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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Marc,
Do you have a build thread for your truck? Greg |
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Greg-
Sorry, no I don't. It was a long build (11yrs). I will be updating my burb build soon. I have made some progress I just need to get the pics up. Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Wow, you've got me beat by 2 years! I thought I was stretching it out pretty good at 9. Will you be coming to Centreville on Saturday? They've been doing "Feature Vehicles" the last couple of years and this time it is Classic Trucks.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Looking forward to those updates!
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Me too...JK
I will try to get on it in the next day or so. Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
AD-
You modivated me... Here are a few of the rust repair. I added a floor brace for improved structure. When I put the seat riser back in, the front will be supported by this brace. I also metal preped and put por rust gaurd on the floors and sill. I used 16 guage sheet metal for the floors. More to come
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Marc, nice update, enjoy the trip and show...Jim
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Marc,
Looking good, the Impala wheel will add a nice touch. Keep it up! |
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Great pictures of the gathering Marc, thanks for sharing. Really cool look to his designs.
And thank you Marc and Jim for the battery drop down box....I really had a mental "blank out" on that one. That is the value of asking a question and kicking things around. |
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Great progress on a nice build. dug
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Thanks Dug. I have been working on it and I need to get some pics updated. I got a very nice chrome grille from a friend for basically free.
Stay tuned. Marc
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Nice score on the grille! Looking forward to the updates Marc.
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Well I made it back late this afternoon from the Columbus GG show. It was great. I got to meet Bob "Old N Slow" and check out his truck. Very cool when you can have a human interaction with someone that you have only talked to or followed on this forum. I also meet Justin from Pro Performance and Scotts from Scotts hot rods.
I bought a couple of cool piece for the Suburban. I have been thinking of making a cool roof rack and filling it with random stuff. Here is a pick of what I'm thinking. I bought the following: Vintage luggage to either go in the subruban or on the roof rack. A crusty guide light that will clean up great. Cool light for $20 I also put down a deposit for my Porterbuilt drop member with Justin at Pro Performance. No turning back now. Marc
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I love the rack
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Me too. Sounds like you had a good time. Get's the juices flowing to do more fabrication. I was 20 miles from GG in Columbus and didn't have time to make it there.
Suitcase is cool. Reminds me of my buddies Suburban done in an "Island Bus" theme. |
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Ok, I got some time on the Suburban this weekend. I need to travel to Chicago for work so I will be off it for the next few (hot) days.
I started by drilling and tapping (2) passenger side door hinge bolts that were snapped off. That went pretty well once I sourced a 3/8 24 (fine) thread tap. I treated the back side of the cowl areas to degresser followed by metal prep then por15. I wanted to treat this area on the backside prior to welding up the cowls. AD trivia time. What year AD cab came with louvers on both the drive and passenger side cowls???? Anwser.......only available on 1953 ![]() I also sent my seat riser with my buddy that is taking a customers 69 Camaro to a media blaster. I need to keep pluggin away because Advance Design is making us all look bad with his progress.... Until next time.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
looking good, I absolutely luv the louvers on these trucks. also the upper cowl vent that most guys weld shut. Gotta luv those little things that actually serve a purpose and look cool. keep up the work, can't wait to see another burb on the road.
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
you going to have A/C in the burb?
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I might not intially. I have it in my 48 and I'm yet to get it charged. I like driving with my windows down alot. Since I will be running slider windows in the back it might move some decent air. I had a guy really help me out with a sweat deal on the back side glass (:.
If I run it I like the look of Restomodair. www.restomodair.com It looks expensive but unique. How about you? Marc
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
AD, Iceburg and Marc, you guys are hogging up all the space on here with these burb builds, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it
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Iceburg AD Me AD and I have a track record of dragging things out. Marc
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Life is about to get in the way....I would like to have mine done by October but reality is Feb
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