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rustyg · 04-09-2006, 08:39 AM

Been away from the board for awhile, hope everyone's doing well. Some of you may recall my cross country trip in the 72 Burb just over a year ago, I'm getting settled some what. Almost finished remodeling an old corn barn to work on some projects, remodeling an old farm house too. Hope to be in there by Christmas. Had a pretty mild winter here so I survived, actually enjoyed plowing and shoveling when we had some snow. Well, my next door neighbor owns a local body shop and we're doing some trade out work (I do construction work) Going to build him a concrete deck and some type of patio structure, and possibly the same for his brother. The burb goes in mid-May. Probably going to pull the body off, I really like the four headlights in the GMC grill, is this a bolt in mod or is there more to it. There is no a/c in there at all, I want to look at the Vintage Air, My question is do I still need a factory tunnel to pipe the air to the back or is there another way. Still undecided on color, leaning towards red, Any input on color/mods/tips/tricks are welcome. Some things I plan on doing are electric windows/door locks dyna mat in all doors and floor-pressurized cylinders for the lift hatch and a motorized tail gate, I want to press a button and have the hatch raise and the gate go down. The 383 runs pretty strong but needs some fine tuning, I'm bringing her over there tomorrow to a local mechanic (same guy used to wrench and tune on my Father in law's cars when he was growing up) Stan Grabel is his name. I would like to adjust my ride height with air bags, any input on this is also welcome. I would like to drop down on to my bump stops when parked for loading/unloading, and back up when I'm ready to go. I think this will allow me the height I want and still let me run through the local car wash. Thanks in advance for any help/comments.

smokekiki · 04-09-2006, 10:56 AM

For air in the back,The 72 had an overhead unit and an in dash unit.I would check into a rear ac unit from a newer sub or from a van.You could get one that has air and heat.The factory had T fittings in the lines to send the freon to the rear.Th GMC grill is a semi bolt in.You would need new fenders and core support.67-68 chevy and 67-72gmc fenders are the same.67 didn't have marker lights.The core support needs to have 4 headlight buckets.There used to be a thread in the FAQ section.
Lots of info on the suspension board about air ride.

rustyg · 04-09-2006, 11:43 AM

Thanks Smoke, I really like the mirrors you fabbed. I'll have to buy you a beer sometime and talk Burb's.

72armyswbtruck · 04-09-2006, 02:34 PM

WTF is up with that sign

Superron21 · 04-09-2006, 04:35 PM

a classic case of the pennsylvania DOT needs to buy a vowel.......

rustyg · 04-09-2006, 08:12 PM

The sign is is California.

04-09-2006, 08:39 AM	#1
rustyg Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Gap-Pa. Posts: 186	Going in for Paint, couple questions Been away from the board for awhile, hope everyone's doing well. Some of you may recall my cross country trip in the 72 Burb just over a year ago, I'm getting settled some what. Almost finished remodeling an old corn barn to work on some projects, remodeling an old farm house too. Hope to be in there by Christmas. Had a pretty mild winter here so I survived, actually enjoyed plowing and shoveling when we had some snow. Well, my next door neighbor owns a local body shop and we're doing some trade out work (I do construction work) Going to build him a concrete deck and some type of patio structure, and possibly the same for his brother. The burb goes in mid-May. Probably going to pull the body off, I really like the four headlights in the GMC grill, is this a bolt in mod or is there more to it. There is no a/c in there at all, I want to look at the Vintage Air, My question is do I still need a factory tunnel to pipe the air to the back or is there another way. Still undecided on color, leaning towards red, Any input on color/mods/tips/tricks are welcome. Some things I plan on doing are electric windows/door locks dyna mat in all doors and floor-pressurized cylinders for the lift hatch and a motorized tail gate, I want to press a button and have the hatch raise and the gate go down. The 383 runs pretty strong but needs some fine tuning, I'm bringing her over there tomorrow to a local mechanic (same guy used to wrench and tune on my Father in law's cars when he was growing up) Stan Grabel is his name. I would like to adjust my ride height with air bags, any input on this is also welcome. I would like to drop down on to my bump stops when parked for loading/unloading, and back up when I'm ready to go. I think this will allow me the height I want and still let me run through the local car wash. Thanks in advance for any help/comments. __________________ 71 k10 swb 72 k5 72 Burb 4x4 72 GMC Burb 4x4

04-09-2006, 10:56 AM	#2
smokekiki Mike Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: west chester pa Posts: 2,473	Re: Going in for Paint, couple questions For air in the back,The 72 had an overhead unit and an in dash unit.I would check into a rear ac unit from a newer sub or from a van.You could get one that has air and heat.The factory had T fittings in the lines to send the freon to the rear.Th GMC grill is a semi bolt in.You would need new fenders and core support.67-68 chevy and 67-72gmc fenders are the same.67 didn't have marker lights.The core support needs to have 4 headlight buckets.There used to be a thread in the FAQ section. Lots of info on the suspension board about air ride. __________________ 70'c/10, 71 suburban4x4 402bb, 72suburban 4/6 drop, 72k/5 4x4 blazer 4" lift 35 tires Last edited by smokekiki; 04-09-2006 at 10:56 AM.

04-09-2006, 11:43 AM	#3
rustyg Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Gap-Pa. Posts: 186	Re: Going in for Paint, couple questions Thanks Smoke, I really like the mirrors you fabbed. I'll have to buy you a beer sometime and talk Burb's. __________________ 71 k10 swb 72 k5 72 Burb 4x4 72 GMC Burb 4x4

04-09-2006, 02:34 PM	#4
72armyswbtruck Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 4,033	Re: Going in for Paint, couple questions WTF is up with that sign __________________ "Remember, They can Kill You, but they can't eat You, That's against the law!!!!!!!!!"

04-09-2006, 04:35 PM	#5
Superron21 DONT TRY THIS AT HOME! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 119	Re: Going in for Paint, couple questions a classic case of the pennsylvania DOT needs to buy a vowel.......

04-09-2006, 08:12 PM	#6
rustyg Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Gap-Pa. Posts: 186	Re: Going in for Paint, couple questions The sign is is California. __________________ 71 k10 swb 72 k5 72 Burb 4x4 72 GMC Burb 4x4



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