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Old 03-06-2007, 09:25 PM   #201
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Re: 1969 Burb build-up (Bags, 5.3/4L60E, repaint, interior....)

Got the seat brackets blasted and painted (POR15). Will probably take them to the upholsterer tomorrow. I also made a little progress on the tail lights, but I'm not quite ready to post pics yet. But I'll put it this way, there's no turning back now.
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Old 03-06-2007, 09:27 PM   #202
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looking good you must have changed your mind,keeping buddybuckets good choice
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:01 AM   #203
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looking good you must have changed your mind,keeping buddybuckets good choice
Once I realized that they tilted forward, I thought it would be nice to have access to the back from the drivers side. I went by the my upholster yesterday and he's almost got the rear seats done and is getting ready to do the buckets. I just picked up a center console box from BigJake97 (because my was damaged) which was all that I needed to finish the seats out. He should have them done next week. I'll post pics when he does. Here's a super secret spy photo of the tail light mod I'm doing.
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Old 03-10-2007, 01:53 PM   #204
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Wow, looks great! Why didn't they do that from the factory??? Love it!
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Old 03-10-2007, 07:33 PM   #205
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Re: 1969 Burb build-up (Bags, 5.3/4L60E, repaint, interior....)

Awesome as always. I wish you lived near me. You wouldn't have time for work on your own stuff. you would be working on mine. Keep up the good work. Kerry
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Old 03-10-2007, 11:01 PM   #206
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Wow, looks great! Why didn't they do that from the factory??? Love it!
Thanks Frizzle. I think I've about got everything figured as far as tieing it all together. Either tomorrow of Monday I'm going to put some step by step pics together and show the progress.

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Awesome as always. I wish you lived near me. You wouldn't have time for work on your own stuff. you would be working on mine. Keep up the good work. Kerry
Thanks alot Woot. I could do this stuff 24/7 if time and $$$ permitted. Maybe in a couple of years when I retire...........
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Old 03-10-2007, 11:29 PM   #207
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Man, you need to do something about that rust between the tail lights
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Old 03-11-2007, 06:50 PM   #208
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Hart Rod, in your opinion what's the best way to ensure no scuffs on door hinges and their bolts? As difficult as lining doors up can be, after you paint these components you're sure to mar or scuff them. Do you paint this part after the doors are already on?
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Old 03-12-2007, 11:00 PM   #209
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Man, you need to do something about that rust between the tail lights
Working on it. Just a few more days........

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Hart Rod, in your opinion what's the best way to ensure no scuffs on door hinges and their bolts? As difficult as lining doors up can be, after you paint these components you're sure to mar or scuff them. Do you paint this part after the doors are already on?
Use stainless bolts and lots and lots of masking tape!

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Old 03-12-2007, 11:02 PM   #210
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More pics of seat bracket. I made quite a bit of progress on the tail lights, but should really hit paydirt tomorrow. I will post LOTS of pictures tomorrow night, for now this is the best that I can do, .
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Old 03-15-2007, 12:48 AM   #211
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Long day in the shop. Just a couple of quick pics. My seats are almost done. And a few of where I am with the tail light mod. I'll try to do a better step by step post tomorrow.
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Old 03-15-2007, 01:19 AM   #212
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Good stuff man! Did you put a 3rd brake light on the liftgate?
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Old 03-17-2007, 11:03 AM   #213
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Good stuff man! Did you put a 3rd brake light on the liftgate?

Nice catch!

Here's some pictures of my buckets. I had him put in some heat warmers too (for those cold NW FL days!).
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Old 03-17-2007, 12:17 PM   #214
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love the seat cover choice...
Rob, still waiting for an invitation to come look at your work
What's up with this weather? 2 days ago it was like 80, this morning it was 40!
We should meet up at the bk again soon, let me know when you think you can make it, maybe the other locals can make it also...will have to make a post see if we can all make it soon.
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Old 03-17-2007, 12:27 PM   #215
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I had him put in some heat warmers too
How hard was that to do? Have you tested them yet?
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Old 03-17-2007, 01:36 PM   #216
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love the seat cover choice...
Rob, still waiting for an invitation to come look at your work
What's up with this weather? 2 days ago it was like 80, this morning it was 40!
We should meet up at the bk again soon, let me know when you think you can make it, maybe the other locals can make it also...will have to make a post see if we can all make it soon.
Your welcome any time, PM me for my cell # (next Saturday???). I'm going to BK this evening. Should be there around 4:30 or 5:00. TTYL.

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How hard was that to do? Have you tested them yet?
It's pretty straight forward. Just lay them on top of the seat cushion (I'm sure he put a little glue on them to hold them in place). Haven't tested them yet, maybe sometime this week.

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Old 03-21-2007, 08:43 PM   #217
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Got my center console today from BIGJAKE97. It looks almost good enough to use as is. If I hadn't planned on putting cupholders in the armrest, I probably would. Thanks again JAKE.
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Old 03-29-2007, 06:01 PM   #218
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I just finished reading through this hole thread. I like it. I am going to keep coming back to see your progress. It is looking great.
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I just finished reading through this hole thread. I like it. I am going to keep coming back to see your progress. It is looking great.
Thanks for the compliment Reaper. I am going to try and post a bunch of pictures on the tail light mod this weekend. I know I've been saying this for a couple of weeks, but I've been pretty swamped. I will make it happen this weekend, .
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OK, I know I have been saying I was going to do a write up and post pictures of my tail light mod for the last month or so........however work, kids, life have taken most of my free time. However, I got a little time tonight and I'll try to catch everyone up with where I'm at. I'm not done yet, but I'm getting close.

The first thing I did when I started thinking about this project was to get a truck bed end and started wacking on it to see the body lines and shapes were going to line up. I was really suprised on how close they were.I fiigured it was doable with a "little" work.
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Old 04-06-2007, 08:56 PM   #221
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Initially I was going to just cut the tail lights in and make them line up with the tailgate. But the more I look at it I realized that was going to work because the truck tail lights are straight and the Burb tail gate has a slight curve to it. HHHMMMM, so what to do???? Well, I bought a tail gate skin from Mar-K and to play around with.
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Old 04-06-2007, 09:04 PM   #222
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The Mar-K tailgate skin definitely helped me get the project going. With it, I was able to get both tail lights lined up and in postion and it helped me figure out what I was going to have to do to the suburban tailgate. For those with weak stomachs, you might want to turn away, because I'm getting ready to start wacking on some really nice sheetmetal, . First, I cut the skin off of the tailgate. With the skin off, you can really see the amount of curvature thats in it from top to bottom.
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Next, in order to get the new truck tail gate skin to fit, I had to take the curvature out of the Suburban tail gate. I did this by slicing the edge so I could move it in until it was flat, and then tack weld it. Next, ground off the curved part and finished welding it up. Pretty simple, ehhh.
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After I did both sides, I was able to put truck tailgate skin in place and get a good idea of how it was going to look when it was done. The suburban tailgate is narrower than the truck tailgate. Since the overall dimensions of the truck and suburban are the same, after I cut the new skin to fit the suburban tail gate, I took the other pieces and welded them to the truck bed ends to make up the difference.
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Some more pictures with everything mocked up.
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