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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: sidney iowa
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dantes peak movie suburban
is anyone like me? i would love to have it .
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Murfreesboro Tennessee
Posts: 129
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
If yur talkin te red 4x4 with the snorkel for deep water then YES!! that truck is the shiznit
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mesquite texas
Posts: 3,459
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
at 7.11
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Aaron 1980 c-10 short bed lowered, cammed 6.0, 4l80e 3600 stall, smp tune, wilwoods, and flames best time so far best et 7.86 @87 on motor 7.57 90 on a 75 shot Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=283326 Last edited by flamingbig10; 05-09-2010 at 11:09 PM. |
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Murfreesboro Tennessee
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Ohhh Yeah thats one bad dude.
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Banned from the Ranch
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Hello;
![]() The first part of 2013 I started looking for a new project to keep me busy. I found a 1988 Chevrolet Suburban that had a solid body and unmolested interior. It had a four speed manual transmission and 350 tbi motor. The bad side was the motor was grenaded. It had been owned by an older couple who sold it to a guy visiting from New Zealand that came here for the winter to ski. He had never driven a stick and that explains the motor. So speed it forward I put in a used motor that had been in Off Road Design's truggy. I got to thinking and thought since there are so many threads on the internet I would make the Dante's Peak Suburban. Here is what I started with. Yea I know the colors are not the same. I am keeping the tan interior but going red on exterior. ![]() Since I am disabled I thought this would be an easy build because it does not require a lot of muscle or brawn. So let the picture whoring begin. Here we start with changing the motor. Holes in right side of pan ![]() Holes in left side of Pan and block ![]() New motor waiting ![]() Stephen from ORD helping to get the new motor in ![]() So the next step was researching the parts used on the movie truck. Equipment needed: 1987 Chevrolet V10 Suburban Con-ferr roof rack Carr light bar Warn Trans4mer brush guard Auto hubs Safari snorkel for an FJ80 Rear tire carrier Lights, lots of lights! So lets start with the Suburban. Movies: It is a 1987 from the door sticker and the verify sheet from the sell using the vin 1gkev16k6hf that it is a 1987 Chevrolet V10 with a 350 TBI. We know it is an automatic transmission from the movie and Cinema Vehicle Services pictures. It has a rear AC unit. It also has the end gate. It has auto hubs on it. It has the light blue cloth interior with front bucket seats and no third row seating. It's RED! ![]() Metro's: 1988 Chevrolet V10 Suburban 350 TBI 4 speed manual transmission No rear AC Has the end gate Has auto hubs on it Cloth interior in tan with front bucket seats no third row seating. It's Brown and Tan. So the search was on for the components! |
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Location: Banned from the Ranch
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
So on to the parts.
Here is the Conn-Ferr roof rack we got that needed to be widened. ![]() ![]() The next step was to get the correct brackets to mount it. ![]() ![]() Off Road Unlimited in Burbank bought Con-Ferr out and took over ownership several years ago. Maurice Rozo bought and took over the Con-Ferr name and parts from Pete Condos. After talking to them about the build and what we needed; they provided the mounting brackets as a sponsor. Be sure to check out their web site for all kinds of neat toys. offroadunlimited.com The next item was the WARN combo kit set up. ![]() I found one in California the needed the outer brush guards. ![]() I talked to WARN about the parts and were told they stopped making the Combo kit in 1995. WARN stepped up and helped in completing this build. They found the mounting instructions and even a CAD. They made a set of brush guards and I paid $78.00 for the material and shipping. WARN is still working with us and are a sponsor in this build. |
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Banned from the Ranch
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
The lights and roof light bar.
