Good to see you back, Rob! I vote for taking the 'burb to NM mainly because I need more motivation for mine.

The crew cab looks great.

<----- (Open mouth, insert foot) :D

:), no worries. In my younger days, :o I would have taken the time to do that. Now that I realize know one will ever see that or care (except you, :lol:), I decided to skip "perfection" for the sake of time. Plus, I would like to drive it again before I retire, :D.

Good to see you back, Rob! I vote for taking the 'burb to NM mainly because I need more motivation for mine.

The crew cab looks great.

Thanks for the props! I may take the Burb out next May, if I can get it kinda close.

R

Quick update on the frame before I head back to NM:

Before and After:

Lookin' good! These updates are too few and far between. Did the manifolds make it to you OK?

Lookin' good! These updates are too few and far between. Did the manifolds make it to you OK?

I've got everything setup so when I come home for Christmas I can put the chassis back together. Hopefully, the body will be ready to go back on the chassis and we can get it ready for paint. Manifolds arrived, thanks again.

R/

I also picked up a new roof rack, :D.

My buddy Todd just sent me an early Christmas present......check out the firewall!!!!:metal:

Tastey

Wow! That is going to be beautiful! Rob, I do not see how you do it. I wish I had 1/100th your talent! You are an inspiration. Nice work on the crew cab too. I stopped in tonight to take a look around. I have not been on here in a while. I have been hanging out over on hdforums.com since I bought my Harley Road King this past June. I just noticed that I appear in pink. I have been demoted from blue. Glad to see your great progress.

Dean

Ok Rob I admit that I'm a little slow.......alright real slow but do you live in NM and Florida? I must have missed a thread somewhere.....

Tastey

Thank you!! Well my painter said it was going to look like a candy cane after he applied the white to it..........

Wow! That is going to be beautiful! Rob, I do not see how you do it. I wish I had 1/100th your talent! You are an inspiration. Nice work on the crew cab too. I stopped in tonight to take a look around. I have not been on here in a while. I have been hanging out over on hdforums.com since I bought my Harley Road King this past June. I just noticed that I appear in pink. I have been demoted from blue. Glad to see your great progress.

Dean

Glad to see you made it back Dean. Things have been slow since I moved out here to NM. Luckily I have a good friend who is a painter and has a nice shop that is filling in the slack from me being gone. I'm hoping to get the body back on the chassis during the holidays.....

Ok Rob I admit that I'm a little slow.......alright real slow but do you live in NM and Florida? I must have missed a thread somewhere.....

:lol: You and me both!! I'm burning the candle from both ends and sometimes don't know if I'm coming or going. I'm in Navy and got transferred to ABQ in August. My oldest daughter is a senior in high school and we chose not to make her move during her senior year, soooooo I'm geo-baching until school's out next spring. I've gotten to go home about once a month, so I'm trying to get the Suburban back together as best I can.

Oh yeah! Cant wait to see that two tone!

If that doesn't light a fire to get this thing completed nothing will!

If that doesn't light a fire to get this thing completed nothing will!

The fire is lit, however, 1350 miles is keeping it at a low flicker, :).

Todd got the bottom linered. If I can get the chassis back together in the next day or two, we can mount the body back on the chassis, :metal:.

Rob, it looks great......wish one of my projects was that far along..

Rob, it looks great......wish one of my projects was that far along..

As nice as yours is going to be when it's done, I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

Installed the hidden hitch......

Installed the hidden hitch......

You had to cut that to follow the contours of the Burb frame didn't ya?

You had to cut that to follow the contours of the Burb frame didn't ya?

No, it came out of the box like that (ECE). Disc brakes are looking good by the way, :devil:.

Firewall sure looks nice....makes me kick myself "again" for not smoothing mine out!

Really like the liner on the bottom.....pretty fricken durable!

Firewall sure looks nice....makes me kick myself "again" for not smoothing mine out!

Really like the liner on the bottom.....pretty fricken durable!

