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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Nice work 65sub!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Thanks A.D.
I got a little busy this week but we did manage to get some work done. First we tacked the inner fenders in place then finish welded the top section
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
We also got the frame painted with POR 15
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
The work here just blows my mind.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Thanks rusty I'm glad you're enjoying it.
On friday we decided it would be easier to weld the bottom of the inner fenders with the truck flipped on its end. So we cut the top of the door frame since it will have to cut soon anyway. Mother Nature had already separated the rocker panels and the floor. Then we lifted off the firewall and windshield and set the back section on its end
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Once we got the back section on its end we started making pieces to connect the inner fender. We also pushed the old frame out to the junk pile that will go for scrap.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
I have a bunch of pictures to upload so this will take a few posts. First are some shots of the top of the windshield frame in the corners. Also a picture of flipping the frame up to paint the bottom.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
This post shows the body going on the frame and then being levelled
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
my daily crack!!! keep it coming...
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First time's free! Lots more coming
Well we got so tired of moving the huge roof around that we decided to skip ahead and chop the top so we can put the roof back on. We started by carefully measuring 4" on all the pillars. Then after careful study we decided it wasn't enough and marked them again at 5". Then there's nothing left but the cutting.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
I also included pictures of the inside structure of the A, B and C pillars.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
looking cool!
when I chopped the top on my 61 I removed the inner trim panel so that I could access the center part of the pillar to weld that up
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
.. and when I put a new cowl on my 64 sub I did it like this:
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Thanks for the pictures Jon. I will be cutting access holes on all 6 pillars to allow welding of the inner structure. After the pillars get welded all of the cross bracing will have to be extended. Then comes cutting the roof to fit. We sure are using up a pile of cutting and sanding disks.
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Today we started fitting the top half of the pillars. the last two pictures show the alignment issues with the C pillar
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
We took a break from the project today to change the valve seals on the 409 in my daily driver plus a couple of other small repairs.
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We took another short break to repair a leaking lower rad hose on my suburban today. Then we started tacking the tops on the pillars. First the outside of the B pillar then on the inside we removed the top of the inner panel for access. The rear pillar needs so much modification that there are only a few places to tack. Aligning the window frame required a small relief cut before we could start tacking.
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Interesting....a 409 with dual TBI....is this in the red Suburban?
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Wow, very nice 409 set up! Nice work on the B and C pillars.
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65sub....very glad to see another "w" engine truck. I'm in the middle of two projects, but my 2nd is a 63 short fleet with a 348. What exhaust manifolds and mounts did you use on your 409?
I've got plenty of clearance with the engine mocked in. Will be using the POL mounts like I used on my other big block build, but interested to see what you did on your build. Thanks in advance. Jon.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Todays we worked on the A pillars. We got them fit and tacked and some of the out side welded.
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Thanks for the response and pics. I have the factory 348 manifolds which are 2" manifolds. At some point someone did some work on my engine. Block was cast in 58 @250hp, but the heads are 61 @315hp, so its nice to have the upgraded heads. The 348-409 forum guys recommend that I go with the 2.5" manifolds from the 409 which I've been watching for a year on ebay and they are not cheap. I'll continue to keep my eyes peeled though. I have test fit with a fan blade and full shroud in place and it looks like I'm ok on clearance. I'll let you know how it goes once I get back into it. I'm on the down side to getting my stepside done right now, but I'm sure I'll have more questions down the road. Great job on your builds....caught up on the whole thread yesterday. Outstanding work!!!! Be sure to check out the 348/409 truck thread we have going also. Link: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=630055
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Love this thing. Are you planning a giant door like Bomp or it looks like to me maybe a regular door with a small suicide door like a modern cab? Either way it'll be cool
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That's an unbelievable build! I can't wait to see the finished product.
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