A Suburban Joins The Herd

[Dinos63]

Here is a few pics and some in my front yard , i have a tiny house with a big garage perfect!

[jocko]

Those are great - thanks for posting the green 66 before the mods (well, the REST of the mods) - that's a great truck!

Curiosity satisfied.

[64shortc10]

Any Updates on the burban Dino?
Tony from Norcal

[Dinos63]

YEAH I DO, THE WEATHER WAS GREAT ONLY 100 THIS WEEKEND SO I GOT AFTER ALL THOSE CROSS MEMBERS I GOT THEM ALL OUT AND A LITTLE SCRUBBED DOWN ON THE FRAME THIS WEEKEND. I AM GOING TO CLEAN IT UP SOME MORE AND PAINT IT,HICUPICUP(ROB) MY BUDDY IS DOING SOME COOL INSTRUCTION FOR NATE AND HE IS COMING OVER TO LEND ME HAND A TAKE SOME PICS ALSO, I AM HOPING TO HAVE IT ROLLING SOON

[scotts62]

Awesome dude keep on it

[Fudge]

And a 15 Window deluxe. Nice. I think you might be a brother from another mother. I've had a few early buses

[sams60gmc]

Subscribed. Another awesome build Dino.

[Dinos63]

MY BUDDY ROB CAME BY TODAY AND GAVE ME A HAND ON MY FRAME,ROBS IS DOING A PROJECT FOR NATE ON SOME INSTRUCTIONS OF THE INSTULATION OF THE D/M FRONT AND REAR KIT AND IT WORK OUT COOL TODAY,ROB THANKS A TON FOR THE HELP KAT!!!,I HAVE GONE BACK IN FORTH WEATHER TO POWDER COAT THIS P/B PROJECT. I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT ON TWO OF MY OTHER TRUCKS, AND EVEN THOUGHT OF CHROMING SOME OF THE PARTS BUT AND HAVE DECIDED JUST TO PAINT EVERY BLACK BOLTS AND WASHER TOO , SATURDAY I HOPE TO PULL THE MOTOR AND TRANS ON MY 66 TRUCK AND MY OTHER NEPHEW (CHRIS) IS WANTING TO BUILD ONE OF THESE TRUCKS SO I SOLD HIM THE TRUCK SUPER CHEAP

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by Fudge

And a 15 Window deluxe. Nice. I think you might be a brother from another mother. I've had a few early buses

[lolife99]

Dino... How do you like driving a truck with the "manual" rack on the Dropmember?
Do your other trucks have a manual or power rack?

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by lolife99

dino... How do you like driving a truck with the "manual" rack on the dropmember?
Do your other trucks have a manual or power rack?

the white truck (78 ) is power and its killer, and the rest are manual and they work great, I perfer the manual rack.i drive my stuff super low and i seem to have better control if that makes sense

[ruffrida2005]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

the white truck (78 ) is power and its killer, and the rest are manual and they work great, I perfer the manual rack.i drive my stuff super low and i seem to have better control if that makes sense

Your just Cheap Dino, haha JK bro. The frame is looking good.

[Mad Rods]

Hey Dino, what size drop do you have on that new body silverado? Are those Boss 330 24's?

[OARNGESI]

Really nice i really like the bus

[roofingbloke]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

well i got some work done today, my buddy chris came over and helped, we got the frame rolling, all the fab work mocked up, air bags on.Then we put the body back on,and it looks cool with 15teens. The truck will sit for a few weeks so i can finish my 78, then pull the body off , clean and paint the frame ,run the brake lines and finish welding up every thing, sits nice here is a few pics

Hi Dino, I have a question for you,

Why does the front crossmember have a cut out in the lower sump area, as you seem to have this truck very low.

