Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Took the body to a buddies shop. He will media blast then coat the floors, fix the hacked dash, couple of rust spots on the window frame and do a firewall. He is very talented and does a lot of metal work.

Getting a little help to fast forward this a bit. I will focus on filling holes in the frame plus making the engine and trans pretty.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Looks good Doug. I confirmed that my pre-fabed x member wont work. Not surprised. I will have to check the rule book but I think bringing in a professional to work on your suburban might disqualify you from our competition.

Marc

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I wish one of you ( doug, marc) would hurry up and lose this contest..I want to see one or the other on the road..

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Man you sure do have a lot of fancy tools... If my wife would just stop buying all those losing lottery tickets maybe I could have a couple myself. I ran 300 amp service to my house when I built it in hopes of doing a big shop out back but that never happened. You're doing a great job on that old thing..

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Now boys, don't make me take my belt off:lol::devil:;)...Jim

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Great progress, Doug! Looking forward to seeing more.

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Nice, kinda looks like a burb again. I'll vote for "bringing in a professional to work on your suburban" is ok, as long as it's not to do some major work. LOL

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I threw out my rule book! :)

Me too! Gotta be Marc first.

Thanks Possm...oh, the rotisserie isn't mine. Hopefully you can build your shop!

But he started it.....yes sir.

Thanks for checking in Robbie. Say, is that your truck in the icon? I like the color combo!

Thanks lower. I think so too. Have you noticed how slow I am?

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

That looks great!

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[/QUOTE]Thanks for checking in Robbie. Say, is that your truck in the icon? I like the color combo![/QUOTE]

Thanks, Doug. It is. It's a '69 essentially original (aside from what looks to be a decades old repaint and the addition of the awful aftermarket trim) swb medium olive/white top farm truck. It's pretty rusty down low but I'm planning to clean it up, redo the interior, go through the suspension, and drive it.

I love these old trucks!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Slow and steady wins the turtle race. Or should I say Burb race.

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Are you bringing it to Marc, Doug??

:lol::lol:;)

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Now that would be funny!!!:lol:

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He did a nice job on it Rob. Different wheels / tires are planned.

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Have fun with it. I saw 98 has Big Al for sale.

I am sure slow...and not real steady. :)

That is really funny...hey Marc, will you build my Burb so I can come in second place?

Wish all you guys could hang out at my shop...good times.

Been working on cleaning up garage and doing maintenance stuff around here so I haven't made any Burb progress. Luke has blasted the bottom and inside, primed, fixed the cut out places at the rear sides. I decided to scrap the 99R46 boxes and go for the cleaner look.

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Mark - These pic's are for you. If you need others please let me know.

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And the right side just in case you need those too.

PS - Those are not my feet in pic 4! :)

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I bet if we talk to Cindy, she will tell us you paint your toenails all the time:haha::ack:...Jim

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

The progress looks good Doug...
I also like the pics of the headers even if they were intended for the other Mark..

Marc

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[QUOTE=Advanced Design;7627159]Have fun with it. I saw 98 has Big Al for sale.QUOTE]

He does. He's made some nice imporvements to that truck. Well worth the money in my opinion.

Love the new panels in the rear of the burb. Very sweet!

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Wish all you guys could hang out at my shop...good times.

Maybe someday I'll be in your neck of the woods.
I like your safety sandals!!

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Yuck yuck yuck...:)

Thanks Marc. Yeah Mark PMed the other day asking if I could get those. Hopefully they can help others too.

Very welcome. Hope it helps figure spacing on the one you are working on. If you need more detail just let me know.

[quote=GAc10boy;7627682]Thanks Robbie!

Ha, those are Cindy's! Only because we were only taking those pics and leaving. Usually I wear steel toe Red Wing boots. They saved my foot recently when I dropped a full size argon bottle on it.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Doug,
With all those social media things going on, you've made some progress.
Maybe you' ll end up in first place!!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Looking great Doug!

-Richard