Projects 1955-59 Chevrolet/GMC Suburban (Carryall)

Very nice looking vintage rig, not too overdone. I like it!

 

Did you say "Finished"? I didn't even know there was such a word LOL

VERY NICE!!

 

Must say love all you old suburbans mines not as old but man I have fun with her

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Got one cooking over here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=805553

Great to see pictures of these things for reference. I'm currently driving myself crazy trying to pick a paint color scheme...


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Finally got the front of my suburban down. Been sittin too long. Miss driving this everyday.

 

That 'burb sits nice. What are the specs on the lowering job?

I'm doing a panel right now but have no idea how it'll sit when it's done...right now it's just a shell with no front clip.


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Thanks,
I flipped the rear in the back, on the factory leaf springs, small notch and box job on the frame rails. The front has 2 leaves removed, and a factory I beam that's been dropped about 4". The wheels and tires are temporary, they are 80's 6 lug steel wheels, they are too wide and too big of a tire. I'm workin on my factory wheels to get them painted body color, and I have a set of bias ply wide whites. That should give me a little more steering back. There's some work involved to keep it straight axle, and some sacrifices to make. But I'm glad I never went IFS, at least for this one.

 

mine sits up a bit higher, with a rake....but it's about as low as it can go and still be totally functional, no need to worry about bottoming out ever, rear frame is not notched, axle housing does not hit the floor, etc. 72 Camaro subframe, rear uses stock springs, on front spring hangers mounted under the frame, and the axle sits on top of the springs.

 

Here's my 1959 GMC Suburban. Thinking of selling it.

 

i got a 58 gmc napco carryall -I NEED A ROOF FOR IT -SAME AS PANEL TRUCK -anybody know of one close to iowa _I NEED IT !!!!!!!

 

I'm in the market for something like this. Classic truck, panel van whatever. Looking to make it my daily and give my current daily to my daughter.

 

Was lucky enough to pick up a '56 panel a couple of months back from the Savannah area, but it's missing the passenger side quarter panel !!!

Soooo, if anyone knows of a good '55-'59 panel/suburban passenger side quarter panel, I'm in need

 

Mike, I still have a roof for you, if you can want to put together a HAMB relay

 

there's no such thing as a good pass side quarter panel for one of these! but I did sell a driver side that was sort of useable, a few years ago.

 

GEEZ Jim, way to keep my hopes up there, buddy- see if I offer any more '28 help

Yeah, I do know of a long body that has a usable quarter panel, but really don't want to buy the whole thing just to get a quarter... and I know that I can use door skins and the lower part of a '58-9 fleetside bedside, but I figured that I'd throw it out there- "he who does not ask, does not receive"

 

it's worth a try

it just seems that the pass side gets banged up on them, they didn't come with a pass side rear view mirror as standard equipment!

 

good point

 

Might have a lead on a quarter panel- not perfect, but good enough to get the project moving!

Mike, Brad54 will be heading to the Chicago are in the next month. If you can find a way to get the rood from there to you, I can send it with him!!! If you want to make it happen, please let me know now, so I can get the roof ready to go

 

GREAT NEWS!!!

Got a usable patch for my panel truck... had to buy the clapped out '57 3800 to get it, but I should be able to break even flipping the usable parts on it

And Mike, I still have that roof for your panel, if you want to put a relay together, OR wait for the summer- Brad54 is going to the Meltdown Drags in mid July!

Oh, and about that 3800- it had a spare tire carrier mounted vertically behind the driver's seat (looks to be factory) and the driver's side door handle didn't have a key hole (like I'm used to seeing on 20's automobiles)- anyone know if this was stock,normal, rare, etc?

 

one key was normal for pickups back then, my Suburban has a lock on each door, but my 59 pickup does not. I would expect a panel to not have the lock. If we really cared, we could look it up.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/1929_57chevyparts/index.htm

do you have a build thread for your project?

 

Here's my 56 panel that I hope to have on the road soon.LOL

 

Uh that last one is a dodge.

I helped a guy put a 4-71 Gimmy in one of those when I was in high school. it was a damned good drive it anywhere truck.

 

Jim,

Thanks for letting me know- I figured that the door handle would probably be common/normal, but wanted to make sure.
Will have to look up the spare carrier in my assembly manual- may use it, just 'cause it's neat!

 

How about a picture or two of the tire carrier? It could probably be moved back some, eh? Spare tire location is a problem when you put a hitch receiver on the truck, since it originally went under the back.

 

Just as soon as I can figure out how to download the pics from the new phone...
It looks pretty much like a stock carrier, but has a 90 degree flange on the end to bolt to the floor, and the fasteners are factory stock carriage bolts with washer/square nuts.

 

Okay, here are the pics (gotta love that it's the end of January and the red ants are ALREADY BUILDING MOUNDS!!!)- I also love the fact that years ago, someone delivered a panel from Jersey down to Georgia for me to find :

 

thanks for the pics of the mount, that's interesting...you gonna use it?


nice panel, I think it's better days were a long time ago.

 

YUP!
It'll go behind the back seat (going to put a second row in for the kiddies, and eventually give them some light as well )
Not sure if I want to put it on the driver or passenger side though, as my big butt will be in the driver's seat most of the time, and the gas tank is on the passenger side...

Yeah, it lead a happier life before it landed in the yard, I'm sure- trying to talk myself out of finding a diesel to put in it and enjoy all that extra space!

 

I went and looked at this one 2 weeks ago, it was the most solid one I had seen in a long time. I decided I needed to finish my current projects before buying another.

 

Wow, that's clean! How reasonable was he?