My 53 Suburban is a driver..Yippee :)

Finally.
It's been a long 7 months. My kids ate nothing but Ramon noodles... ..not really, but I'm pretty broke.

I know, it's a rolling cliche(sp?)
Bare steel, www's and red steelies, mexican blankets...But we like it.

It was bone stock 7 months ago. So we made pretty good progress so far.

MII with c/m raised up into the frame, no bags up front yet.
4-link with bags and a 7" notch out back
350/350
and new everything else underneath, wiring, glass, etc.....

I'd like to make a public Thank You to:

Eric(Vaphead)for the front and rear suspensions
Dennis(UPSrodder) for doing my wiring
Sam(Bulletman)for suppling the harness, my flake wheel, and other misc. stuff

Pete (old guy, doesn't do internet) who did all the fab. work and welding. He has people here who know him.

And especially Thank You to my wife, Jill. She stripped this whole thing to bare metal by herself. I never touched it. And she painted all the red inside, plus lots of other stuff. She worked her ass off for months. She rocks! And I love her for it.

I'm still working through some bugs, need to finish the air ride system, but it's a driver. We've been rolling around for alittle over a week or so.

So, here's a few pics from this past weekend.

 

BTW, here it was 7 months ago.

 

Hell yeah man! that thing has come a long way! I dig it..

 

Nice very nice .What size wheels are those?

 

Looks awesome!! but I like the original grille better.

 

interesting bench seats in the back....wonder what it was originally used for?

 

Well, we knew it was a Colorado Forestry vehicle for many years, but once my wife had most of the rear stripped, and started the doors, she found that it was a US Army vehicle originally.
If we'd of found that first, it may have stayed all weathered and beat-down.

 

Oh, and the wheels are all 15x5 with 205-15's

 

a big "grats" and a healthy "attagirl"

 

tim

thats looking great!
Love the single driving light, and the bare metal..

I hope you keep it around awhile?

will it be in Columbus?

sawzall

 

Sure would be cool to see at the HR Cinematic...

If it'll go to Salem,Gallipolis is only a few more hours
down the road... Shakedown.

 

damn nice

 

Yeah, will be in Columbus...I hope

Salem is only 25 minutes away. Big difference than 4-5 hours away.

It's alot easier to part with stuff when you just buy/trade, and tinker. We're way more vested in this. 7 solid months, tons of time, money and effort.
I won't use the "K" word(keep)Shhh...You never heard that, but I plan on this being around for awhile.
Besides, my wife says she has FINAL say-so if it's goes. She has alot of hard hours in this one.

 

Schweet....

 

I remember when you posted the photos of when you brought it home and thought it was nice then but now it's just freakin' cool. I really like it.

 

Way to go guys! I can just see it with the trailer behind. Awesome set-up. Please tell me your bringing to the drags! Wish we were coming to Columbus again.

 

Hey I was just looking at the pictures again, whose that big guy leaning on the front fender?

 

CONGRAT'S TIMLOOKS KILLER. whos shoebox in there pics? jeff got a new ride yet?

 

That big guy is my buddy Jeff's 12yr old son, Jeffrey

And that shoebox belongs to my buddy Shane, from our club.

 

Yup, I hate you, you now officially suck.





You rule man.

 

I'll bet on a year tops, Anyway great its almost ready for the road, and in 7 months . The first drive after a build or a major change has an excitement like no outher. congrats Dave

 

I thought it was going to be tough, to top your old wagon... But you just might pull it off.

 

Cool!

 

You all do some fine work there! Looking real good!

 

Congrats, looks great. I'm sure it's lots of fun! And I know the feeling -- I just yesterday fired up and let the clutch out on my 53 chev sedan that I've been working on since November.

 

Tim, looks good it has come along way since you got it, can't wait to see it.

 

sweet ride. i met u and a couple of the road hounds sat nite a the gas station in salem. i had the 51 chevy. hope mine looks half that nice someday instead of the grandpa car i have.

 

Beautiful. How about some interior shots?

 

Came out great.. Sell it now before you get to attached.. then its really hard..

 

That looks great, a lot of hard work by you and the wife.
Keep us posted on the progress....'22