8-9 seater shortbed

[1badgmc]

Originally Posted by chris@bigjranch.com

wow, cool pics 1badgmc! I'm good though, no need for donations for a dually kit
It's neat to see someone had a similar idea as mine.

And that's not the first one I've seen.

Way back in '97, I was at the Sport Truck Nationals show in Owensboro, KY. There was an extended crew shortbed dually there, but his had a twist. The extended cab portion came from a 3-door truck. So, it was now a 5-door extended crew.

I took pics of it. It's probably buried somewhere in a bag of undeveloped film I have that I can't find.

[rchavez101]

Christopher you need to get the side moulding put all the way back. It would make it look so much better. Keep up the great work.

[mountie]

Originally Posted by 1badgmc

And that's not the first one I've seen.

Way back in '97, I was at the Sport Truck Nationals show in Owensboro, KY. There was an extended crew shortbed dually there, but his had a twist. The extended cab portion came from a 3-door truck. So, it was now a 5-door extended crew.

I took pics of it. It's probably buried somewhere in a bag of undeveloped film I have that I can't find.

What I saw some years ago was a 4-door Dually with a shell, and the back of the cab was opened up completely, and the rear bed area was a limo-looking room.

Hmmm...... Very do-able....

[1badgmc]

Originally Posted by mountie

What I saw some years ago was a 4-door Dually with a shell, and the back of the cab was opened up completely, and the rear bed area was a limo-looking room.

Hmmm...... Very do-able....

I saw a stretched Dodge Ram dually limo done up like that in Dallas. The cab was stretched a good 10' and then there was a shell on the bed with no rear cab wall, extending the interior space all the way to the tailgate.

[TowwDogg]

Originally Posted by 89chevsj

the pic of the chopped up ext cab gave me an idea. We've all seen the utility trailers made of truck boxes, but what if (just thinkin out loud here) you cut a wrecked ext cab after the doors, boxed in the giant hole and created a sleeper trailer! no need to add a door if theres a sliding rear window. sorry had to speak up on that one.

Or you could seal up the front of that extra cab with the rear doors of a suburban and make a nice sleeper trailer.

[TowwDogg]

Great Build...Not a simple project... Your Build has inspired Two more similar trucks. My Son ( DUB X ) and I have started his 50/50 Turban project. My son showed me this site a few weeks back and I have spent many many hours looking at builds. I liked your Idea the most. Ours will be a little shorter than yours but very close. we will be using a standard cab for the back of the truck and and a short truck bed, but cutting the burb off farther back than yours. we want to be able to lay the back seats down when its finished. The raised floor will be a challange but we will figure it out. I would really like to see yours up close.

[chris@bigjranch.com]

come up some time, we'll have coffee :-)
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[Dub_X]

Originally Posted by chris@bigjranch.com

come up some time, we'll have coffee :-)
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LOL coffee would be nice if either me or my dad could stand to drink it. Hey how did you title the truck? Because my dad's '97, is titled under a 4-door passenger vehicle, but my '94 is titled under a utility vehicle. How is yours titled and tagged?

[Dub_X]

Still need to take you up on that offer to go look at the truck, though.

[maxxxy]

Very sweet build! If you can take on a project like that, then I have no reason to procrastinate on finishing my simple 81 swb! Lol
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[chris@bigjranch.com]

Here are some more recent pics of the driverside. the passenger side is still green and rusted out......one side at a time right?

[chris@bigjranch.com]

I've decided I need rear a/c Anyone have any experience building their own AC um (evaporator?) box with the fan and coil in. The one that was in the rear of the suburban is damaged, not to mention too big to fit under the rear seat. My plan is to build my own to fit under the rear seat of the extended cab. It will no longer have a heater coil or floor registers, therefore saving space from the heater coil and dampers involved. Building the box to house the factory components becomes the issue.

[Dub_X]

I didn't even realize you didn't use the rear AC. I figure you had set it up. We were gonna use it, but the rear ac lines were destroyed. I guess at one time the Suburban had a blowout in the right rear and it just hashed the ac lines.

[Dub_X]

Also - was wondering if you were gonna be able to make it to any of the Wheaton cruise-ins this year?

[chris@bigjranch.com]

Originally Posted by Dub_X

Also - was wondering if you were gonna be able to make it to any of the Wheaton cruise-ins this year?

Ya never know, when are they? Every Friday night?
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[Dub_X]

Originally Posted by chris@bigjranch.com

Ya never know, when are they? Every Friday night?
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First Saturday of each month, excluding July and September.

5 PM to 9 PM

May 5
June 2
August 4
October 6

[chris@bigjranch.com]

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[chris@bigjranch.com]

Here's some pictures of the scoop I've been working onPosted via Mobile Device
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[chris@bigjranch.com]

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[Dub_X]

Glad to see you're still workin' on her! Any chance of you being able to come to the august cruise in?

[chris@bigjranch.com]

I dunno, I've got a friend thats moving that weekend and right after I got this last picture taken, I looked under the truck and there was a puddle of antifreeze.
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[Dub_X]

No worries man, I understand.

[chris@bigjranch.com]

got some more stuff done! The KIDHLR Barn! :-)

[chris@bigjranch.com]

well, tried to post pics but wouldn't let me do to some certificate thing

[chris@bigjranch.com]

There we go, pics of the new old barn