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JimKshortstep4x4 · 12-16-2002, 10:27 AM

Restoration of my son's Burb is continuing in spite of the winter weather. We are painting/sealing the underside and most of the exterior bodywork is done. Priming and painting will come in the spring. The Burb has to be our largest project to date. There seems to be no end to the body!

We are looking forward to driving it this summer as it has ac with rear air, tilt, buckets, TH350 with 350 engine and four wheel drive.

We would like to see a picture of the original spare tire cover if anyone has one.

Jim

guitarman · 12-16-2002, 10:44 AM

Wow what an abitious undertaking. It's going to be done right as I can see by your pictures. What a great thing for you and your son to get to know each other.

70c10 · 12-16-2002, 10:59 AM

Wow Jim,
Looks great so far!

JimKshortstep4x4 · 12-16-2002, 11:30 AM

Guitarman is right about the undertaking. We have to walk away from the project every once and awhile. The frame and running gear/engine/ etc. have been completed for some time now as well as the doors/fenders/hood. The big body is big and we have done major work on it so far!

Jim

teeitup · 12-16-2002, 01:59 PM

Wow! I can't wait to see pics of it completed! I'm going to paint my 68 4x4 burb white. LOOKING GOOD!!!! Randy

weasel29gm · 12-16-2002, 06:37 PM

Gonna be a good one!!!! Great lookin' work!!!!!!!!

**old Rusty C10** · 12-16-2002, 07:01 PM

ya know i think its an excellent thing you are doing. My son is 15 and has loved cars forever. Im a bit of a car nut myself. Well years ago i had a 69 cutlass S which we both loved and i lost it during the divorce. When i first acquired the car my son made me promise him that one day he would get it well anyway before i start to rant years later i took in a 1976 Chevy C10 which was an old farm truck that has a severe case of lepracy. I was going to run this truck into the ground using it as a garbage hauler for my sonstruction company. My son however loved the truck and recognized the potential in it and convinced me to pull it off the road . As we speak my son and i are gathering up alot of parts to repair this truck, and we are preparing to restore it. This truck will be his when he turns 16 in april and is allowed to drive legally. The father /son bonding is tremendous and we havent even picked up a wrnech to it yet. I would recommend this to any father son or parent child
Our next project will be a 72 stepside for me, and eventually we are going to fix up a 1989 cavilier for my little girl when she gets her license
PS your ride looks great best of luck with it
anyway enough said

junkyardjohn · 12-16-2002, 08:11 PM

LOOKS GREAT SO FAR JIM. LOOKS LIKE UT'S GOING TO BE ONE MIGHTY FINE RIDE

ol skool 68 · 12-16-2002, 08:44 PM

man that looks like a lot of work, but is looking excellent!! like all the other said, it is a great thing you and your son have gotten a chance to do. i wish all dads could have that kind of bonding with their kids, when and if i ever do have kids i hope to be able to do the same type of thing!! congrats!!

**BIG ORANGE** · 12-16-2002, 09:40 PM

Jim it looks great and brings back some good memories,I want ever build another burb,what a job!

**Tim Christian** · 12-16-2002, 10:10 PM

Looks Great! They are a picture of one with spare tire on E-Bay I don't know if it is orginal or not?

*racedvl* · 12-16-2002, 11:57 PM

Looking good! Do you have any pictures of the frame/drivetrain?

12-16-2002, 10:27 AM	#1
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Suburban progress Restoration of my son's Burb is continuing in spite of the winter weather. We are painting/sealing the underside and most of the exterior bodywork is done. Priming and painting will come in the spring. The Burb has to be our largest project to date. There seems to be no end to the body! We are looking forward to driving it this summer as it has ac with rear air, tilt, buckets, TH350 with 350 engine and four wheel drive. We would like to see a picture of the original spare tire cover if anyone has one. Jim Attached Images

12-16-2002, 10:44 AM	#2
guitarman Do it well or don't do it Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 457	Wow what an abitious undertaking. It's going to be done right as I can see by your pictures. What a great thing for you and your son to get to know each other. __________________ Try to be the person your dog thinks you are. Excellent paint and body site: http://www.autobody101.com/ Visit my Web Site http://home.attbi.com/~agfosteriii

12-16-2002, 10:59 AM	#3
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,856	Wow Jim, Looks great so far! __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

12-16-2002, 01:59 PM	#5
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Wow! I can't wait to see pics of it completed! I'm going to paint my 68 4x4 burb white. LOOKING GOOD!!!! Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

12-16-2002, 06:37 PM	#6
weasel29gm SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: eleanor wv usa Posts: 3,096	Gonna be a good one!!!! Great lookin' work!!!!!!!! __________________ 69 C-10, OWNED 38YRS... 350 over 30, 350 Turbo, 3:73 Posi P/S, P/B Black with red and black int. ''LOVE THESE OLD ''TRUCKS.......

12-16-2002, 11:30 AM	#4
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Guitarman is right about the undertaking. We have to walk away from the project every once and awhile. The frame and running gear/engine/ etc. have been completed for some time now as well as the doors/fenders/hood. The big body is big and we have done major work on it so far! Jim

12-16-2002, 07:01 PM	#7
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	project ya know i think its an excellent thing you are doing. My son is 15 and has loved cars forever. Im a bit of a car nut myself. Well years ago i had a 69 cutlass S which we both loved and i lost it during the divorce. When i first acquired the car my son made me promise him that one day he would get it well anyway before i start to rant years later i took in a 1976 Chevy C10 which was an old farm truck that has a severe case of lepracy. I was going to run this truck into the ground using it as a garbage hauler for my sonstruction company. My son however loved the truck and recognized the potential in it and convinced me to pull it off the road . As we speak my son and i are gathering up alot of parts to repair this truck, and we are preparing to restore it. This truck will be his when he turns 16 in april and is allowed to drive legally. The father /son bonding is tremendous and we havent even picked up a wrnech to it yet. I would recommend this to any father son or parent child Our next project will be a 72 stepside for me, and eventually we are going to fix up a 1989 cavilier for my little girl when she gets her license PS your ride looks great best of luck with it anyway enough said __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

12-16-2002, 08:11 PM	#8
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	LOOKS GREAT SO FAR JIM. LOOKS LIKE UT'S GOING TO BE ONE MIGHTY FINE RIDE __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

12-16-2002, 08:44 PM	#9
ol skool 68 turnin wrenches Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: my garage Posts: 260	man that looks like a lot of work, but is looking excellent!! like all the other said, it is a great thing you and your son have gotten a chance to do. i wish all dads could have that kind of bonding with their kids, when and if i ever do have kids i hope to be able to do the same type of thing!! congrats!! __________________ "three can keep a secret if two are dead" -unknown hell's angel- D.M.C. -FF- 68 SWB full frame off (project ol skool) 2000 s-10 formally bagged but now my daily driver...

12-16-2002, 09:40 PM	#10
BIG ORANGE Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lancaster S.C. Posts: 4,764	Jim it looks great and brings back some good memories,I want ever build another burb,what a job! __________________ Things happen for a reason!

12-16-2002, 10:10 PM	#11
Tim Christian Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: TN/VA Posts: 6,388	Looks Great! They are a picture of one with spare tire on E-Bay I don't know if it is orginal or not?

12-16-2002, 11:57 PM	#12
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Looking good! Do you have any pictures of the frame/drivetrain?



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