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Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Like the title says not sure if im brave or crazy. I'm in the middle of a 68 shortbed build when I started looking on this very website and came across
the young frankenstein build and could not stop thinking about it. So long story short I go out and buy a running driving 1970 suburban from a buddy and less than 5 days of ownership its a convertible. My plan is to use most of the parts from my current build and use it on the crewcab then sell off extra stuff like cab and frame. It sucks to part out one project for another but i dont have the time or the budget for two trucks. Anyway this will be a factoryish looking crewcab with round back doors,truck roofline and stock length shortbed. i'm not the best at this build thread thing so i apologize in advance. |
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
first step cut off roof no turning back now, after that first cut it goes pretty quick
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
then quater panels
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
It took me about 4 hours,6 sazall blades and 2 cut off wheels to completely ruin a perfectly good suburban.
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
heres a pic of my other project that will be donating most of its parts its a little farther along than pic shows but its the most current i have
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Can't turn back now...Looks like fun...We have the same thing planned soon...Tell your neighbors the loud parts over
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Maybe you are a little of both....
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Sweet can't wait to see more progress pics.
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
this makes sense why you wouldnt sell me any parts...lol
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
You AZ guys are so lucky. You can work outside without having to worry about your project turning into a pile of rust. Subscribed!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
NICE, i am in for the ride !
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Great start! Your short bed project look great too!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
No fear whatsoever. Gotta love that!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Wow.. Whackin'! It'll be neat to see how this comes out!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
I just shed a tear for that clean suburban, you better make it up with the crew!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Look forward to progress pics.
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
This is the back of cab i got from a buddy its in nice shape but was pretty rusty at rear cab supports and cab corners. But I don't need the cab supports and cab corners are easy to replace. I cut out everthing i didn't need so all i had left was the back wall of cab. I plan on using the suburban floor to try and keep things easy.
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This is the prep i did on 3rd door to get it ready to match up to the truck cab
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
looks great so far, keep up the good work!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
rounded upper parts of doors to match truck cab
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Looking good!! This is what I will be attempting after my Dad and I get the 689 done!
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
thanks, suburbans just got more rare lol
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Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
Hope to see more soon & keep the pictures coming & keep on truckin''
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