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Re: Project Family Hauler
Very Nice!
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Thanks. Soon I will be back to the suburban. Unless my dad is ready for floors in his Corvair first.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Little side project is done. I will be back to the suburban soon.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Fuel filler is done too.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Holly cow, that looks amazing! Great work!
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Re: Project Family Hauler
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Hello guys I want to say hi I live out in yelm if you guys would like to get toghter say hi I will be in Puyallup today helping my daughter move in my 70 suburban panel
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Re: Project Family Hauler
If you want to find local get togethers check out northwest c10s on Facebook. We have local meets to check out every ones trucks. Not a car club, just a bunch of Chevy truck owners.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Any updates?.?..
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Just finishing a small addition to my garage so my finished truck will be better protected from the dirt. Then I can work on it again.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
nice work, subscribed!
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Bump
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Re: Project Family Hauler
I saw him breathing on Facebook the other day.
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I have been working on it slowly. Mostly rust repair to the passenger side. I also found out why the back door didn't fit right. The body bushing just in front of the rear tire was missing, causing the body to sag 3/4". Because of all my rust it really twisted the body.
Here is where I left off. ![]() With the body mount corrected the doors open and close better. ![]() ![]() The floor is done behind the B pillar. ![]() I tack welded the front floor patch. ![]() ![]() Then I ground down all the welds and painted the bare metal. ![]() ![]() ![]() I rebuilt the bottom of the B pillar and removed the suburban part of the rocker panel. ![]() Then I grafted it onto the truck rocker panel. ![]() Next I will finish the bottom of the B pillar and be playing with the rocker panels. Also need to make the back door latch.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Good thing you caught that body mount befòre ya got too far along.
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Time flies with out updates. Got burned out on bodywork, then busy for the summer. Bought a donor vehicle from an auction to use. Not sure if it will yet.
![]() Stripped and sold all the parts I didn't need then rolled the frame into the garage. ![]() The wheelbase was 135" and I needed 127" so I took 8" out of the middle. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then I rolled the old frame out and the new frame under only to find the engine is set back farther in vans and it hit the firewall. So I pulled the engine out so I could position the frame correctly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then cut off the motor mount stands and moved them forward 2 1/2" so the engine would clear the firewall. The drivers side had to be notched around the front differential mount. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After all that work I don't like how the frame hangs way below the body. Instead of being inside the body supports it is under them. Add to that the frame is 1 1/2" taller and it is very visible. ![]() ![]() ![]() Any ideas to make it fit better would be welcome. Or I am putting the original frame back under.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Looks like you've really put in a lot of well thought out work. How many times have you pulled the engine / put it back in? Looking good so far
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Re: Project Family Hauler
The engine has only been in and out 3 times since the frame went under.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
wait, what! how did I not get update notifications on this!
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Nice work! I have no real helpful ideas on how to hide the frame from showing. Step tubes are my only idea. That might hide it some what.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Channel the body over the frame?
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Re: Project Family Hauler
I gotta say, from the pictures, the frame doesn't stand out that much. being that it's fully boxed, I like it. being a van frame, it does seem more of a challenge. for the crew we just said screw it, cut the floor and set the cab where we wanted it, then built a whole sub framed floor to fit the newer frame. for my burb, I plan on keeping as much of the donor floor as possible. being that you're burnt out on body work, I can understand not wanting to dive into any more mods. I imagine the van floor sat way too high to have a flat deck and clear the power train, so my suggestion would be just snip bits out of the way of the body until it sits where you want, then built a subframe for the floor where needed. this may give you better mounting points later as well. since its 4x4, how much of the frame do you really need to hide?
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Re: Project Family Hauler
That's what I was thinking.
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By the way it's not a 4x4. It's AWD. They sit lower and it sounds sportier.
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Re: Project Family Hauler
What's the latest on this? I don't want to be the only one using an AWD van for a frame swap, that's a bad sign! Mine is almost finished so if you're still pressing forward I could offer up some advice on lowering/steering/brakes, the things that took me the longest to figure out. Best wishes, Ben.
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