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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
extreme resto mod or extreme mod resto. better yet plain awesome!!!
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Where did THAT bolt go?
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Weekly update!! Spent the weekend tieing up loose ends on the outside of the burb. My biggest job was to cut out and reweld the roof joint. What an emasculating endeavor! That was the hardest thing ive ever welded. I had to cut this thing twice due to oil canning the roof. Oh well, its done...
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
That does not look like a fun job...
Nice work Marc
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Awesome project.
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
I had to reweld mine twice too.
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Where did THAT bolt go?
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Not much to report this weekend. All i did was weld the floor and firewall. I also stripped the paint from the inside of the two front doors. Man, that factory paint is really stuck on there. Aircraft stripper barely touched it!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
I always enjoy seeing your updates. I like how this one is coming together.
Any progress is good progress. Marc
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Great progress!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
nice work!! I really like it!!!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
That is such a nice rig ,love it .
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Where did THAT bolt go?
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Been super busy lately on the burb, but its a bunch of small jobs in prep for painting the interior. Sanding, seam seal, etc...
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
I also got the engine compartment cleaned up and painted. I was shocked how well the motor turned out!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
It is really coming together well. It's going to look like it rolled out of the factory!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Great progress!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Looks awesome.
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Where did THAT bolt go?
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Primer tomorrow, paint on Easter!!!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Looking good!!!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
That is getting with it.You are movin' along.Very cool
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Just awesome!!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Can't wait to see this one finished awesome build
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Very nice work!
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Glad your eye is ok. Seen the pic on IG. Get well.
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Thanks man!!! I got really lucky!
Heres the story: my wife and two daughters went on a week long disney cruise and left me at home to work on my truck in solitude. The week went ok, i didnt get as far as i wanted, but made good progress. Sunday afternoon comes and im stripping paint off of the inner window trim with a wire wheel attachment on an angle grinder. It seems that one of the wire bristles flies off, bounces off my shoulder, flies past my full face shield AND glasses and hits me in the right eye. My eye immediately starts to bleed inside (the white part). Went to the emergency room, after 6 hours, i got a tetanus shot and an xray. The swelling in down, and looks much worse than it is, but i got lucky guys. Heres a pic, i hope this isnt too graphic:
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
ouch.....That makes my eyes water just looking at it. Glad your not in too much pain and you wont have any long term effects.
Marc
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Re: 1966 Suburban...Sort of...Trailblazer SS SWAP
Glad to hear you are going to be okay. Yeah about half of the time I end up with something in my eye is when I have all my eye protection on. Stuff just bounces around and finds that little slit of an opening.
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