I am just about to bag my 63 long fleet & as i am in the UK i want to go as low as possible without purchasing a complete new front suspension and pay for shipping and import duty etc etc,

I am on 2" drop spindles, Any info would be great, Thanks Darron

[jmedero]

Daren that cit out is to make room for the rack n pinion that the dropmember from Porterbuilt street rods uses. It is designed to lay the truck flat on the ground. If you cant get a hold of a dropmember then you could do a Z cut on the front frame moving the whole susp up a couple of inches. Not much cost here just a LOT of work. You can also section a out an inch and a half out of your front crossmember and get really low. Mine has a sectioned xmember and almost lays out up front. A little more work and it will. Over all the dropmember is the easiest and most effective but if you can't get one either of these could work. Check it out at porterbuiltstreetrods.com. You can also search the other two options on this site with the search tool and see how they were done.
Juan
Oh yea Dino keep it up. Buddy.

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by mad rods

hey dino, what size drop do you have on that new body silverado? Are those boss 330 24's?

yes on the wheels and its a 5 /7 drop with flip kit and small rear notch , kevin at grunions lowered it. Man dude it rides killer! And the 24 dont rub a bit

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by roofingbloke

Hi Dino, I have a question for you,

Why does the front crossmember have a cut out in the lower sump area, as you seem to have this truck very low.

I am just about to bag my 63 long fleet & as i am in the UK i want to go as low as possible without purchasing a complete new front suspension and pay for shipping and import duty etc etc,

I am on 2" drop spindles, Any info would be great, Thanks Darron

DARRON SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION,I STARTED THIS THREAD DOING A PANCAKE FRONT END ,THEN I SOLD THE TRUCK TO A FRIEND HE HAD IT FOR A FEW YEARS AND I BOUGHT IT BACKTHEN SWITCH UP TO ALL THE COOLEST D/M STUFF. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION I THINK YOUR ASKING ME ABOUT THE PANCAKE(STOCK FRONT END) THAT WAS THE OLD SCHOOL WAY YOU TAKE A SECTION OUT THE STOCK CROSS MEMBER AND MOVES THE SUSPENSION UP, HOPE THAT MAKE SENSE? ALSO THANKS JMEDERO

[ratty 46]

Dinos - Your the kind of guy I want to move in next door to!!!

Great projects & great progress on the burb.

Ratty 46

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by ratty 46

Dinos - Your the kind of guy I want to move in next door to!!!

Great projects & great progress on the burb.

Ratty 46

THANKS

[Dinos63]

ANOTHER PERFECT 110 DEGREE DAY IN PHX SATURDAY BUT AFTER WORK I DID MANAGE TO GET SOME STUFF DONE .MY NEPHEW CHRIS CAME OVER AND WE PULL THE ENGINE AND TRANNY OUT OF THE 66 TRUCK AND HAD A TOW TRUCK TAKE IT TO HIS HOUSE FOR HIM TO START HIS PROJECT, I AM LUCKY THAT MY KIDS AND NEPHEWS ARE INTO THESE TRUCKS ALSO, IT MAKES IT FUN FOR ME TO GET TO HELP THEM AND THERE ALWAYS DOWN TO HELP ME TOO.I MOVED MY FRAME INSIDE TOO TO GET IT FINSHED. MY BUDDY ROB JUST STARTED HIS FRAME AND WILL SOON BE KICKIN MY BUTT GETTING HIS FINSHED BEFORE ME I AM HOPING TO GET MY SUB TO GOODGUYS IN NOVEMBER,NATE I AM TRYING

[Fudge]

The Bus is cool, but a New Beetle? Come on dude that better be like the sons girlfriends friends or something

[scotts62]

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by Fudge

The Bus is cool, but a New Beetle? Come on dude that better be like the sons girlfriends friends or something

THE WIFES TURBO BEETLE WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD VWS I BOUGHT THAT IN 01 AND IT HAS LESS THAN 3000 MILES, BUT SHE DID SURPRISE ME LAST MONTH WITH HER NEW 011 RS/SS CAMARO SO SHE STILL IN THE CLUB

[jmedero]

I do think dino has built up enough bad ass points to drive a focus and make it cool, not that he would......... But I bet he could.
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