Show me your 67-72 4x4 Suburbans!

[Bigdav160]

Looks good Jim. Real medium Olive or a modern equivalent?

[57NAPCO]

My old 3/4 ton, flew out to Orlando, paid the guy and drove it home. Kept it for a few years and sold it. They made very few 3/4 ton 4X4’s

[southern parts]

It's rough

[Jim Mead]

It’s a custom mix, more of an emerald green.

[Gumby61]

Just brought this home, now the headaches begin.

[Beach-Burban]

Looks like a pretty nice starting point, Gumby61!
Woody

[mcmlxix]

Originally Posted by Gumby61

Just brought this home, now the headaches begin.

I almost traded my Harley for that Suburban.... Make sure you start your own build thread and document with pictures. They are a great reference down the road.

[montanatroutaholic]

My new 1970 K20 on a recent trip to Glacier Park.

[pwdcougar]

Originally Posted by montanatroutaholic

My new 1970 K20 on a recent trip to Glacier Park.

I like the painted grill surround. Did you do it yourself?

[montanatroutaholic]

Originally Posted by pwdcougar

I like the painted grill surround. Did you do it yourself?

I did not. Bought it that way. I am guessing oneleglance was the one who did it as it is his old Burb.

[Lieferson]

In the middle of building a 32x36 shop so i wont get much done on it for a while but once the garage is finished, this big ole turd is going to get some much deserved TLC 1970 1/2 ton 4x4 suburban. barn doors, 4 spd still rocking her original paint and all the original panels.

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by pwdcougar

I like the painted grill surround. Did you do it yourself?

me too!

Originally Posted by montanatroutaholic

I did not. Bought it that way. I am guessing oneleglance was the one who did it as it is his old Burb.

I have similar plans for this one, already have the white bumpers, OE grill guard, and D29 mirrors

could you please post a closer grill shot? I like that a lot, thank you!

[mcmlxix]

It's been a few months.... keep the pictures coming...

[smboonejr]

Originally Posted by mcmlxix

It's been a few months.... keep the pictures coming...

My 72 slowly coming together. Mechanicals sorted, needs paint and body and fresh seat covers. Pic next to my 72 k20 lwb

Overall height is fascinating. Truck on 6" lift (or so) and 35" tires. Burb is 2" lift on 33x10.5r15 -- lots more ground clearance on truck but the bubbled roof on suburban makes their overall height almost identical.

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[Killer Bee]

^ very nice!

[srfinatsunset]

Here is my 68 K10. Not sure if its 305 or 350. All original all three row seats. it even had the aux. fuel tank under the second row seat.

[Killer Bee]

[NZBurb]

Hi everyone.

I hope all is well with everyone and you’re enjoying the Christmas and new year period.

After reading all the amazing content and support on the forum I thought it was about time I contributed something!

The backstory

The family and I had wanted a classic Suburban for family trips and running around and having a bit of fun. Most of the Suburbans here in New Zealand, and there are not too many of them, are the 73-91 square bodies, but we wanted something a bit more classic and different.

I was on the look out for quite some time and was fortunate enough five years ago to come across my GMC K20, based in Arizona, by chance on Craigslist. At the time I did not realize how fortunate I was to stumble across her. A quick phone call locked her in and shortly thereafter she was being shipped to NZ - I still feel somewhat guilty for taking her out of the States (sorry!). Little did I know this would only be the start of the journey, which I imagine a number of you are familiar with :-)

She was in great condition with hardly any rust, the interior had been redone, a newish 350 Goodwrench had been installed, and she had some fancy shoes – the 37.5s” however we a bit too big and were downsized. Mechanically though the rear diff was getting noisy and loose, the transfer case shook and leaked oil, the TH350 just wasn’t quite doing it for me, and there was an odd vibration when taking your foot of the gas that we could never quite diagnose. I decided to go the full hog and replace the drive train with a 14 bolt with discs, reconditioned transfer case, and a reconditioned NV4500, and she now runs like a dream – writing that is a whole lot easier than the process the mechanic and I have been through!

Over the next six months I’ll be tidying up the interior and giving her a new spray to bring the paint back to life.

Road tripping

Given its summer here in New Zealand the whole country pretty much shuts down for an entire three weeks over the Christmas period. It’s great with no work happening and an opportunity to really step away with the family from the day-to-day busyness. We usually head up North to the beaches of the Coromandel but were a bit slow in booking accommodation this year, so thought we would do something different for us and have planned a two week road trip around the South Island. We usually take the kids down (we are based in Wellington at the bottom of the North Island) each year for a ski trip, so it will be really nice to check out the South Island in summer.

Inspired by FlayNavy30's adventure thread I thought I should pull together a road trip thread, as I love seeing and hearing how other people use their Suburbans. Our trip starts on 27 December (26th US time). I’ll look to post most days and will share some landscape and of course plenty of Suburban shots. I’m not a photographer so don’t expect anything too flash, but I hope it shares some of the fun we have with our special Burbs.

Thanks everyone,
Vaughan

[NZBurb]

And here are a few more...

[72chevynut]

Originally Posted by NZBurb

And here are a few more...

Very nice suburban you have there. I see it came with factory bucket seats, very nice! I noticed in the pics that the front passenger side seat looks to have slider floor brackets, are those factory? I never noticed passenger side sliders before in these trucks only the stationary seat stands. Looking forward to following your trip updates. Happy Holidays and safe travels.

[Killer Bee]

@ NZBurb

that's a dandy burb! no need to feel guilty, sounds like you're treating it right

please keep is posted on your travels and Merry Christmas to y'all!

[Beach-Burban]

NZBurb...I'm looking forward to following the adventures you have with that extremely nice 4X4! Thanks for including us!

Woody

[mrtoni]

I thought you had to convert to rhd to impart to nz.

[HO455]

I'm subscribed to the travelogue!
That is a really nice Burban you have. The brown seats with the red is rockin. I've never seen one with a headliner colored to match the seats like yours is.
I like it!

[NZBurb]

Originally Posted by 72chevynut

Very nice suburban you have there. I see it came with factory bucket seats, very nice! I noticed in the pics that the front passenger side seat looks to have slider floor brackets, are those factory? I never noticed passenger side sliders before in these trucks only the stationary seat stands. Looking forward to following your trip updates. Happy Holidays and safe travels.

Hi Michael.

I'm unsure if they are factory brackets or not, sorry! I have attached a couple of photos for you. The first two are of the passenger side looking from the rear. The seat does not slide forward, rather it tilts up. I'm unsure what for given the amount of room available to get in and out the back :-)

The second set are the drivers side which has about four inches of travel. It works really well!

Cheers,
Vaughan