slamburban

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by fredscarryall

welded up some holes in the dash, so i can get it ready to paint

Fred you came by and said some nice things about the suburban i did and i got time to read through your build today..
You've have done some nice work, and we did do some of the samethings but i might have went a little over board on some..
Not sure you can see or not but i mounted the air tanks on the outside of the frame rails on ours and put a pump in front of each one.. saved a little on running lines every where and gave a little more room in the middle..

You did a nice job with the rear end set up even though you had to raise the floor. you'll have to let us know how it rides..

What are you going to do for interior??

Parkwood

[fredscarryall]

ya,thats a really good way to run the air tanks. i used airbagit.com and i wish i would have done air ride tech.it looks like a better set up. as far as the interior. it didnt come with any seats. i am using 4 1972 chevy blazer buckets and two mid 2000s f150 center consoles. as far as the inside panels.it used to be a shrinners bus years ago and had two side mounted fold down benches which damaged both sides really bad. so the plan is to paint the upper half above the factory interior panels blue and vinyle the lower half.and put in a foam backed headliner like new cars have,but thats still up in the air.

[CHIZZLER]

hey fred your burbs lookin killer.you and charlie are kickin a**.i have my third row seat that we are not going to use if your interested.

[fredscarryall]

chizzler, how yours coming along. i should have mine hopefully on the road by the end of the month.

[fredscarryall]

here are some pics of the seats and rear center consol/buddy seat. they are really dirty from sitting in my garage but i had them redone last year.

[parkwood]

Originally Posted by fredscarryall

ya,thats a really good way to run the air tanks. i used airbagit.com and i wish i would have done air ride tech.it looks like a better set up. as far as the interior. it didnt come with any seats. i am using 4 1972 chevy blazer buckets and two mid 2000s f150 center consoles. as far as the inside panels.it used to be a shrinners bus years ago and had two side mounted fold down benches which damaged both sides really bad. so the plan is to paint the upper half above the factory interior panels blue and vinyle the lower half.and put in a foam backed headliner like new cars have,but thats still up in the air.

fred this suburban was a school bus but didn't have any damage on the side panels... but if you see how the guy who did the interior covered the side panels i think is what you're talking about.. he put wood up on the roof and then glued foam to that and shaped it when covered it.. came out nice..

[fredscarryall]

charlie got the drivers back inner wheel well almost all welded in.he just needs to do some finish welding. then copy it on the passanger side.after some grinding and painting, it will bolt to the floor like it was factory. he cut and sectioned it so i could get my seats to go back about 8 inches for more foot room.

[oldman3]

Looks real good....Jim

[fredscarryall]

got the inside,dash,jams and the doors painted

[fredscarryall]

more pics

[parkwood]

Fred, that's looking good.. what car is that blue off of or is it a special mix..??

[tantrumpipeline]

looking great as always, are you planning on running the classic visor on the windshield?

[fredscarryall]

steve the glass worker got the glass in today. now i can put in the visor,but i bought it from somewhere back east and it got caught in a hail storm. so i got some body work to do on it first.the blue color is something i picked out of a catalog.

[fredscarryall]

got the front seats mocked up. i used a center consol seat out of a 2000 dodge dakota and to let passangers in the rear i got a fold forward seat out of the second row of a 1994 chevy lumina van.all i have to do now is drill holes and run u bolt in the floor for the van seat.then redo the seats and consol to match the rest.

[fredscarryall]

got the steering column and steering shaft in. i used a chrome exhaust tip to cover up the ugle column end that stick out throught the firewall.

[fredscarryall]

it goes to get rewired on the 15th.i got to start getting real busy. i have a ton of small things to do.

[VA72C10]

nice progress!!! I really like the exhaust tip idea!!!

[oldman3]

Moving right along and looking good....Jim

[fredscarryall]

installed the grant telescopic tilt wheel adapter. descided to use the center lower part of the dash for two cigerette lighter ports and three push pull switches for my fog lights, halo lights and city lights. installed the fuse panel in the glove box.also had jute glued on the floor. tomorrow the carpet and seats go in and we set it on the ground.i ran the motor for about 5 minutes yeasterday, it sound real good.

[tantrumpipeline]

Looks great, you work super fast!! the muffler tip idea is a great compliment to that engine bay, where's the video of the running motor

[fredscarryall]

carpet and seats

[fredscarryall]

on the ground

[bjcaldwe]

nice

[fredscarryall]

more pics

[fredscarryall]

off to get rewired