Project "Mid Life Crisis Low Rider Burb"

[wancosc356]

Very nice build! Im really diggin that blue!

[gemiii]

Originally Posted by 1956cameo

The suburban is coming along nicely. Keep us posted!

Thanks for looking. I will.

Originally Posted by noteron

its looking really good...I love that blue

Thanks. I looked at every blue there was and I think I got the right one.

Originally Posted by sgaylord

Awesome work. You are definitely an inspiration.

Thanks. Sometimes its even fun.

Originally Posted by 69chevyshort

Coming along nicely

Thanks

Originally Posted by 19723DR

Great job. Subscribed.

Thank You

Originally Posted by Sinister

Don't know how I missed this one. Awesome build. Subscribed.

Thanks also.

Originally Posted by wancosc356

Very nice build! Im really diggin that blue!

You can look at chips all day but seeing a blue on a car in the sunlight doesnt lie.

[gemiii]

Its been a little while but I have been working on it steady. I got all the serpentine brackets painted and installed. That worked out well. I have been watching Ebay for a Edelbrock 2104 intake but ended up getting one from Summit with a $20 coupon. I got that installed. I have been ordering stuff from CCP and it seems like they overcharge for shipping and they take their time sending stuff out. I got the C notch, rear end conversion kit, rear shock relocator kit with gas shocks kit and the rear panard bar from them and all the shipping was high and slow.
I changed out the rear brakes from the 89 Suburban rear end. Yes I wacked myself a few times trying to pull the springs with channel locks. I will change them out to disc in the future.

[gemiii]

I bought all the weatherstripping from GMC Pauls. I got everything I could think of and it was $700 worth. They gave me 15% off. Thanks. Now putting on the door weatherstripping was another story. It definately takes more than 2 hands. With my wifes help it went pretty good. I got a gasket kit for the heater box and a new heater box from wansco 356 thanks and got everything painted and installed. Its fun putting everything back together. I put all the bolts and parts in ziplock baggies and labeled them and I still cant remember where they go.

[gemiii]

I got the intake installed today and the distributer. I also got the rear shock relocator kit done too. I got the upper bag plates drilled and mounted to the bags. I cut off about 3/4 f an inch off of the lower bag cups and got them bolted up. I am waiting on the 3/4 to 1/2 ton drop spindles from ECE. They are behind on them and its holding me up from putting the nose on. I did order new inner fenders and a new cowl hood and they should be in this week. The paint shop called to see when the burb was coming? I figure 2 weeks. For those of you installing bags with the truck together many cudos! I had a heck of a time with the drilling and I had no nose on.

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I want a tilt column but I will use the old one for now. I sanded it down and painted it and repacked the bearings. I bought new upper and lower ball joints from Rock Auto. They were cheaper with shipping than my local parts places. I got all Moog stuff. It costs me $20 to press in the new lowers at my local machine shop. At this point I am going to put my original spindles back in so I can put the nose on and get the burb painted. I have been looking all over the web for pics of burbs and I havent found a paint scheme I like yet. I might end up doing ghost flames if I dont find something better. I like the idea of skulls but I am not sure.

The bag cups didnt fit in the LCA's too good so I ground out the lca's so they fit better.

[gemiii]

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