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My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Hi guys. This is my first thread but not my first truck. My daily driver is a
65 suburban. It has a static 4/5 drop and a fuel injected 409 with a 700R4. The Twisted Little Sister is a 66 suburban that is going to be chopped , sectioned and further customized So here's my daily driver |
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
And here's the Twisted Little Sister
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
On this truck I decided to use all of the ideas that I've had over the years, practical or not, just for fun. So for the suspension I got this for a donor.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Since I've always liked the idea of a V12, I got this for the motor and transmission
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Nice!
This is gonna be very interesting! I can't wait to see this one move forward!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
I do like the Suburbans, and would also love a short panel on my drive.
Take a look at this build, not quite the same, but the same motor action. Also, you could probably use him as a resource or ally. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...-sketchy-drive There is a driving video on page 14. Will keep and eye as this unfolds.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
I've never been much of a suburban fan, but this sounds like a fun and interesting build. Looking forward to the progress as it evolves!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Can't wait to see the build. I'm building a bodydropped extended panel truck currently.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Thanks for the interest guys. Grizz, I did get a couple of ideas from the V12 Landrover link. Thanks
We stripped the Corvette. Then last week we built a frame table and put the Corvette frame on it. We cut the frame at the back of the doors and unbolted it from the front cross member |
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We tig welded theses frame curves at the end of last week. We spent all day today cutting and then squaring the 2X6 frame sections on the mill
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
wait a minute, you putting all this stuff i. e V12, corvette suspension in the burban? if so, can i move in a be your whipping boy
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Cool project! I can't wait to see how this progresses.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Very interesting build, I'll be watching for sure.
That Jag trans looks quite a bit like a GM trans.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Going to have to keep an eye on this build . Those V12 cars are getting quite cheep over here in the UK due to the running costs
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
I like the no-holds-barred approach, there are so few things in life you can truely indulge in.
If this is what you are doing for the frame and power train, I can only imagine where you may go with the body in and out. ![]()
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Very interesting!!
I'm along for the ride.. Mark...
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Thanks Michael. Your build was an inspiration. I do plan to modify every part of this truck
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
corvette suspension custom frame and jack-u-wire 12 cylinder, there isnt one thing not to like about this!
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Huh! Nutty! I love it!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Nice !!
I thought my B BODY frame swap was interesting ... This one will be fun to watch for sure !
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Thanks for the interest Reaper
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
We spent more time today prepping the frame pieces. Then we started mocking up the frame.
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A lot of clamps, a lot of measuring, a little tack welding and we got the perimeter of the frame tacked together. Then we started on some of the sub assemblies
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Nice work. I keep checking on this for progress. It's gonna be sick.
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