Thanks Jim. I didn't spend as much time on it as I've seen others do. I mainly wanted to fill the holes. I've seen others that look super slick when they add the missing piece on the passenger side and fill the gutter. I didn't do that because I'm just building a driver.............:D.

Got the rear suspension in and test fitting my ECE SS tank. No I just need to redo the brake lines for the discs (thanks FF...:devil:....:D) and add my fuel lines ............and then on to the front.

What product did you use on the underside of the body?

What product did you use on the underside of the body?

Speedyliner........my painter buddy has a dealership with them.

Got some more done on the chassis. Front suspension is in. I also went to the hardware store and bought some brass fittings so I could replumbed the front airlines. I think they look a lot cleaner now and will be out of the way.

Aaaahhhhhhhhh. I am at the last post. I need more updates. Come'on. Chistmas is behind us....get back to work. Take the day off that crew-cab and get back to burb-ing.

Aaaahhhhhhhhh. I am at the last post. I need more updates. Come'on. Chistmas is behind us....get back to work. Take the day off that crew-cab and get back to burb-ing.

Sorry man. I got in a big hurry when I left FL and I forgot to take the money shot! I've got the frame pretty much done with the motor and tranny all bolted in. I should finish GLOCK's disc brake conversion and my fuel setup when I go back home in February. Hopefully the body will be ready to wet sand at that point also. I'll snap some more photo's then............:)

i've been watching this build, looking like some paint is being laid down, keep up the progress, love the color.:metal:

Darn military life. Sheesh you think Uncle Sam would know the burb is more important. :D ;)

Darn military life. Sheesh you think Uncle Sam would know the burb is more important. :D ;)
lol, fo'sho

i've been watching this build, looking like some paint is being laid down, keep up the progress, love the color.:metal:

Thanks! You gotta love Victory Red! Hopefully, it will all be painted by April/May.

Darn military life. Sheesh you think Uncle Sam would know the burb is more important. :D ;)

I have to take some of the blame. I could have stayed in PCola and retired, but a Commanding Officer's job was to hard to turn down.

lol, fo'sho

Ya buyin' that LS1? :ito: :devil:

Here's a quick flashback......:uhmk:

Couple of quick shots with the motor and tranny installed. The factory fuel lines look like they were designed to go there, :). I'm going to switch from dual lines to a single line due to a small "upgrade" I'm adding, :D.

I also started installing the rear discs using, Glock's brackets. I'm running them on the front side of the axle just like Frizzle Fry (monkey see, monkey do :)). I still haven't got all my parts in yet, so I will probably have to finish them the next time I come in (March). Hopefully, the prototype headers will be in by then too. :metal:

Looking real good Rob.

Lookin' good. Funny place for a rag joint though...

Lookin' good. Funny place for a rag joint though...

Thinking about rear-steer..........................:uhmk:, :D.

I ordered the rest of the rear disc parts today (unfortunately they won't be in until the end of the week, :(). Here's the parts list:

Glocks brackets: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=249073

Drilled rotors, Jegs:
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&N=0&Ntt=impala+rear+rotors&Ntk=all&Nty=1&D=impala+rear+rotors&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallany&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallany&searchTerm=impala+rear+rotors

93-97 Camaro rear calipers (with brackets):
NAPA R2422153
L2422152

Rear brake hose:
NAPA 380483 X 2

Rear emergency brake cable:
NAPA 94724 X 2

Banjo Bolts for brake hose:
GM 10286122 X 2

Ceramic pads:
NAPA SS7301X

Check out the Doug Thorley headers!!!!! Youll need to use a set of plug wires:

MSD Connector wires 8.5mm 32819 $67

Cool link: http://www.truckinweb.com/tech/engine/0709tr_1967_chevy_c10_engine_swap/photo_01.html

Looks really nice! Get that thing finished and bring it to New Mexico!
Have a safe trip home.

john

did they ever come up with a price for those yet?

did they ever come up with a price for those yet?

I don't think so. I don't even think these have a part number yet since they are prototypes. I'm sure they'll be listed soon.

