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Old 03-08-2014, 06:25 AM   #226
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Old 03-08-2014, 11:04 PM   #227
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Thanks. Soon I will be back to the suburban. Unless my dad is ready for floors in his Corvair first.
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Old 03-31-2014, 12:49 AM   #228
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Little side project is done. I will be back to the suburban soon.
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Old 03-31-2014, 12:51 AM   #229
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Fuel filler is done too.
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Old 03-31-2014, 10:22 AM   #230
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Fuel filler is done too.
The bed looks awesome, what kind of wood/finish did you use. Great idea on the hidden fuel filler too
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Old 03-31-2014, 03:18 PM   #231
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Holly cow, that looks amazing! Great work!
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Old 04-04-2014, 11:55 AM   #232
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The bed looks awesome, what kind of wood/finish did you use. Great idea on the hidden fuel filler too
Thanks. The wood is padouk. I used a clear gloss marine spar varnish. That is 6 coats. The fuel filler was fun. Trying not to scratch the paint.

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Old 05-10-2014, 11:03 AM   #233
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Hello guys I want to say hi I live out in yelm if you guys would like to get toghter say hi I will be in Puyallup today helping my daughter move in my 70 suburban panel
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Old 06-07-2014, 02:27 AM   #234
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Hello guys I want to say hi I live out in yelm if you guys would like to get toghter say hi I will be in Puyallup today helping my daughter move in my 70 suburban panel
If you want to find local get togethers check out northwest c10s on Facebook. We have local meets to check out every ones trucks. Not a car club, just a bunch of Chevy truck owners.
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Old 09-30-2014, 01:14 AM   #235
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Any updates?.?..
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Old 10-27-2014, 02:16 AM   #236
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Just finishing a small addition to my garage so my finished truck will be better protected from the dirt. Then I can work on it again.
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Old 10-28-2014, 03:59 PM   #237
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nice work, subscribed!
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Old 02-01-2015, 11:26 PM   #239
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I saw him breathing on Facebook the other day.
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Old 02-08-2015, 07:22 PM   #240
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I have been working on it slowly. Mostly rust repair to the passenger side. I also found out why the back door didn't fit right. The body bushing just in front of the rear tire was missing, causing the body to sag 3/4". Because of all my rust it really twisted the body.

Here is where I left off.


With the body mount corrected the doors open and close better.



The floor is done behind the B pillar.


I tack welded the front floor patch.



Then I ground down all the welds and painted the bare metal.




I rebuilt the bottom of the B pillar and removed the suburban part of the rocker panel.


Then I grafted it onto the truck rocker panel.


Next I will finish the bottom of the B pillar and be playing with the rocker panels. Also need to make the back door latch.
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Old 02-08-2015, 10:02 PM   #241
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Good thing you caught that body mount befòre ya got too far along.
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Time flies with out updates. Got burned out on bodywork, then busy for the summer. Bought a donor vehicle from an auction to use. Not sure if it will yet.



Stripped and sold all the parts I didn't need then rolled the frame into the garage.


The wheelbase was 135" and I needed 127" so I took 8" out of the middle.




















Then I rolled the old frame out and the new frame under only to find the engine is set back farther in vans and it hit the firewall. So I pulled the engine out so I could position the frame correctly.


















Then cut off the motor mount stands and moved them forward 2 1/2" so the engine would clear the firewall. The drivers side had to be notched around the front differential mount.








After all that work I don't like how the frame hangs way below the body. Instead of being inside the body supports it is under them. Add to that the frame is 1 1/2" taller and it is very visible.






Any ideas to make it fit better would be welcome. Or I am putting the original frame back under.
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Old 01-03-2016, 02:25 PM   #243
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Looks like you've really put in a lot of well thought out work. How many times have you pulled the engine / put it back in? Looking good so far
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Old 01-03-2016, 09:57 PM   #244
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The engine has only been in and out 3 times since the frame went under.
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Old 01-03-2016, 11:41 PM   #245
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wait, what! how did I not get update notifications on this!
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Nice work! I have no real helpful ideas on how to hide the frame from showing. Step tubes are my only idea. That might hide it some what.
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Channel the body over the frame?
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I gotta say, from the pictures, the frame doesn't stand out that much. being that it's fully boxed, I like it. being a van frame, it does seem more of a challenge. for the crew we just said screw it, cut the floor and set the cab where we wanted it, then built a whole sub framed floor to fit the newer frame. for my burb, I plan on keeping as much of the donor floor as possible. being that you're burnt out on body work, I can understand not wanting to dive into any more mods. I imagine the van floor sat way too high to have a flat deck and clear the power train, so my suggestion would be just snip bits out of the way of the body until it sits where you want, then built a subframe for the floor where needed. this may give you better mounting points later as well. since its 4x4, how much of the frame do you really need to hide?
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I gotta say, from the pictures, the frame doesn't stand out that much. being that it's fully boxed, I like it. being a van frame, it does seem more of a challenge. for the crew we just said screw it, cut the floor and set the cab where we wanted it, then built a whole sub framed floor to fit the newer frame. for my burb, I plan on keeping as much of the donor floor as possible. being that you're burnt out on body work, I can understand not wanting to dive into any more mods. I imagine the van floor sat way too high to have a flat deck and clear the power train, so my suggestion would be just snip bits out of the way of the body until it sits where you want, then built a subframe for the floor where needed. this may give you better mounting points later as well. since its 4x4, how much of the frame do you really need to hide?
Going to modify the floor. Not the floor itself but the floor supports. They run right above the new frame so why not move them. I cut some out of a junk cab to test fit. They will sit just inside the new frame and since that is where the body mounts are I can make the mount brackets sit at any height. This will lower the body about 2 1/2". The rest of the body should be fine.

By the way it's not a 4x4. It's AWD. They sit lower and it sounds sportier.
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Old 11-13-2016, 11:16 AM   #250
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What's the latest on this? I don't want to be the only one using an AWD van for a frame swap, that's a bad sign! Mine is almost finished so if you're still pressing forward I could offer up some advice on lowering/steering/brakes, the things that took me the longest to figure out. Best wishes, Ben.
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