![]() ![]() ![]() The lights appear to be KC Daylighters snf the light bar is a CARR. September 2013 CARR Joins Build team as an official sponsor! CARR donated P/N# 210341 which is what closely replicates the original bar on the Dantes Peak in exchange for promotional consideration. ![]() August 2013 kchilites.com joined in as an official sponsor. They provided the lights needed for our project. Two sets of 238 Daylighter - 6" Rnd Long Range - Black - 100 Watt and three sets of 241 69 Series - 6x9 Rect Long Range - Black - 100 Watt ![]() ![]() Martin Senour Paints a division of Sherwin Automotive Finishes joined us as a sponsor on our project and have provided us with materials to paint the vehicle. ![]() We went with GMC paint code 514 Red (Crimson) based on a truck I owned before and the way it faded. Currently the truck is at the painters. Last edited by MetroDPS; 11-04-2013 at 05:40 PM. |
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Banned from the Ranch
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
So the snorkel on the truck was a Safari Snorkel
![]() That is ARB here in America. So after looking a clones from China I talked to ARB about the build. They set up a confrence call to the main company in Australia. The snorkel is for a Toyota 80 series. Since it is not a direct application of their product they could only sell one. So they offered a discounted price. Now ARB Safari is a contributor. ClassicDash.com contacted us and offered one of their set ups for the truck. http://www.classicdash.com/shopping/...out-Wiper.html Classic Dash, formed in 2002, was the first company to create replacement ABS composite dash panels for vehicles of the muscle car era. Today the firm’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is located in Carson City, Nevada, and the company offers the most complete line of replacement dash panels. ABS plastic sheets are sized and prepared for thermal forming, a vacuum-forming process performed at 320 degrees Fahrenheit. The material is endowed with a UV inhibitor to protect the finished panels against damage from the sun. Custom-built to classicdash.com specifications these ABS panels are light in weight and exceedingly rigid. Accuracy is the key feature of the Thermwood 5-axis CNC high-speed router. It consistently trims their dash panels to within .005 inch plus or minus. |
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Ft. Mill, SC USA
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Subscribed! I love this truck! Great Job!!!!!!
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PROJECT TRUCK: 1985 SWB C10 Silverado Black/Charcoal, 1990 V2500 Suburban, 2018 Suburban, 2005 GMC 2500HD CCSB, 2014 Toyota Camry SE, HAD.....1968 Camaro RS/SS Family owned since new; 350 3 speed ![]() ![]() |
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Location: Lawrence KS
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
very cool.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: atlanta, GA
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Fall guy started my obsession, Dante's peak made it terminal. Oh yeah and Swayze drove one in Red Dawn which we all know is the second greatest movie of all time.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: atlanta, GA
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Roadhouse is the greatest of course.
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Waukesha, WI
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Dont forget the crew cab that they steal at the end of the movie!
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 335
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Congratulations on a unique and interesting build! I look forward to seeing the final product in Wallace next year at Depot Days (I'm a local Silver Valley resident). What are the chances that we can convince you to recreate the river crossing? It's almost required, I'd think, given that the rig will be be here and all and at almost the same time of year as when the original was filmed.
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
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Here is a look at Hollywood magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you look at this picture when the original was sold a few years ago you can see the snorkel was never hooked up. ![]() On another note would you like to be our guide for the area? |
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Banned from the Ranch
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Be sure to check out our facebook page (link in siggy) for more pictures and info.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: hazard, ky
Posts: 1,674
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
i liked the toolbox truck at the end too
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: atlanta, GA
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
So is the original truck still around? Be cool to get a side by side once yours is done.
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Location: Banned from the Ranch
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
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The last location I have on the one used in the movie was on 05/25/2012 and that was in Council Bluffs, IA. The owner has not returned our mail. This is the one that was sold by Celebrity Cars. ![]() |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 335
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
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Interesting that you should post those images. I just re-watched the DVD tonight, and the "making of" bonus feature was excellent. I only wish they had shown more of the river crossing. I'd have like to have seen the incident when the burb was flipped by the swift runnoff flow in the N. Fork of the Cd'A River at the time. I'd love to be your guide, but I'm afraid my work schedule is so variable I have no idea if I'll even be in the state during the second week of May next year. There are a ton of good folks around here though, so I'm sure you'll be in good hands. I see on your Facebook page that you are already in contact with both the Wallace Chamber folks as well as the Northern Pacific Depot crew. Between them, you'll be more than set.
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Location: hazard, ky
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_153026-...K-30-1985.html
theres the truck id loved to had it before it died |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Idaho
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
MetroDPS - I sent you a pm with my email address.
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1980 K10 Suburban Silverado, original 350 w/Qjet swapped to 406sb, TH350C swapped to TH400/205 |
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Oklahoma
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Way Too cool.... but i would def. keep the autolockers, i've got a 30 year old set and no problems with them since 82
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: hazard, ky
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
my 84 had autos never had a problem with mine either.
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Re: dantes peak movie suburban
Little belated, (just got around to reading this thread.) but welcome MetroDPS. Thank you for sharing your project. Way cool.
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