R/

Looks really nice! Get that thing finished and bring it to New Mexico!
Have a safe trip home.

john

Thanks John, hopefully sometime in June it will be headed that way....:D.

wow that looks reaaally good! i hope my new project comes out half a decent .... if so it will be killer! your burb is gonna be amazing!

Well, I spent a little over two weeks at home, but due to a jaw surgery (broken on both sides and moved forward, :(), I didn't get much done. I was saving this as a suprise, but I might as well throw some pictures of it on here now since it was the only progress I made. I'm hoping for 450-500 HP with the new addition.........

R/

:jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp: Yeeeeha! Congrats on that one!

NICE! That is one of the nicest setups I have seen. You should feel bad putting us all to shame! Just kidding.

john

that blowss:)

Very NICE!!!:metal:

DAMN!!!!!! That is sweet! One bad A$$ Burb!

Josh

Well, I spent a little over two weeks at home, but due to a jaw surgery (broken on both sides and moved forward, :(), I didn't get much done. I was saving this as a suprise, but I might as well throw some pictures of it on here now since it was the only progress I made. I'm hoping for 450-500 HP with the new addition.........

R/What is the huffer off of??? Looks like a furd lightning:lol:

Now I am jealous....:waah:

:jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp: Yeeeeha! Congrats on that one!

Thanks Mike. I had to do something to make the motor look better since I put the nice looking headers on.

NICE! That is one of the nicest setups I have seen. You should feel bad putting us all to shame! Just kidding.
john

Thanks John, I wish I was a lot closer to having it back on the road. :D

that blowss:)

:lol:

DAMN!!!!!! That is sweet! One bad A$$ Burb!

Josh

Thanks Josh.

What is the huffer off of??? Looks like a furd lightning:lol:

Naaaaa, its a stock MagnaCharger setup.

Now I am jealous....:waah:

That's quite an achievement considering all of your cool toys, :metal:.

I just spent an hour plus reading this thread, and all I can say is WOW! You give a young guy like me definite motivation to get my 72 super shorty done! Just need to order bedsides and I think I have all the parts, just need to do something with em!! thanks for the thread, and I can't wait to see the finished burb!

was just lookin back at the firewall and wandered if he had started on the exterior yet?

side note...how'd she break your jaw?:uhmk:

I just spent an hour plus reading this thread, and all I can say is WOW! You give a young guy like me definite motivation to get my 72 super shorty done! Just need to order bedsides and I think I have all the parts, just need to do something with em!! thanks for the thread, and I can't wait to see the finished burb!

Thanks for the kind words. Good luck with your 72.

R/

was just lookin back at the firewall and wandered if he had started on the exterior yet?

side note...how'd she break your jaw?:uhmk:

The exterior is being worked on, but you know how those painters are, ;).

Answer to the second question, I brought one to many projects home, :lol:.

Actually, it was a scheduled surgery to repair my bite. It's something that needed to be done for a long time, but I just never got around to doing it. However, my bite was getting worse, so I decided now was the time. The surgery itself was not so bad, I've been in very little pain. I did have some swelling but, the worse part ended up being a virus I caught after I got home.

R

WOW, getting sick when your jaw is wired shut would be the worst. I hope it wasn't a stomach virus.

WOW, getting sick when your jaw is wired shut would be the worst. I hope it wasn't a stomach virus.

It was more of an upper respitory virus (lots of coughing and sinus problems). Luckily the didn't wire my jaws (they put in 3 screws on each side), but the coughing was pretty painful. Take care.

R/

that supercharger looks nearly perfect... only way it could be better is if it was under the hood of my 05 Tahoe!.... mind if I ask what the going rate for a setup like that is?

that supercharger looks nearly perfect... only way it could be better is if it was under the hood of my 05 Tahoe!.... mind if I ask what the going rate for a setup like that is?

:lol:, thanks Mike. New ones retail for $5,500. You can usually picke up a good used one for around $3K-3.5K. I got mine from a board member, BigTex, for pretty fair deal. Take care,

R

Check out the Doug Thorley headers!!!!!

