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71402BB · 09-25-2002, 05:55 PM

I have been thinking......... wouldn't it be neat to make a topless suburban! I don't plan on doing this to my burb. I just thought that that would look so KEWL! Not some cobb job type, but make it like the blazer top! Cut off at top of pillers, the door frames and under the to rear windows alllllllll the way back. Do you think that this would be possable? I was reminded by a friend that the roof has alot to do with it's structual integraty! So I wonder if it could be pulled off?............. Is the somebody one here that could take a stock suburban into photo shop and make it topless? So we could see the idea?

**ThreeQuarter** · 09-25-2002, 06:08 PM

I saw some real pics (not photoshopped) of one or two back in my early days on the board. A member had one. That was something like two years ago, though. Wonder if anyone saved those pics?

So all I can say is it has been done before, so you don't have to worry about it just falling to pieces if you chop it. Can't remember him saying anything about doors getting hard to open/close or anything like that. I also think his was a permanent convertible (oxymoron?) Good luck.

71402BB · 09-25-2002, 06:18 PM

cool! So it would be possible! See If I was ever to atemp this some day I would want to top to go back on!!! LOL thats why I thing it would be neat to do and have it come off and go on like a blazer top, you know like it was factory!

adamls · 09-25-2002, 10:00 PM

Just the thought gives me the goosebumps, the good ones!!!!

busterwivell · 09-25-2002, 10:22 PM

Didn't one of the Truck magazines just do a givaway on a later model one? Without getting under one, I suspect the frame is strong enough to support it. Worth the thought!

71402BB · 09-26-2002, 12:02 AM

TTT

anybody else?

09-25-2002, 05:55 PM	#1
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	what da ya think? I have been thinking......... wouldn't it be neat to make a topless suburban! I don't plan on doing this to my burb. I just thought that that would look so KEWL! Not some cobb job type, but make it like the blazer top! Cut off at top of pillers, the door frames and under the to rear windows alllllllll the way back. Do you think that this would be possable? I was reminded by a friend that the roof has alot to do with it's structual integraty! So I wonder if it could be pulled off?............. Is the somebody one here that could take a stock suburban into photo shop and make it topless? So we could see the idea? __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)

09-25-2002, 06:08 PM	#2
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	I saw some real pics (not photoshopped) of one or two back in my early days on the board. A member had one. That was something like two years ago, though. Wonder if anyone saved those pics? So all I can say is it has been done before, so you don't have to worry about it just falling to pieces if you chop it. Can't remember him saying anything about doors getting hard to open/close or anything like that. I also think his was a permanent convertible (oxymoron?) Good luck. __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

09-25-2002, 06:18 PM	#3
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	cool! So it would be possible! See If I was ever to atemp this some day I would want to top to go back on!!! LOL thats why I thing it would be neat to do and have it come off and go on like a blazer top, you know like it was factory! __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)

09-25-2002, 10:00 PM	#4
adamls Gotta Startem Early Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Amarillo, TX, USA Posts: 364	Just the thought gives me the goosebumps, the good ones!!!! __________________ 67 SWB In Progress, one piece at a time, maybe 3 years I will be finished

09-25-2002, 10:22 PM	#5
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	Didn't one of the Truck magazines just do a givaway on a later model one? Without getting under one, I suspect the frame is strong enough to support it. Worth the thought! __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

09-26-2002, 12:02 AM	#6
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	TTT anybody else? __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)



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