Our "What are we going to do?" 66 Suburban Build

[mud.man.rj]

Interesting music, goes with the Sub theme, crazy cool. Love the burnout.

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

Interesting music, goes with the Sub theme, crazy cool. Love the burnout.

Thanks mud.man, I thought he did a great job with it. I knew the tune, but couldn't place it until he told me...


a classical rendition of Thunderstruck by AC/DC

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by RockTonka

Thanks mud.man, I thought he did a great job with it. I knew the tune, but couldn't place it until he told me...


a classical rendition of Thunderstruck by AC/DC

One of my fave AC/DC songs too! Who did this version please?

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

One of my fave AC/DC songs too! Who did this version please?

I was wondering myself. At first thought maybe "2Cellos", but I can't find where they performed it. We saw them in concert earlier this year as an opener for Elton John. They're pretty awesome. Here are some AC/DC songs that they did:

"Highway to Hell":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqbClLq1NkY

"You Shook Me All Night Long":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OcA_XQkhzg

"Back in Black":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XnjXdPAmbg

[oklahomaduner]

Yea 2cellos are pretty dang good! 2 girls have a band called "Bond", they do quite a few song's, they did a good job at Kashmir. But the one in the video is David Garrett, he has probably 10-15 songs like this.
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[McMurphy]

Ok man, I was just about to go down to the garage and cut exhaust passes thru my center frame crossmember, until I saw yours.

I am sooooo stealing your set up now!
Thanks for posting the pics of that, I like that set up real well! My only addition may be exhaust dumps, and exiting the body behind the rear wheels as opposed to in front of them like you did....

Thank you for this, now I can move on to other stuff that really needs done !!

[RockTonka]

Excellent, I'm glad something we did is helping somebody else!

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by RockTonka

Good meeting you too Chad, we're going to have to arrange a meet & greet or something so we can put more faces to names around here...

sounds like a great idea... make it happen???
lots of us live close enough to join in and the weather is much more agreeable.

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

sounds like a great idea... make it happen???
lots of us live close enough to join in and the weather is much more agreeable.

We're all for it, any time/location ideas??


We had an excessive engine vibration and after a bit more research, fiqured out that we had the wrong flexplate...turns out the flexplates for the Gen 6 blocks are specific down to cast or forged cranks .

We had Jeg's send the correct flexplate (a Hay's unit) and borrowed a friends lift to swap it in Fri. night...since we were feeling spoiled being able to stand under the burb to work, we went ahead and replaced all the rear brake lines and rear wheel cylinders (couldn't get a good bleed before).

The boy got a chance to cruise around a bit Sunday after dropping a Sunpro tach on the dash, but we're struggling with a tempermental electric fuel pump set-up...likes to get hot and shut down. We're researching in-tank options now.

[RockTonka]

We pulled an all-nighter Fri. and into Sat. and got a few things done.

My boy came in early Fri.and chased down a rear swaybar off a junk yard 84 Camaro...brackets, bar, and all for $25. Earlier last week I bought a Boyd's tank from nomrlz here on the board, that and a by-pass regulator made it in Fri also We also picked up a bit of metal to make a rear hitch...

So we had the burb up on the lift by 7 pm Fri night and pulled it off Sat about the same time...

[RockTonka]

Pics of hitch...

[shok]

How much of the Camaro swaybar bracketry did you reuse and how much was fabbed? How much of an improvement do you feel?
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[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by shok

How much of the Camaro swaybar bracketry did you reuse and how much was fabbed? How much of an improvement do you feel?
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We used most of the stock bracketry...turned the bar upside down and backwards, opened up the id of the axle saddle brackets to fit the larger dia. of the 12 bolt and welded them to the housing (needed 3/8" spacers between those and the bushing clamps to clear the brake line), welded some 1"x2" c-channel to the frame to space the link brackets off the frame and bolted it in.

I think it made a huge difference, we have a 1 1/4" bar on the front and could really feel the rear wallow around. The rear is a 7/8" bar and tightened the burb down substantially, feels like a slot car

[piratexpress1369a]

that looks great ..you guys always do cool stuff

[C@rnut001]

Excellent work guys, that looks killer and overall, I am loving the look and stance of your Burb! Keep up the awesome job!

[justcuz]

Coming along nicely! Nice job on the rear sway bar, up out of the way and very functional. You have still kept it pretty stock looking in spite of all the great engine, trans and suspension upgrades. Thats cool, kinda of the sleeper thing going on.
Still thinking of silver instead of white on the outside? You might also want to consider a lighter blue, sort of like the 57 Chevy 2 tone color combo. It had the darker blue like your main color and a light blue on the roof and between the chrome trim on the sides. If I can find it on the internet I'll post it up.
You should be very proud of your boy, he has developed a great fondness for old iron and the ability to work on it too. Kudos for raising a great kid.

[shok]

Thanks for the details, I might copy that. I was looking for an inexpensive way to add sways to my 66 and this looks like a good start for the rear. That thing is scary to corner compared to what I'm used to.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by shok

Thanks for the details, I might copy that. I was looking for an inexpensive way to add sways to my 66 and this looks like a good start for the rear. That thing is scary to corner compared to what I'm used to.

Yep me too !!
I just raided the photos and added this page to my Favorites folder of stuff to do to my builds!
Thanks guys, this stuff is so helpful !!

And your build is awesome, I want to do a burb or delivery one day too !!

[scotts62]

Looking good!!!

I need to take some time and swing by and check that dude out sometime..

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

that looks great ..you guys always do cool stuff

Originally Posted by C@rnut001

Excellent work guys, that looks killer and overall, I am loving the look and stance of your Burb! Keep up the awesome job!

Thanks guys, we appreciate that!

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by justcuz

Coming along nicely! Nice job on the rear sway bar, up out of the way and very functional. You have still kept it pretty stock looking in spite of all the great engine, trans and suspension upgrades. Thats cool, kinda of the sleeper thing going on. Thanks, we're having fun with it like this
Still thinking of silver instead of white on the outside? You might also want to consider a lighter blue, sort of like the 57 Chevy 2 tone color combo. It had the darker blue like your main color and a light blue on the roof and between the chrome trim on the sides. If I can find it on the internet I'll post it up. Kinda sounds cool, we'd like to see pics if you find any
You should be very proud of your boy, he has developed a great fondness for old iron and the ability to work on it too. Kudos for raising a great kid. Thank you, his mom and I are very proud of both he and his sister! It's very rewarding to be able to spend this time with my son and make the transition from more father to more friend as they mature

[RockTonka]

shok & McMurphy,
always cool when we can give just a little back to the board that we've gotten so much from

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Looking good!!!

I need to take some time and swing by and check that dude out sometime..

Anytime Scott...or, since we seem to be running well now, maybe we could cruise by your place one of these days??

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by RockTonka

Anytime Scott...or, since we seem to be running well now, maybe we could cruise by your place one of these days??

Sounds good
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[justcuz]

Here is a picture of a promo model. The colors are not quite right in the photo. The colors are called Larkspur blue and Harbor blue. The lighter color on top is actually more of a baby blue than the robins egg it looks like.