52 GMC Envoy Burb meld/build

[steppside69]

Any new updates? Love the build

[PRWFAB]

Wheres bbeep starting to worry now hope all is well

[BBEEP]

I'M STILL HERE! Thanks for the concern. Just doing honeydo's around the house. My wife had her reunion at our house--we had to plan for 150 people. Anyway, back to the important stuff. The truck has made some progress. Along with the pics, I'm replacing the broken power steering pump reservoir tomorrow--then off to the radiator shop to 'meld' a 52 radiator casing to connect to the Envoy inlet & outlet. Did a little tire fitment at the local Les Schwab Saturday, and will probably go with 26.5 inch height tire all the way around--not sure if I will go with 17, 18, or 20 or a combo. The overall height will be the same because it is all-wheel drive.
I do like my GMC's, but this one will NOT be yellow!!

[imholte]

Just found this thread. Awesome that its in eugene. Hope to see you driving it around soon, Im across the big road in Springfield

[nickp51chevy]

You've done some awesome work! Are you going to tell what color you plan on painting the ol' girl?

[PRWFAB]

Glad to see your well. 150 people god bless you .my wife spazz s out with 20 people coming. what are your mirrors off of on the panel

[BBEEP]

Originally Posted by PRWFAB

Glad to see your well. 150 people god bless you .my wife spazz s out with 20 people coming. what are your mirrors off of on the panel

12 years ago, I noticed that F*rd had turn signal mirrors. I contacted KWMuth who made them from Pickup/Astro/etc and asked if they would make some from a Chevy for me. They custom built them for me and used pics of my truck to solicit GM! I just couldn't see putting Aerostar mirrors on my GMC.

[BBEEP]

Originally Posted by nickp51chevy

You've done some awesome work! Are you going to tell what color you plan on painting the ol' girl?

Thanks! Color . . .hmmmmm. Actually haven't decided. It will be two-toned with dark on the top, lighter on the bottom. Sending some choices to a friend to photoshop this week. The cut will be like the one pictured, but not those colors--beautiful truck, but they are a little too sedate for me.

[DARKASS04EXT]

BBEEP, your project is looking great. As usual ill be posting your pics on TRAILVOY.COM. They love this project, keep up the good work. Cant wait to see this finished up....

[BBEEP]

O.K., the bus is sold. Been putting finishing touches on it to sell so I haven't spent much time on the 52.
BACK TO WORK!
Picked up a crossflow radiator. Am going to cut the core support way, way down--probably flush with the tops of the fenders. This will show off the stylin 6 banger Have always thought the radiator cover was overkill appearance-wise.

[PRWFAB]

Glad to see you back. your thread inspires me when I get depressed with mine. just not enough time in a day.I saw your bus in the back ground very nice.I record Overhaulin weekly when its on I got one were they did a mini bus for John Force reminded me of yours. You can google overhaulin and see it if you never did. Might want to check out the 52GMC they did its sweet. i like the front end I might borrow the headlite idea

[jonvo4591]

This is coming along nicely! I think whatever wheels you choose will make all the difference in the sleeper factor of your burb. Can't wait to see more!

[VA72C10]

congrats on selling the bus. looking forward to updates!

[BBEEP]

Body work starting up again. Sheet metal is in decent shape. Being an ambulance in dry Eastern Washington, this thing has little rust-& few dents. No patch panels except where we are doing custom work! Front sheet metal should be hung, finished. Core support will be hand built next week--then primer on the front clip!!

[VA72C10]

cool! Glad you're back with it...

[Yipes]

It's even cooler in person!

[tll74]

hey John, NICE! Les sure does nice work. Looking forward to the final pic. Tom

[Tuned55]

I just joined this site and read through your build. You do some mighty fine work. I like it!

[BBEEP]

UPDATES! Shortened the core support, just to 'clean it up'.
Filled the emblem holes in the side of the hood and finished off the "scoops". (if you don't know about the scoops, just ask)
Finshing off the back door and the front fenders.

[VA72C10]

Nice progress!!!

[Fat Mike]

How much did you lower the scoop to get it to sit this way? Looks very nice and always look forward to new pictures.

[BBEEP]

Originally Posted by Fat Mike

How much did you lower the scoop to get it to sit this way? Looks very nice and always look forward to new pictures.

If you look back in the build, you will see that I used a combination the front half of the 1/2 ton sheet metal along with the back half of the 1 1/2 ton front sheet metal. This gave me more clearance because it was wider and the fenders sit a little higher from the cowl forward. It makes it look like the hood has been sectioned for a shorter profile, but it hasn't--it just is shorter height wise.
The 1 1/2 ton is also 4 inches longer, front to cowl. That is why we used the front half of the 1/2 ton fenders to shorten the wheel opening. When we cut the 4-ish inches out of the hood to shorten it up, the 'scoops' came about naturally because the hood narrows as it goes forward. I could have opted to shrink it to delete them but I think it gives it a custom look.

[BBEEP]

More progess: Front sheet metal bodywork done. Core support further along.

[VA72C10]

Looking better and better!

[smbrouss70]

Are you adding a 3rd and 4th door? If so please document that process. My next project will be an AD burb for the wife, but she is insistant that it have 4 doors.