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Old 05-03-2024, 05:34 PM   #1
19steve53
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Suburban cab for pickup

Hello. I have a 1985 k25 that has the typical rust in the rockers, cab corners and firewall. I found a very nice 1991 suburban that is parted out to a bare shell that I would like to use to fix the 85. Has anyone heard of using the front section of a suburban cab to replace a single cab? I think that removing the rear of my cab to the A pillar at some point and grafting it onto the suburban cab. Seems that this would save a lot of time replacing the individual parts that need to be replaced. Thanks for any advice/responses.

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Old 05-09-2024, 11:16 AM   #2
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Re: Suburban cab for pickup

Be aware, the Suburban floor is different than the Pickup floor. Seats frames are not a direct replacement. Found this out years ago trying to put some Suburban bucket seats in a standard cab pickup. could not tell you if the Suburban floor will allow for the fuel tanks.
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Old 05-12-2024, 07:51 PM   #3
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Re: Suburban cab for pickup

The floors look the same under the seat about 2/3 of the way. The suburban floor curves down to meet the rear seat floor pans, while the pickup curves up to meet the back of the cab. So, I would cut the suburban cab at the point where the pickup goes up toward the back of the cab and the pickup in the same place to hopefully have them join as the original pickup did. I am just curious about this as finding a good cab for a pickup is difficult, and this suburban is in very nice shape, only had 29000 original miles on it. I have not seen it in person yet and I am out of town, so I am just doing some research while I am not there to see it. Thanks for the reply.
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