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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
good work - steady progress.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Thanks man, I'm chipping away at it.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Stripped the interior and firewall today on the Burb and finally got rid of the old carpet that was stinking up the interior. I’m going to clean up the dirty firewall and see if I can get away with not painting it right now!
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
I'd vote for paint. Exterior, frame, suspension all look great. Bet the engine will too. Firewall may look out of place with everything else shiny. But then I paint the insides of the doors and do other OCD things.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
I agree, paint the firewall on the cowl area to better match with the exterior. The outside paint looks good in the pictures, just go ahead and paint it while you have it all apart. You might regret it later if you don't.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
It just needs cleaning & freshening-up. No need to go full tilt. Scrubbing & some cheap satin paint would work. Rattle can even (that's what I did for my dually where it was fubar).
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
That's exactly what I did on my GTO while I was in college. I didn't have the budget or experience to do the metal work on the firewall, so I just cleaned it up and used some rattle can paint. It didn't look bad either, just don't use cheap paint.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Been a while since I posted an update, life has been busy
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Keep it up. You'll be done before you know it. Looks good so far.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Nice work - I am hitting snags on my brakes but slowly moving along.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Very, very nice.
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Thanks, it’s been a while since I had any progress but I finally have some to post!
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Well the Burb got put on the back burner for the summer, my wife works weekends in the summer so my focus switched to watching my 14 month old son, which I wouldn’t trade that bonding time with him for anything! But it did mean that the Burb spent the summer collecting dust
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Glad to see you back on it, but totally understand the "distraction".
That tire and wheel looks killer back there. ![]()
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Wow, that looks great!
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
I managed to get a few things done on the Burb over the last couple of weekends. Getting ready to hopefully put the drivetrain in soon! I got the high hump installed, the transmission cleaned up and painted and also painted the firewall. Decided just to do a semi gloss black on the firewall. I like the way it came out, body color would have been nice but I just don’t have the time or space for that. Maybe one day if/when I get the truck repainted! Still have to fill the shifter holes in the high hump as well.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Looks good Keith! I cant wait to see this thing on the road again.
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Thanks Steven, me too. I can’t wait to hear the LS fire up for the first time!
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Detailing looks great, Keith. Glad to see you decided to tidy up the firewall. With all the other suspension/frame details, it would have looked out of place without some TLC. I''ll bet you're past ready to drop the LS in there.
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Re: The Family Truckster- 66 Suburban Build
Motor & Trans are in and I’m excited. Love the way it looks and went in without any hiccups. Ran out of time last night before I could set the angle of the motor and bolt the trans crossmember down. It’s just sitting in the frame rails right now holding the trans up. Also have to bolt the converter to the flex plate along with about a million other things still left to do
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