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04-24-2009, 10:48 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Mount Desert, ME
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New Guy From Maine
Hey, Just joined the site. I'm from Mount Desert, Maine. I have a couple GM trucks I have a 02 2500HD and an 07 6.5 Diesel. I also have a Suburban project I'm working on, Putting a 97 body on an 83 3/4 ton chassis. A guy traded me the 83 for a parts Jeep. The 83 burb was a 4x4 with a 4" lift, 33" tires, 4 speed, a crate 350 putting out about 400hp, and really bad paint. After looking for a truck to put the engine into for about a year I found the 97 burb for sale real cheap because it had lost reverse. It was fully loaded and in nice shape so I decided to do a body swap instead. Been kind of a slow going project, going to school and working full time in the summers, and doing the whole project in the parking lot at my parents business. I had hoped to find a 71 or 72 K20 for this engine to go into but couldn't find anything in my price range that wasn't mostly rust. Here's a couple pictures of my progress so far.
Day 1 about to start. Would have gone so much faster in a garage with a lift, instead I got to use a floor jack and pressure treated. Sitting on the 83 frame Looks like one truck again. It isn't moving yet, had to install a 3" body lift for the tires to clear the fenders while turning. Have the steering hooked up, and almost all the new body mounts made and put on, still have quite a way to go.
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02 CHEVY K2500HD CCSB LT 6.0 ORU Leveling Kit w/ Bilstein Shocks, 285 Goodyears 97 GMC Suburban SLT Sitting on '83 K20 Chassis, 400hp Crate 350, 4speed, 36" Hummer tires *Work in Progress* 97 GMC K2500 RCLB 6.5L Turbo Diesel K&N intake, 4" exhaust, 285 Pro Comps 68 Jeep M715 5/4 Ton Chevy 350, 38" Super Swamper TSL's |
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04-24-2009, 11:13 AM
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Its always something!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: FT Worth,TX
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Re: New Guy From Maine
Welcome from FT Worth TX.
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04-24-2009, 12:20 PM
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Step Brother
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: K-town
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Re: New Guy From Maine
Welcome from Knoxville Tn......
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04-24-2009, 12:31 PM
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Designated A-hole!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: South Mississippi
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Re: New Guy From Maine
Welcome to the board from South Mississippi!
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"If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal.  We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck" |
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04-24-2009, 12:46 PM
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Gone Fishing
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76135
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Re: New Guy From Maine
Welcome to the board from Texas
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04-24-2009, 01:47 PM
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Tot Roddin'
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
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Re: New Guy From Maine
 to the board from Mid-MO!!!You'll find this place to become your second home.
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04-24-2009, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Queensland, Australia
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Re: New Guy From Maine
G'day and welcome from down under - you are very courageous to take that on with out a shed... if it was mine it would still be in parts and the topic of conversation every time a beer was cracked.
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04-24-2009, 11:26 PM
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Step Brother
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: knoxville TN
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Re: New Guy From Maine
FROM KNOXVILLE TN!!!
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