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Man if someone didn't know better (lots of people) the tubs look all but stock, nice work.:D

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nice job ..nos hmm got speed..lol

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Thanks, Little smoothing and some paint and you're right...most people won't pick up on it.

Thanks! Ain't got no speed yet...gotta get the wires/line run, then maybe :uhmk:

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Put the burb up on the lift to check things out. Had to replace the collector gaskets,put some "dead soft" AL. ones in...those should seal/last better.

Had a little seepage around the tail shaft housing, tightened that up a bit...also took measurements for a one-piece driveshaft to replace the weaker two-piece.

Other than that, everything looked alright...couple thousand miles since getting it on the road now. :metal::metal:

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Pic of the 1 1/2" spacer we made a couple months ago to drop it a bit...

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Gotta love the big meats! Looks good! :metal:

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wow look how clean it is under there

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Thanks Scott! What's the scoop on the ride in your avatar? Looks nice...

Some is, some isn't :lol::lol: I was thinking I need to do some wiping down under there :uhmk:


Edit: on the burb that is...

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Was a customers car that i painted a few months back. Thanks

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Worked on the underside rear fenders a bit...cleaned them up, shot some primer on the bare metal, and undercoated them.

Looking at burb from this angle sure makes the frame look ratty! :lol:

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We've had near perfect weather around here for the last couple days...mid 80's, 5-10 mph breeze, really nice for mid-August!

Got the yard work done early, so the wife and I took the burb for a cruise down to the lake to let the dog swim and catch a sunset.

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Fenders look good...& don't feel bad, my frame looks ratty too! :lol: At least yours matches the character of your exterior. Like you, I kinda have a mix-match of clean stuff & areas that could use attention. Hopefully I'll get around to it one day.

Great sunset pics!

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Thanks Phillip, I hear ya on the mix and match...it's just that the ratty parts sure look worse next to the clean stuff!! :waah::lol:

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That's a sunset worthy of framing :)

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that's what undercoating is for. Nice sunset x2. Should stop and look at one more often, thanks.
Rick/Mudman.

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Life's too short not to stop whenever you can and appreciate it...

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nice water sunset

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Lots of new stuff for you guys! House with shop space upgrades to the Burb, evening cruises to the lake. Sounds like a bit of Heaven going on.

What's the plan for the back seat? With the tubs widened the stock seat no longer fits correct? How about individual buckets or maybe 2007 and up Tahoe 3rd seats.

Good thing you own that, if I did it would have become a 4x4!

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Yea, it was relaxing...;)

We have our moments, thanks.

Stock seats are long gone. I'll eventually have some suspension benches made to match the front buckets...long and short or maybe just a long that could fit behind or in-front of the tubs. For the time being, our lab likes it without anything in his way! :lol:

Oh trust me, we seriously considered making it a 4X...almost everything we have is! I'm really enjoying it as a road toy though...we're having a blast with it!:burnout:

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I had an old truck driveshaft cut down to fit the burb...saved me a couple bucks but it's a bit big at 4" dia., but hey, its stronger:metal:

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The old shaft had 1350 joints (plenty for what I'm doing), so I swapped out the yokes on the tranny and axle...just a little bigger ;)

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Pulled out the old two-piece and cut out the carrier mount...

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The offset of the pinion caused the larger dia. shaft to ride against the pass side of the crossmember. I cut out the pass side of the reinforcing lip and moved it outboard 3/4".

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Test fit before final welding...good enough clearance all around...

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Welded up...

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Done deal :metal: Vibrations are gone and no worries about strength!

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Great job!

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I agree, nice job on the d shaft, well worth the effort.

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Thanks, got to cross something else off the list!

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nice job ..you shouldn't break that now

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Thanks, that weak link always bugged me...no more!




My boy is out cruising the burb around tonight, said they were going to Thunder Valley to watch the drags...got this update a bit ago :chevy:

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Great pic!

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Ok, this burb is officially bad ass.. I am going to try and drive mine down to mufflers on main in Blanchard Sept 28th.

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We went and washed the burb in anticipation of hanging out this Sat. with you, but they're calling for rain all day...what are your thoughts??

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dam rain ..looked like it was a nice day to wash it..lol

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Just read through the whole build thread so far and just want to say wow, very nice build and great attention to detail!
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Well crap... Maybe on the 26th. but that is a OU home game and I may have to work..

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hey i was just watching the discovery channel and this show called street outlaws is filmed in your area lol..and just thinking with you putting in that larger drive shaft makes me think that maybe you were going to race the burb?? now i know that you being a law abiding citizen you would not street race lol

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But if you by chance do race, get video to share with us.

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Yep, got rained out for the cruise...but it needed a bath anyhow and not a bad way to spend the afternoon.:lol:

Thanks! :metal:

Try, try again...:uhmk:

Not my style ;), if I feel the urge to see how fast it'll go, we've got a great local track! :burnout:

Only if I don't choke and stall it, or blow something up, or otherwise look the fool...chances are high there might not be a video :lol:

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Spent the day hanging out at the GoodGuys 21st Lonestar Nationals at the Texas Motor Speedway today...lots of really cool rides, many were trucks, one other burb that I saw...I was seriously out-classed though:lol::lol:, but we turned a couple heads :metal:

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Been uploading pics that my son took, we'll post more in a thread started in the 60-66 general forum.
We lined up early to get a good spot...most didn't :uhmk:, don't know if we'll do that again :lol:...couple predawn shots...

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Very cool! I saw that he posted him getting ready to haul back to town, i bet that it was a cool show :metal:

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Yea, really good show...overwhelming amount of cool stuff to look at. We found ourselves walking past stuff we normally would have drooled over...just too much to take in!! Weather was a bit sucky with the front blowing through, 70's to 50's in a half hour! At least the rain held off for the most part until late in the day...wanted to take a couple laps around the track, decided we better load up instead. Definitely want to hit the spring Good Guys show...need to get a caravan going!!

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Awesome BURB! love everything you are doing and I am copying your rear sway bar-thanks for the info.

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Thanks!! I can't take credit for the idea...got it here somewhere and just made it fit our set-up. Glad it helps though :metal:

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Where is the sway bar post?