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1950 suburban carryall

here are some pic of my 1950 carryall (suburban) when i bought in may of 2010. it hardly had any rust and when i put the gas tank in. it ran and drove. the worst part of the whole suburban was someone in the 80s decided to put in a pop up sun roof. so i am planning on getting it filled back in with a patch panel from a truck roof.

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1950 suburban carryall

i had the the interior and frame sandblasted. the outside body will come in a couple years when i can save enough money to to the body work and paint. someone cut a sunroof into the top before i had it. my plan is to get it welded up

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1950 suburban carryall

removed engine and stock suspension. charleys drop shop in portland oregon 503-780-2155 is donig all the suspension,frame and floorboard work.here charley installed a j w rod garage ifs with air bags and 2" drop spindles.he had to notch the frame 1 3/4 inches in the front for the ifs. now the running board to lay an inch off the ground

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1950 suburban carryall

i didnt like the ribs on the firewall. so i cut them out but left a 1" lip around each side. so i could cut out an 18 gauge steel template and weld it in

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1950 suburban carryall

some people will think i crazy. but charley at charleys drop shop removed the back half of the frame and welded in a 2004 lincocn mark viii independent rear suspension (irs). the nice part is comes with disk brakes and it was only $250. i could have had the stock frame notched but i would have had to raise the floor about 9 inches and i didnt think that would look very good.

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1950 suburban carryall

here it is roughly a couple inches above ride height. then we removed the body from the frame. it needs a little finish welding. then is it goes to the sandblaster and powdercoater next week. i also changed the color to a patina look. most may think i am nuts but it was all done with $100 in rattle can paint. it has 4 colors. clarit wine/dark gray/aqua blue/light blue.i then took 180 grit and brought out the layers. now i just have to finish the roof

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good progress.

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looks good and what a slick setup on the rear end install.

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I'll bet your 'burb will drive real nice with the IFS/IRS combo, keep up the good work.
Nice job on the 'patina' too.

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i finally got my frame back from the powdercoater. it took 5 coats of mirror blue and was brought back out of the over and coated with another 5 coats and baked again.the frame looks flawless.

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Man that looks awesome! I would love to see more pics of the rear end!
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i like the choice for the rear suspension but having owned ones with M2 the front they fell short of my ride expectations, gotta be beter choices out there. great burb otherwise!

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Nice

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installed rear crossmemeber for the irs

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installed the motor.i believe its a 1987 350.but it was stroked 383 with 400 horse at the rear wheels.its a stock roller motor with scat crank,eagle rods,speed pro 11 to 1 forged pistons,540 lift roller cam,roller rockers,trick flow heads,protronics electronis distributor conversion,quite timing gears,patriot headers,edelbrock air gap manifold and a 750 edelbrock carb.it also has a rebuilt turbo 350 with a stage one shift kit,a superior 2800 stall converter and lokar 23 inch swan neck shifter.

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Lookin' good!

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Let's hear it that you are going to redo the side pipes?

I love that look and not many do it...

great progress! keep it up!!

Brian

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That's a sharp ride. Love the color!
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good looking project man!I love those burbs.That rear subframe looks awesome also good work.

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love it. keep up the progress.

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Nice Man!! Lookin Real Good So Far!!

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finished cleaning and painting the rear end today. tomorrow i am going to get the rest of the suspension,plumbing,and gas tank back on the frame

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That is one really nice project you have there. It looks great.

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Nice job. Will be watching for more.

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like the paint. I did the same on my 50 ford. people love it and one person has hired me to do their truck. I steped my paper up from 1000 to 2000 then finished it off with 3000, my primer actually shines

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installed two 3 gallon air tanks

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installed the porportioning valve

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installed rear end and and rear brakes

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installed an old b&m trans cooler i had laying around and plumbed hard lines

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installed the air management box from airbagit.com. i didn't have alot of space, so i had to cut down the containment box and i will be mounting the air compressor infront of the rear end a little later. also cut a hole in the frame to run the air lines

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got the aluminium gas tank i found on craigslist for $100 back from the radiator shop.i had the bottom cut, brought up 3 inches and welded.also had a drain welded in and beveled the bottom so it drains better. the tank was only an inch off the ground with the air totally let out of the bags and i was affraid it would scrape. it came out of a circle track car. it measures 15 x 30 x 8,is 14 1/2 gallons and fit between the frame rails perfect.

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installed the ifs front end,rack,brakes and air bags. going to try next week to install hard lines for the air bags so i dont get any leaks

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heres a 55 truck battery box i had welded to the frame and powdercoated for a second battery just for the air compressor. will have to figure out a multi battery isolator system later on so i can charge both batteries off the 230 amp alternator

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Looks nice. Though should have probably capped and closed all openings in the square steel tubing, as dirt and moisture will soon get in and cause rusting. A now fix since the paint is on would be to find some plastic plugs and epoxy em in.

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got alot done today. installed the lokar shifter, ebrake handle and part of the ebrake cable. the allen bolts that hold the lokar shifter where to soft and kept stripping out.so i will have to replace them with regular bolts

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also installed the gas tank,fuel pump and hard lines for the fuel.the only thing i have left is about a foot of line that goes to the carb.planning on making an access panel with a hinge and a small trunk for tools above the gas tank. the nice part about the way the frame was built and the use irs is that the rear floor board will only need to come up about two inches. but what an undertaking. word to the wise. i will never use an irs from a lincoln again. notching the frame and installing a four link,in the long run is alot cheaper and easier. although it will ride very smooth. i also found out today my rear end gear ratio is a 3.27 with limited slip. i was hoping in had a tracpac posi

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It's looking good. whats the latest with the body?

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i just finished cutting the hole in my firewall were the steering shaft hangs out. i used a grommet i got out of a two inch side marker kit i got at napa for $6.00.since my steering column is bolted up under the dash i dont have to worry about it moving, i just have to have a water proof seal at the firewall.i still have to grind some metal and do some bondo work on the hole firewall.as you can see it still looks pretty rough around the steering column hole especially.

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hey fred.i was at charlies when he was first workin on your front crossmember.i called you about buying your motor.check out my build.53 burban barn find.nice work.

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here are some pics of my gas door i did a little while back. i had a really hard time finding a all metal gas door and inlet.most of the ones i ran across in local wrecking yards were either part plastic or all plastic. i got this whole set up out of all things a 1972 capri. i finally found something a capri is actually useful for.