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More pictures

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And a few more. They are supposed to work on it this week so I will get some pics there.

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Lookin' good! Any updates???

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^^^Agreed!

Now lets see some pics of it all painted and purdy!

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5 weeks at the body shop and not much progress other to say it takes up a lot of space. LOL No $%#&!!

George

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Cant wait to see paint on her...

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Just found this thread - nice dismantle and then rebuild on this thing.

I think the before/after shot when you are done will be inspirational.

Nice work!

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thought you might like to see pics of one i built, it looks like yours is about the same color

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That sure looks like a nice burb there. I thought about ghost flames. It took 4 months at the body shop but its finally painted.

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Well here are some pics of some progress at the body shop. I have had plenty of time to change my mind on the paint scheme and this is where we ended. These first ones are with a cell phone.

George

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cant wait to see the pics

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wow that was quick

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Some more

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Getting closer

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Its pretty straight. There is a small wave it the 3rd door but thats all I see. Some 1500 wetsanding and its going to look awesome. It should be coming home tomorrow. Ill try to get some in the sun pics tomorrow. I need some wheels real quick!!!

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WOW . looks amazing

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Fantastic job

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awesome work! Man you have the drive/motivation I want! LOL Looks awesome!

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absolutely beeeeeeeautiful!!

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i would have skipped the c-notch and kept it 3/4 ton. but the body work is beautiful and so is the paint job. maybe i should have you restore my 72 burb in a few years. my truck looks like yours did (but with a lot less rust). what did you do with the tripod mirrors? i'll take them off your hands if you still have them. i need something better than sport mirrors for trailer towing (and the simple act of backing up, parallel parking, etc). you aren't too far away too. any chance you get up this way for car shows? there is a vintage truck show in barrington nh every fall and also one at owls head transportation museum in mid july as well as bonny eagle car this coming sunday (may 16th) in buxton. you will have to bring your truck up this way some time!

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Looking good George!

Followed your advice and am checking this thread out..... it looks like the TBI gas tank doesn't hang too low at all, I can't see it at all in the recent shots. Do the lower rear quarters hang lower than the tank, or is it actually possible to see the tank peeking out? Does it seem like there will be any interferences with the tank and the ground when you finally lay it out?

I'll do some more searching, but what was the secret to centering the rear axle? It doesn't look like you modifield the trailing arms, so I'm guessing that you moved the crossmember/front hanger back an inch or two??


-G
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I am going to get my burb today so Ill see how the heght of the tank is to the 1/4s, I dont remember off hand. I flipped the trailing arm brackets to the carrier beam and put 1/2 inch plates between to center the wheels. I copied somebody elses thread for that info and it worked out. I cant remember whos at the moment but Ill give them cudos later.

George

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awesome job on the rust repair,gives me hope that mine wont be to bad.

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Picked up the Burb today. Got it claened up. I am real happy with the outcome. Its an awesome Blue even for a F$%& color.

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It never dawned on me but I cant reach the roof to wash it??

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Looks awesome!

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Lookin' sharp!

If you can get a nice side profile shot to show the gas tank relative to the rear quarterpanels I'd appreciate it.... still trying to figure out a gas tank solution for my own '72.

Thanks.

-G
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Heres a couple

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congratulations , well done

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That thing turned out great! Now the fun part huh?

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How is it going back together? Any updates?

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I Love the paint! I have a question though, why did you route your serpentine belt that way? I have the same brackets on my stock 91 and it looked odd to me so I checked and this is how the diagram shows on my truck.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_io3qPplkOoo/TB...0/P1010067.jpg

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Thanks. It was trying at times but well worth it now.

Thanks

Thanks

I couldnt wait to get it back but I havent had any time to work on it.

Its boating season here in CT so I have been working on the boat and weekends we are out on it so no progress. I will be starting to assemble it next week I am hoping.

I was too lazy to walk out to my 89 burb and look at the diagram so I just guessed at the routing. Thanks for the correct routing pic, I will change that.

I did get my 3/4 ton to 1/2 ton conversion drop spindles from ECE after a 5 month wait so I will be getting rid of those huge 8 lug rims.

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hey! Did the burb get anything for Chrsitmas? Any updates?

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x2

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nice work

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Very well done!

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Amazing build....hoping there's an update with wheels and assembled.

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man this sis a nice build i got excited and didnt read through it so why is it 3/4 ton front and 1/2 ton rear

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I was thinking of this build just the other day and was wondering how it was going. Hopefully we get an update with pictures.