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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
I have made some progress. I got my jump seat mounted. I need to get a picture of it.
I purchased my drivetrain. They threw in the Camaro for free.....(: It is a 2001 Z28 with an LS1 and 4l60E automatic trans. I plan to use as much as I can and sell off the rest. The car is actually in great shape. No rust or body damage and I have a clean title. I drove the car home about 70 miles. It ran good. The car has 125,000 miles. I know you can get craiglist motors cheaper but it is always a crap shoot if you get a junk motor. I heard from Porterbuilt and all of my goodies are shipping next week. Here are a few pics. Hopefully they don't mind. Thanks Marc
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Marc, not a bad looking Camaro. I agree with you, this way you know you have a running engine, etc.. Can get everything you need, then sell the rest. I know your ready for the PB stuff, can't wait to see pics and then you putting it together...Jim
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That car almost looks too nice to part out. Those PB parts look awesome.
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Great plan on the Camaro. Friend of mine is doing same for the powertrain on his 65 Pontiac wagon. I wonder if 20 years from now we will be kicking ourselves for doing this?
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nice score, your rocking now.
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Nice score on the camaro marc.
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It's always nice to buy a running drivetrain.
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I hope so...
Thanks man Yes, I just need to convince my wife not to keep driving it so I can rip it apart..MY 48 the motor sat for several years and it just added more bugs to work through.
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Yes, I just need to convince my wife not to keep driving it so I can rip it apart..MY 48 the motor sat for several years and it just added more bugs to work through.[/QUOTE]
If your wife is anything like mine with their need for speed (Top Gun voice) then really Good Luck with that. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Is it winter up there yet???? JK. Looking forward to your progress pics.
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I will be pulling the Camaro in to start tearing it down. I need to get this done to get back on the chassis because the chassis shares the same floor space as where I will tear the Camaro down. I should also have some progress pics soon on the body. I have been working on it a lot but not a lot that will show up on camera. I'm just about ready to hit the back half with epoxy seam sealer and then add raptor coating on the lower inside parts of the body and bottom of the floor. My dropped spindles showed today and the PB freight shipped this week. Marc
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Cool....uh oh, I better get busy!
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Let's see Tab A into slot B, can't wait...Jim
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Come on Doug, you've seen how fast I move. You have plenty of time...
You and me both. I know I sill need to remove one cross member (oh how I lover messing with removing rivets) but I need to get the front DB installed first. I promise to flood with pics soon. With this build there has been too much text and not enough pics as of late. Marc
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Yes Marc I would agree, A good air hammer works wonders (ingersoll rand) is the one I have it's pretty awesome, and makes it so much faster for removing the rivets.
Mark...
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Well I had a productive day. I was able to drop the motor and remove it from the cradle. It was a lot of work but I feel pretty good about my progress.
I only have one broken exhaust manifold bolt to deal with but there is a decent part of the bolt left so I should be able to get ahold of it and work it loose...That's the plan any way. Now all that left is to reassemble the cradle so that I can sell the car. I also bought a cherry picker for cheap. I barrowed it from a friend and asked how long I could barrow it for and he said no need for it back anytime soon. Then he said hey how about I sell it to you cheap...Hey I like cheap.....so I bought it. Thanks Marc
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Nice work Marc. We did one Friday night. If the exhaust manifold bolt is too short, you can weld a nut to it for removal.
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Marc, nice job on the removal...Jim
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Good job!! It's always nice when things come apart easy. I like your jack stand blocks.
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