This is a great picture, very artistic :)

This is a great picture, very artistic :)

Here's some pictures of the HPC coated set. Once again, BZ to Jamie at DTH, :metal:.

Got some body work done this last week. The entire body is in hi-build and ready for block sanding. First pictures are in epoxy. With any luck, maybe it will be painted by the next time I go home, :ito:.

I am so glad to see progress on the burb. Take your time to get the body straight. I can't wait to see some color on this thing! When you get done, this build will be the one to set the bar for other to follow. Keep up the good work.

I am so glad to see progress on the burb. Take your time to get the body straight. I can't wait to see some color on this thing! When you get done, this build will be the one to set the bar for other to follow. Keep up the good work.

Thanks man, I can't wait to get it done and drive it again. The supercharger should make for an entertaining ride, :D. As far as the body work, it's already been blocked a couple of times and we have about 4 more times to go. We're trying to get it painted so I can haul it to NM next month when I move the family out. Here's some more pics in hi-build.....

More.......

Last ones....

Thats what I'm talking about! :metal:

If you're ever in Salt Lake, feel free to stop by.

It's gonna be awesome!:metal: Did you shave the heater controls?

Lookin good Rob. You spraying that right there in the shop?

Damb that 4th door sure is going to screw things up:lol: Looks good on the spit. I am glad you changed out the tail lights, it looks so much better, too bad you could not widen the gate and hatch to match;)

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Man What A Great Build!

This burb is starting to come along Rob!

Looks Great! :metal:

Thats what I'm talking about! :metal:

If you're ever in Salt Lake, feel free to stop by.

Thanks 3DR, I plan on making a trip up there when the family gets out here.

It's gonna be awesome!:metal: Did you shave the heater controls?
Yes, I'm going to install a VintageAir Gen IV unit. I'll put the controls where the old controls were.

Lookin good Rob. You spraying that right there in the shop?

We sprayed a little epoxy in the shop, but the high build was shot in our 27' paint booth.

Man What A Great Build!

Thanks man! Just checked out your build, its gonna be pretty sweet too.

Damb that 4th door sure is going to screw things up:lol: Looks good on the spit. I am glad you changed out the tail lights, it looks so much better, too bad you could not widen the gate and hatch to match;)

Kevin
LFD Inc.

I think I'll just stay with the "rare" 3 door instead of "ultra rare" 4 door, :lol:. Installing a truck tailgate would have probably been easier, :D. I don't know if the top is wide enough to strectch it the width of the tailgate. I'm sure you're working on something pretty cool on the back of yours, ;).

This burb is starting to come along Rob!

Looks Great! :metal:

Thanks Jason. It doesn't seem like much progress, but it took about 60 man hours to get it to this point.

I think I'll just stay with the "rare" 3 door instead of "ultra rare" 4 door, :lol:. Installing a truck tailgate would have probably been easier, :D. I don't know if the top is wide enough to stretch it the width of the tailgate. I'm sure you're working on something pretty cool on the back of yours, ;).

No I think I will just finish the 4th door and sell it as is. I have just way too many irons in the fire and my wife really really wants me to get things in the direction of me going full time with this so that means getting a few high end projects done for show pieces as well as a couple of street rod type builds for more advertising. So the burb will go and maybe even the crew cab that right now is just a good standard cab with suicide doors on it. I have a few small things to finish up on LowBuck, get our son's 51 F1 on the road with a full built chassis but a old barn find look to the body. Then their is her 63 GMC SWB (drop member, 20/22's, 5.3L/AOD bagged and a killer paint job on an arrow striate body) to get started on as well as my 2WD Blazer build.
Then throw on a hand full of customer builds that are currently on the books and I think I have a rather full plate. Sorry to rant on but I am board and wired from all the med's:lol:

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Rob tell your painter to wait for the man in Brown:devil:

Almost done and may even ship out today if I can get an address:lol:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/rokcrln/HR2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/rokcrln/HR4.jpg
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Lunch time:uhmk:

Kevin
LFD Inc.