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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Thanks guys, hopefully he will make something of it and learn while doing so.
99 to life and Youngrodder make a good point about the lack of young people at street rod related events. My wife and I felt out of place for years as we were always way younger than everyone else. Not so much now as I turned 53 today. And young folks today have other interests I guess. Older guys do a double take and give a thumbs up to our '56 while young people don't even notice. So again, hopefully the young guy that found his Grandfathers truck will do something with it. We've been trying to pass this passion on to the next generation for a long time. Here in 1991 with our daughters. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
I go by the name Youngrodder as I was young (Late 20's) at the time I started my 48 build. Now in my early 40's I too am usually one of the younger people at the shows.
Marc[/QUOTE] I haven't cracked 40...yet. I am definitely one of the youngest if not thee youngest guy at the local car shows and cruise nights driving either my 49 Chevy or 53 IH Travel All. Most of the young guys (35-45) driving are normally in 70's muscle cars or 60's lowriders. My dream is still to get a 30's 4door or panel to work on with my girls one day. but no garage or space to store them in so until then....
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Sad to let a project go but sometimes focus can be a good thing. You can get to driving your burb sooner
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
It's a different world down here most all my friends and I love old hotrods and we are all in our early 20s... I'm 22
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Awesome story and even more awesome what you did for him. Your suburban is looking great. Love seeing the progress pictures. Keep up the good work. Wish I would have ran the whole power tour we would have ran into each other. There is always next year though.
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
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So yesterday was my birthday and we spent it doing what we wanted to do which was work on the 'Burb. And aging as I am I really appreciate more light so we took care of that. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
About noon yesterday it dawned on me I would need cross support pieces for the flat floor going under the seats. Closest town to us (400 people) has a great welding and manufacturing business that produces livestock equipment. Called the owner who I've known for many years, described what I needed and asked if they could bend me up two pieces out of 16 gauge before the day was over.
No problem he said and an hour later they were done with a bill of only $20. Going to work with him on the back floor on the 'Burb. Really good folks to work with. Wife sanded the flat steel going in the floor this morning and we were able to weld prime, fit and weld in the support pieces as well. Maybe overkill with two, though it will be solid. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
AD, I agree the two pieces is what I would have done. Just want to make sure the first time is my thought...Jim
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The same fabrication and welding shop provided the 16 gauge and the edges needed trimming since the truck narrows to the front. Set up some clamps and heavy bar stock on the welding table to cut to the line with the cut off wheel. Probably not how Chip or Troy does it. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Then we did the lay out on the floor to determine where holes were needed for the rosette welding. Spacing them three inches apart created the need for about 104 holes. The circa 1900 vintage industrial drill press came through and in a little over an hour it was done.
Pretty happy all the holes look to be in the right place. One item I overlooked though was the spacing between the cross channel surface the top of the original floor. Going to need to cover over the channels with 16 gauge making them a box, then the floor will fit very flat with little to no natural gap. If I would have thought it through, I would have done like Youngrodder and had a 90 degree up flange at the back. Then would have removed all the remaining floor at the back. This approach will still work though. Great day in the shop with my Wife! Happy Independence Day! |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
^^^That's the same way I do it, but I use 1"X1" square tubing, helps to keep the wheel straight
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Man that's a hell of a drill press. Floor piece looks good...Jim
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
great progress and I luuuuv the drillpress. I luv vintage tools, we will never have anything as well build and awesome looking in future years.
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Anyway, back to the Suburban. We are building this one to be able to take long trips with it. And while the original seats are in good condition and look cool, we don't believe they will be very comfortable. So the wife and I have been discussing installing newer style seats. With the floor fabrication where it is now it would be a simple matter to build in appropriate / solid seat mounts for the newer seats. I will be doing some thread searching for seats used in AD Suburbans and we are way open for seat suggestions. Thinking buckets in front and a bench behind. Thanks guys, always appreciate suggestions. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
advanced i have a 49 burb and used approx 2004 ( seats were out of vehicle at junk yard when i bought them ) chevrolet tahoe seats. I like them because they have electric 6 way adjustment and come with built in seatbelts. Great for long distance cruising. I moved them back enough that the rear portion of the riser sits on the steel crossmember of the back floorboard and built a front riser from some 1-1/2 wide tubing stacked 3 high. i am out of pocket for the holiday weekend but can send some pics of you need them. also there is a burb/panel forum over on stovebolt.com if you need any assistance w questions. great work on your burb
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Week of vacation progress-
My humble progress for the week of vacation.
Thanks for the encouragement, information and ideas guys. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Looks great and progress is progress...Jim
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
49 bourbon if you could please post here, I would be interested in seeing them as well
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
I'm running leather seats with integrated seat belts out of an Avalanche in my 68. I think my 53 might have 2010 caravan seats in it. I work at a salvage yard so I get plenty of time to look for goodies.
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Thanks Jim, one item almost done, 3,465 left to go!
Thanks 68 Four on the Floor. Appreciate the bounce back. Imagine you can source some really good parts! |
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Seat theme vs seat theme-
Spent some time looking at seats for the 'Burb.
The 2007 - 2013 Silverado / Tahoe / Suburban front bucket seats look very good and would be an easy install with a flat floor as all four mounting points are in the same flat plane. And the Trailblazer seats with integrated belts could be a good option though more difficult to mount. So, all the internet looking brought me full circle to considering the vehicle theme or "look". You know when a vehicle just looks "right". And since we are going for the "We just pulled this out of the weeds and put it on the road look" a newer seat doesn't match that theme. Like mixing art deco with contemporary. To check my thinking, we set in the 'Burb a second row seat from a Buick (will fold and tip forward) and the original for comparison. While everyone has different ideas (and that is very good) we are back to using the originals. |
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Nice progress on the flooring. I also added a cross brace to support the front of the seat risor. I used 1 x 2 square tube.
I agree with your thinking of using the original seats. Good call. Marc
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Great work and for sure I'm all about the OG seats. its almost impossible for me to like a modern seat in an old car/truck. it is very hard to pull that off. Some guys have done it, but its very easy to be the biggest eye soar as they just cosmetically throw things off. Now seeing an LS under the hood I'm down with, but I also like seeing an sbc or an inline. Interior is a whole different game. keep up the good work.
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Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
Yea I sometimes find good deals. If you need pics or anything I'd be more than happy to help.
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