Our "What are we going to do?" 66 Suburban Build

[RockTonka]

Hey,
Good to see ya over here, lots of good peeps to help you on your 63 burb. Be warned though, we like lots of pics...maybe a build thread on your ride??

I'm out of town tonight, but I'll try to get you some pics of the rear underside tomorrow when I get back.
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[piratexpress1369a]

ah cool thanks ..just doing a little late night cruising of the site now..the only pic i have uploaded is a old shot before i crashed it in winter of 1999..i did kind of repair it but it needs some big time work now ,,rusting pretty bad ,but that can be replaced ..

[RockTonka]

Ahhh, gotcha...you've had it for a bit then.
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[piratexpress1369a]

bought it spring 1999

[RockTonka]

Still working on pulling the engine together... bolted up the t400, a set of tight fitting headers that I hope work, and dropped a edelbrock thunder series 800 carb with a spectre filter/housing on top that we liked.
We hope to start pulling the front of the burb apart next week and begin cleaning and prepping for the new drivetrain.

[piratexpress1369a]

look shiny new parts !!! looks great now stop wasting time and get that mounted

[RockTonka]

I'd like to, but still working on getting more parts in...talking to Justin at Scott's Hotrod's about some CPP parts for the front end.

[Scottshotrods]

Thanks for the order and your motor looks sick !!!!!!

Justin

[RockTonka]

Thanks Justin!

I really appreciate your taking the time that you did this afternoon to help me fiqure out what I needed.

We ended up going with CPP's Grand slam kit that retains the stock 6-lug confiquration going to discs and dropping the front a bit with 2.5" spindles and the rear with some HD 4" springs...can't wait for the parts to get here!

Gonna start the tear down this week...

[Dinos63]

always such nice work looks great boys!!

[oklahomaduner]

Thanks Dino!

Well my dad had to head out of town for a few days so I thought I'd start pulling things off and got carried away... First thing tomorrow the motor will be out and I will have the suspension unbolted, the spindles are already busted loose.

[oklahomaduner]

And I thought this was kinda cool.

[piratexpress1369a]

Originally Posted by oklahomaduner

And I thought this was kinda cool.

that is a cool shot

[RockTonka]

I leave for a day and my boy tore my %#@* all up...
















I'm so proud

[piratexpress1369a]

lol, see what happens when you are not home

[hemifalcon]

Ship that old motor up my way!!!
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[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by hemifalcon

Ship that old motor up my way!!!
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It's ready for ya...

[RockTonka]

Still cleaning and prepping, my boy has got the crossmember out and rough cleaned...should be painted and back in by tomorrow. He also picked up a set of 73+ mounts from pull-a-part for a couple bucks

[hemifalcon]

It's cool seeing you guys (father and son) working together on the projects.. Keep it up..

[mud.man.rj]

Noticed your Burb thread and looked the whole thing over, very nice find and really like the direction your going with it...especially the Big block, have to have a big block in everyone of my builds and most of my buddy's too. Should move the burb pretty good with the 3.73 ratio and 4spd. Keep up the cool build, thanks for sharing.

[RockTonka]

Thanks Hemi and mudman...your responses help keep us motivated!

My son was working on his truck with our paint/body buddy today and left me to fend for myself

Finished up the AC comp mount...it will be a while before we work out the rest of the AC system but I wanted to have the comp on for fitment.

Other than running plug wires, the engine/trans is about ready to drop in...

[RockTonka]

We wanted to clean up the engine bay a bit before dropping the new drivetrain and needed to repair a bit of rust along the top of the firewall.

I've welded most of my life, but have always shied away from bodywork...didn't want to fubar something

Decided to jump into the firewall work, figured it would be easy to hide if needed.

I think it'll be alright...

[RockTonka]

Getting there...finished the inside two spots (execpt for a bit of bondo) and got the first piece of the pass side repair in and will work the firewall piece in tomorrow.

[chad64chevy]

urban is looking great! thanks for letting know about the grille you son has, i'll be getting it in a few weeks from him, buying a hobart mig welder this week! the rims you just put on are the same i've been looking for, im going to use 2000 model hubcaps on mine, they still look good, heres a quick pic for you, just another option for ya!!

[Dinos63]

always top notch work !