Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"
Ok, so I have gotten out in the garage a little bit lately. I constructed a tranny tunnel out of cardboard. I also bent up some metal at my friends hot rod shop (Dutchboys) yesterday. No pics of the finished product yet...due to being to f'n cold.
I also started working on the body more. I removed all of the lead from the joints. The ones in the back corners of the roof where in bad shape. This seems to be a pretty common area of decay in these burbs. I also picked at this "scab" on the roof. I knew I would have an issue there but I wouldn't know how bad until I dug into it further. It looks like at some point a tree (or something) might have fallen on the roof. During removing the filler I found all of these worm holes. I was told that this might have been an old technique for pulling dents. I have an idea how I will fix these issues but I would like the opinion of my friends dad (also from the Dutchboys) on the best way to fix.
Oh also the hole below where the rear tail light mounts. I assume it needs to be filled. Any Suburban owners out there have a similar hole in the same location? It looks to be a square hole that's why I think it should be there but I was not sure.
Pics (round 1)
Marc
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