'62 GMC BurbMaster "Rust"oration, Patina Build.....

[ChiefRocka]

Now, I could finally clean out the used tire shop ....
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Our puppy was freaking out when the tires came rolling out the back ... Which reminds me, I need to post in "Mutt in your truck"...to introduce "Jacob" ... our new addition...
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Fired up leaf blower...
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[Chevy Fleetside]

What a differnce it makes just blowing the leafs out. Burbs are cool.
I think I would like to take a ride down to your place with Luca when my truck is up and running. I am hoping to have it going by the end of next month. That is if it is road worthy also.

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

What a differnce it makes just blowing the leafs out. Burbs are cool.
I think I would like to take a ride down to your place with Luca when my truck is up and running. I am hoping to have it going by the end of next month. That is if it is road worthy also.

Your welcome ANY time my friend ...

[gostranger]

looking like a great start to a great project!!!! cant wait to see what you have in store for this!

[ChevyFreak60]

Cool shirt bro! Where'd you score it?

[aerotruk63]

This will be a great project for you and your family. Nice to be able to bring the family along.

[MikeS.]

Chief, your Burb looks a lot like mine. Including the wasp nest inside. Extra tires, leaves and asst. other trash.
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[Captainfab]

Cool

Glad to see you got it. It doesn't look bad at all. I've seen way worse.

[62 Longbed]

Cool addition Chief !!!! Looks like it has Washington Plates ... I was gonna say I have a posi rearend out of a 63 GMC 1/2 ton pickup with around 3:55 gears I would've sold you for the burban if its leaf .... Don't know if same or different like on the chevys 62 / 63 ... I'm in gresham , Oregon and could've met and loaded into the burb ... Would've made you a great deal $150.00 ... Day late and a dollar short ... Good Luck on the rig !!!! Always enjoy your builds !!!

[ChiefRocka]

Thanks man !!

Well, my plan is to do a little (if possible) every day after work.

I stopped at the local Walmart, and picked up some supplies ....


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I decided it needed a decent set of matching rollers, so my daughter and I cleaned up the stock wheels off the '63 .....
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One of the four cleaned ....
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I noticed all four wheels have these marks on them ... Are these factory markings ??
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The worst one ....
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All clean ... wheels have a nice 'patina' on them () .. if only the body did ...
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It looks like the body was originally white, but there is also blue showing. In fact, it looks like they painted the trim (and obviously more) blue at one time. It was late, so I hit one spot with an SOS ....
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Hopefully tonight, I can give it a nice first bath ...

[ChiefRocka]

I took my stock wheels to the shop and busted out my old COATS tire machine ... I've had this old thing for like 25 years ... the air cylnder is getting sluggish, but still works for ol school wheels ... I had some old bias plys laying around. 600-15's , good tread, but cracked. Perfect rollers for now ...
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When I pulled the rear wheels off .... I found this ...
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The drums and rear shoes were gone...both sides...the shocks were disconnected at the bottom, and swung upward. Probably because they were bottoming out, due to the springs behind heated for days. There is some kind of bag in there too ... (trailing arm previously bent )
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Looks cool ... I grew up building lowriders for people, so here ya go !!
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It like PS, with skinny tires ...

[ChiefRocka]

I've been getting off late this week, but I managed to catch some light yesterday.

Just using a scotch brite, and soap n water ... I cleaned half the hood and grill ... Looks like a see "white' and the end of the tunnel ...

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Are these windshield squirters stock for this GMC ??
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[chad64chevy]

looks like a great start, is that duct tape on the front fenders or something?

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

looks like a great start, is that duct tape on the front fenders or something?

Someone used some thin, silver tape over the rust holes before laying primer ...

[Alan's Classic]

Awesome score John!!

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Awesome score John!!

Thanks Alan .....
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Yesterday, with the help of my daughter, we managed to removed all the nasty, green, fish tank smell'n green slime ....
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While hosing this thing down, I heard water falling in cab. Turns outs, this Burb has ALOT more rot than expected....
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Pic from under dash...notice water ....
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Also, the green goo hid the fact the windhield was cracked...
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Can you spot the cute face ??
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All clean...
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[aerotruk63]

Originally Posted by ChiefRocka

Are these windshield squirters stock for this GMC ??
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Same as Corvette! Think they were looking at the truck line when they needed parts for the Vette!

[Captainfab]

Wow what a difference some scrubbin makes. Too bad it revealed some more issues though.

[RockTonka]

Looking good, a few hidden surprises are to be expected.

Grill and bumper look really clean!

And you're making the most of that big ole shade tree...

[piratexpress1369a]

great find ..let the hunt for a window begin

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Wow what a difference some scrubbin makes. Too bad it revealed some more issues though.

Ya, it did but needed to be done.

Thinking about picking up that TopBanana Roof to windeshield panel Aero mentioned in other thread...along with front fender braces. I will use my extra '63 longbed to give up its sheetmetal for fender repair....Thoughts on Top Banana ?

Originally Posted by RockTonka

Looking good, a few hidden surprises are to be expected.

Grill and bumper look really clean!

And you're making the most of that big ole shade tree...

Ya they are, but there were alot of obvious ones that weren't accounted for, but Im cool with it! Anyluck with shipping prices ??

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

great find ..let the hunt for a window begin

I'll worry about the windeshiled later, when I get started on ALL that upper rust repair.

[Nobby]

Thinking about picking up that TopBanana Roof to windeshield panel Aero mentioned in other thread...along with front fender braces. I will use my extra '63 longbed to give up its sheetmetal for fender repair....Thoughts on Top Banana?

Hey Chief, That upper windshield panel is a good idea..I drilled out the spot welds (88 of them) on mine and was able to clean all up in there..I got mine from Top Banana Too..Now I'm confident theres no rust up there
O yea keep scrubbing that primer I'm sure there's patina under there somewhere Burb looks Great..

[Captainfab]

haven't bought that above windshield piece, but I have bought several other pieces from Top Banana, and have had good luck. They're all KeyParts/Tri plus.

Check out this thread......

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=441913

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by Nobby

Hey Chief, That upper windshield panel is a good idea..I drilled out the spot welds (88 of them) on mine and was able to clean all up in there..I got mine from Top Banana Too..Now I'm confident theres no rust up there
O yea keep scrubbing that primer I'm sure there's patina under there somewhere Burb looks Great..

Thanks bro

The family and I are head on vaca for a week, so this will be the last pics untill then ....

Pulled it inside the small front garage and decide to pull the front clip to get ready for engine install:
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Like to take note of shims....
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[ChiefRocka]

As I pull parts, various areas will need attention. From cleaning to rust proofing to actually steel replacement ... will be done before going back together.
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The immediate plan for this burban, is to do a driveable resto-job on it. Get it running right away....Then slowly perform all the need rust repairs, while still using it as it was intended.

Future plans, will include a frame swap...then a FULL resto will happen.

Also, I decided against the 4.3 Vortec swap for one reason. The engine's harness/ECM is already set up for running all the O2's and cat for my Zuk. I dont want to have it rework/reflashed for the burb, then reworked again back to smog.

So for now, unless a V8 shows up soon, I'm gonna borrow the 63's 292.
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Considering how bad this was...the lower bolt actually came all the way out...even was partially sealed
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