in the building of your trucks too? my girls wouldnt pee on my projects if they were on fire, although one liked driving the finished trucks to school.

Originally Posted by youngrodder

we are losing warm weather.

we found it! it was 100 yesterday

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by joedoh

great stuff with the boys, are they interested in the building of your trucks too? my girls wouldnt pee on my projects if they were on fire, although one liked driving the finished trucks to school.

Austin (15) is more into it then Cooper (17) but that has something to do with their ages. Cooper has a job and a busy social calendar. Austin enjoys working on and going to car events.


we found it! it was 100 yesterday

Ha Ha..I closed our pool on Friday. It was time. The weather will not be getting any warmer.

Thank you
Marc

[6DoF]

i wish i could!

maybe next year i'll be able to drive the '55 down ... : crossesfingers :

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

i wish i could!

maybe next year i'll be able to drive the '55 down ... : crossesfingers :

I'm trailering for the first time. The other guys I'm going with are trailering. 8+ hrs is a lot with just me an my boys. I would like to do a long haul at some point tho.

Marc

[dsraven]

nice work. good to have new friends who will help you with your rig too.
cherish those hours with the boys, they get older and move on waaaay too fast. they wanna be there but other stuff gets in the way.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by dsraven

nice work. good to have new friends who will help you with your rig too.
cherish those hours with the boys, they get older and move on waaaay too fast. they wanna be there but other stuff gets in the way.

Yeah I look forward to paying it back with working on his 5 window. It will be bagged. He plans to make most of his frame. We can use mine for ideas/reference. Yes, I know. I have a senior and an sophomore. I barely see the senior between wrestling and working. The sophomore can drive now too so he is less and less around to.

Marc

[6DoF]

that bar is RIGHT on the roof! that would worry me ... but i also tend to abuse roof racks ...

but that bracket is awesome, where are they from?

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Tempest67

10,000 miles , wow.

Glad you are using it and enjoying it.

What a great truck, and great build thread.

Thanks for the update

Thanks for following..

Originally Posted by 6DoF

that bar is RIGHT on the roof! that would worry me ... but i also tend to abuse roof racks ...

but that bracket is awesome, where are they from?

Yeah I'm not worried about it being right on the roof. I really hate the looks of roof racks that stick up on 4' off the roof. I tried to keep this one tight to the profile of the roof. In my next version the cross bars will be steel (not the current wood). The mounts are vintage Quik n Easy mounts from eBay. They are reproduced by Sweet Patina but I wanted vintage ones to better tie in with the rest of the crappy exterior.

Marc

[28TudorAZ]

Thats awesome. I love this truck. I hope to build something like it some day.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by 28TudorAZ

Thats awesome. I love this truck. I hope to build something like it some day.

Thank you!!

[JJH Jimmy]

Love the pictures in front of the service station. I got a project you can start on!