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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
This will be fun.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
neat! so REALLY short wheelbase, like an isuzu amigo? Love the thinking
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Wow.... you guys putting an 8,000 hp Top Fuel Engine in that frame!!!!!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
When it's all done how much of the original truck will be left- in terms of pounds? Considering that the truck weighed about 3,700 pounds new, what percentage of the original truck be left- about 25% ?
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Friday we got the front and back pushed back together. It looks very short in the picture but the door will get extended by 16" soon. We also got the shop cleaned up a little bit
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INSANE!!! add another awesome unique build to the list that folks will be talking about for a very very long time. oh you converted a long bed into a shortbox, thats nice. bet you never converted a suburban into a coupe'!!! will that side window be a slider? i may have an extra lock...
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Funny how things move on at different pace for everyone.
Yours is suddenly a light year ahead.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
interesting so far... visually after you chop and section it ,it will appear a lot longer and lower.....
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
btw... I was playing with your photo in "photochop"..... as the roof comes down, the upper section of the rear window, and the door frame get longer, so don't throw any of your scrap pieces away yet!**** some of that length could be remedied by leaning the rear post a little bit
when you do the doors if you have an extra set you could cut them both long , and then longer on the top to cut down on the welding and body work..
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Damn that's cool. Can't wait to see more of it like as in a roller.
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Today I tried to buy some "Easy Grind" mig wire so we can start welding the body back together but I can't find any locally. I ordered some but it's a week until it arrives. So we decided to continue cutting. We put the rear inner wheel well up on the table. We laid out some cut lines to raise the wheel well 5 5/8" The fender lip has to be raised 2" so we made this cut too. The last pictures are all that is left of the original inner panel.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
We spent some time welding the inner panel back together and patching rust spots.
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Part of the drivers side rear quarter panel that will be staying on the truck was badly dented. So I spent some time with the hammer and dolly trying to reshape it. Here's two photos at the start and two of the dent at the end of the day. More hammering tomorrow.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Quarter panel looks much better, nice work on the H&D
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Thanks Mark I'm learning as I go.
Just some patching on the wheel wells today.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
We finished patching the rust holes along the seam in the wheel well. Then we added a 2" strip to lower the wheel opening. The wheel opening actually ends up raised 1 5/8" on the quarter panel.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Some rust to repair on the wheel opening edge of the inner wheel well. We started replacing the edge on the wheel opening of the quarter panel.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
since i already bought one vehicle from canada i got the customs thing down, so when all mods are done, you can ship it to me and i'll get that rust off for ya, by adding years of enjoyment!!! the looks that thing will bring oh buddy. did you pick a wheel combo yet?
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Nice repairs!
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Looking really good, love the Salt Flat wheels!!
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Boy you sure get allot done. Looks great! The salt flats will look killer.
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Thanks A.D.
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Finished the wheel opening lip. Then we decided to replace the inside panel on the wheel well.
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Rust repair sure takes time. We finished the side panel. Then we patched a couple of spots along the center seam. With all the rust fixed we started welding the top part of the inside wall on to the wheel well.
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