slamburban

[fredscarryall]

its finally starting to resemble a complete truck. i had it towed to the exhaust shop.because the suburban suspension is so low the exhaust guy had to run some pretty tough tube angles. i had all the exhaust ran from underneath.then i can drop the exhaust once its back to the shop. so i clean up some of the welds and coat it with high temp exhaust silver paint.

[fredscarryall]

more exhaust pics.tomorrow i prime the motor and set the valves.on friday the body goes on the frame

[xpickup]

fredscarryall, looks great and I love the finished checker board. Cant wait to see it with the body on.

Shannon

[oldman3]

Everything looks great, can't wait to see the body on frame. Exhaust turned out nice.......Jim

[phantom309]

i think i've found my new love!!!
great work man
i see charlie from charlies chop shop is he still in portland Or?
if thats the same guy i can remember meeting him several times at the portland swap meet lol

patrick peets

[VA72C10]

very cool project. Love the checkerboard theme and the matching painted frame will be nice!

Quick ??? on the brakes...noticed how low the prop valve is...do you need residual valves? I was going to have to run them on my truck with a frame mounted master/prop valve so not sure if you're okay with the master on the firewall and the prop valve on the frame or not...

[fredscarryall]

phantom309 its the same charlie. he has moved to 5140 se circle ave portland, oregon now

[fredscarryall]

va72c10 i dont think i need a residual valve. unless your master cylinder is below the bleeder valves. like in a frame mounted master cylinder set up.the residual valve prevents fluid from backflowing to the master cylinder causing a spongy pedal.the master cylinder being lower thenthe bleeder does something with the pressure and gravity. i bought a disc/disc combination valve that does metering (which holds off pressure until rears catch up)and proportion (which gives the rear full pressure to a certian point so the back doesnt lock up)

[fredscarryall]

heres some pics with the body on the frame. now comes the fun part. putting everything together. it goes together alot easier the second time around. after you mock everything up, remove it ,paint it and put it back on. everything actually fits.didnt get much done today. i did the rubber hood gaskets that screws on the cowl panel. to prevent the hood from scratching the newly painted cowl. then i look the power steering lines down to the hydraulic shop to get the lines made. next week i should get alot done.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by fredscarryall

va72c10 i dont think i need a residual valve. unless your master cylinder is below the bleeder valves. like in a frame mounted master cylinder set up.the residual valve prevents fluid from backflowing to the master cylinder causing a spongy pedal.the master cylinder being lower thenthe bleeder does something with the pressure and gravity. i bought a disc/disc combination valve that does metering (which holds off pressure until rears catch up)and proportion (which gives the rear full pressure to a certian point so the back doesnt lock up)

yeah, I wasn't sure if it was just the master or also the prop. Just figured I'd throw that out there in case..

[VA72C10]

Looking good....any side shots

[fredscarryall]

i will post side shots next week when i get the front sheet metal on

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by fredscarryall

i will post side shots next week when i get the front sheet metal on

cool! Looking forward to seeing those especially when you get the running boards mounted and it's laid out

[fredscarryall]

i got the inner fenders,splash shield,latching plate and core support back from the powdercoater. i also got a radiator from superior radiator on ebay. i bought it for $199 and $24.00 to ship.it a all aluminium 3 row and its good to 750 horsepower.

[fredscarryall]

i removed the shifter bump on the column.i cut it off and filled it with steelwool and jb weld. then i sanded and primed it. i'm going to paint it blue tomorrow.

[tantrumpipeline]

never been a big carryall suburban fan but you have sure got me loving this one, excellent workmanship, cool paint and overall theme, great work, you may have converted this guy look forward to your updates

[tantrumpipeline]

looking great keep it up, never did get the whole sunroof trend in the 80's, the engine bay looks unreal!!

[sgtusmc]

I just read through your build. Friggin insane man...I love it.

[tmoble]

on the bleeding problem, did he bench bleed the M/C first? if not it will take forever and 2 or 3 days to get a pedal.

[fredscarryall]

i have always bench bled a master cylinder. this time i didnt. charlie thought you would get the same result if filled both resevoirs with fluid and take a brake bleeding kit and run the both hoses to a jar until all the bubble are gone. then run both tubes back into the master cylinder and pump the brakes until all the air is gone. what is the difference between bench bleeding with a screw driver and bleeding the master cylinder in the truck with it hooked up to the pedal?

[tantrumpipeline]

looks sweet, nice patch work

[SnyderCreations]

Looks awesome! I have been thinking about picking up a carryall locally, I think I'm sold now!

[fredscarryall]

i had to go to a 3rd master cylinder.i got 2 bad corvette masters and had to use a 72 chevelle one. then it bench bled just fine on the firewall and i finally got a pedal back.

[fredscarryall]

painted the roof today

[VA72C10]

Cool! Looking good...like the teaser pic