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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
No this event doesn't travel. There are a number of English wheels, bag stands, tables, and other tools that are stored in the fairground buildings. Folks gather in Oblong to share information and sharpen skills about metal shaping. Many years we have attendees from California (and around the world) and usually there are similar events there. MetalMeet,com is a good source for the events.
I have made good friends and met many talented people through this event. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
One of the participants was modifying a 1950 GMC Suburban grill opening to house a 1952 Buick grill. It came out pretty nice.
The event is held at the Crawford County IL fairgrounds which offers a nice lake and camping spots / RV hook ups back in the trees.
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Dagger tools is always there and he runs a metal shaping class during the event.
Tool drool...may pick the dies up tomorrow. One of the members always has interesting pre-owned tools. |
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Man I would love to be able to attend an event like that. Thanks for the pictures Doug...Jim
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You and Mark should try to come over next year. Really a good group of people and a very friendly atmosphere. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Kay made this firewall this week.
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Fender patch panel nearing completion. Really nice work by this talented participant.
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Will see what's in the cards next year, would love to be there...Jim
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Suburban is waiting patiently for me to get back on it. I followed Lower50's advice and ordered two tanks like he has. They are nice pieces that come with their own mounting brackets. Thanks Lower50's! Only other thing I've done is count the splines on the rear axle - 28 - for the center section. The growing grass is slowing down so might be able to get back on it soon.... |
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That's some cool stuff. Maybe some day.....
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That custom grill was very slick. Most custom treatments look well lets say......more different than custom. I like that one though.
Get back on that Burb.. Marc
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It is pretty cool. Arkansas isn't that far away. Maybe you can make it next year?
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Coolest part is all the projects and hands on. Plus the good people! Thanks again for the lead on the tanks. One of these days I will install them! Mark, would be great if you and Jim could make it! |
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That's really cool you all get together like that. Some really skilled folks that have a talent I simply do not. Very cool!
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No prob glad to help. Looks like a really cool show.
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Wow that looks like a very cool class...... I want to thank you for that link I'm sure I can't do it so I'm going to a friends to night and see if he can do it. Your Burb is cool I need something in that body style ...
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Have you tried the Camaro manifolds yet?
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Anyway, they looked pretty close on yours after the angle mill, so I am thinking mine might not fit. I was in the shop getting some of this other stuff fixed and I was pretty sure the 48 Burb was kinda miffed.... |
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You are welcome blake. Hopefully it will work out for you. We like this body style burb and a few guys on here are building them. Actually, mine has been in super slow motion build for awhile.
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Thank's for sharing Doug...would love to attend next year if we can swing it!
Mark...
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Your right, didn't realize how close we are. Maybe 8 hours.......
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
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What gas tank are you using? Or is that TBD? I was planning on using a 65 mustang as that sounded like the logical choice for us AD guys, but after looking at the rear brace/body mount. I'm not sure it will fit like it does for the truck guys. I'm also thinking about reworking my stock LS wiring harness. I think that I read that your going with aftermarket...I'm not judging. I might end up going that route myself. Just curious what you figured out. Marc
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Right now I have a vague idea of using a Mustang or Camaro tank from the 60's in the rear and routing the fill over to the sidewall behind the tire then out to the rear fender. Hollister Road Company has some packages for the fill pipes that look promising. One of Crafty B's gas caps would be pretty cool to use. Here is an example https://instagram.com/p/9pQi2MLpa5/ Anyway I haven't puzzled it out too much yet for packaging needs. And I am pretty sure a rear fill will not work unless the tank is really low. I will need to remove or modify the rear crossmember like I did in the truck. And I have a truck frame under my Burb. I thought the rear crossmembers for the truck and Suburban were the same? For the LS harness I will likely use BP Automotive. A good friend who is very talented and does a lot of LS swaps, did modify one stock harness. It just takes so long to make it route and look good he said it was almost as easy to make one from scratch. Getting one from a supplier saves a lot of build time. He has used a number of them from different companies and is currently most impressed with BP. We have a giant "Honey Do" list of stuff for the yard this week end so I don't think I will make the shop....again. Unless it keeps raining! Marc, please throw up some pictures of yours to get me motivated and hungry again! |
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Funny you mentioned Crafy. I'm very familiar with him. His shop is 40 minutes north from my house. Every summer he has an open house and last yr I drove my 48 to it with some friends in there hot rods. It was very cool. Yes, I thought of selling my stock harness to put the money towards an aftermarket harness. I was surprised by how much they sell for. With aftermarket you can also have the length such that you can better hide the computer. I might have gotten a big parts delivery, but have been asked to hold off on pics for a bit. Shhhhhhhhhh. I'm very stoked by the quality. I will try to update with some pics of some of my progress. Marc
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
I hope both of you guys have better luck with the LS swap then I did.
I pulled my 2nd harness and PCM out and starting over with a MSD efi system. This way I can tune this myself using a handheld that comes with it. Finding anyone who can tune these I have found out are either full of BS or are booked out 6 weeks. Everything was going great until I got to sea level on a day in the 40's. The tune that was in it didn't like that combo and would barley run....MSD should fix that. Have a something similar on my truck but it is a throttle body. No issues at all. |
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As for tuning. My friends (Dutchboys Hotrods) who build high end grand touring cars with modern LS motors use a company close to Grand Rapids MI called Baker Engineering. They have a really good rep with that car scene. http://www.bakerengineeringinc.com/ Marc
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