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sweet70beast · 08-22-2011, 08:46 PM

I had talked to a guy a couple of years ago at the Idaho Falls Cruise night and he was telling me lots of stuff about my 50 3100 that I never knew before. He said I should stop by sometime because he has some of these trucks that I could get some parts off of. Naturally life got real busy and I pretty much forgot about it until two weekends ago when a buddy and I stopped to talk to him and were blown away by what he has in his back yard. I will post pictures of that stuff later.
He had three 47-53 Suburbans and I hadn't seen that many in one spot, long story short I bought the one with the best body. All it is missing is the seats, taillights, grill, radiator and most of the engine. I had a Chevy full pressure 235 laying around so I spent this last weekend taking out the GMC block and putting in the Chevy motor.
The only rust through is behind the pass rear fender and where the floor meets the firewall.
The kicker is that I only paid $500 for it. I know, now I'm going to get hate mail.

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jimig1 · 08-23-2011, 12:01 AM

Congrats on the burb that is going to be my next project. Going to need one that will hold more then just me and the wife

xpickup · 08-23-2011, 06:26 AM

sweet70beast, Very nice looking. I wish mine was a suburban instead of a panel. It great what you paid for it. I paid that for mine 12 years ago and it was rusty at the bottom.

Shannon

solidaxel · 08-23-2011, 12:09 PM

What size C.I. engine was in the GMC when you bought it?

Daze57 · 08-23-2011, 07:40 PM

good lookin; truck - will be nice - whatever direction you go in

sweet70beast · 08-24-2011, 12:03 AM

I don't know much about GMC's but I'm thinking it was a 228. The interesting thing about it was that it had domed pistons.

sweet70beast · 03-07-2012, 05:26 PM

The GMC engine that was in it was missing everything, the only thing still there was the block and it's guts. I had put in a "good runner" 1960 Chev 235 over the winter and then after not being able to get it going found out it had less cylinder pressure than my lungs do. Took it back out the other day so I'm going to put a 350 auto and S-10 rear back in. I wanted to have it drivable this summer. At-least the 235 didn't cost me anything just traded some junk (Ford parts) for it.

08-22-2011, 08:46 PM	#1
sweet70beast Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Shelley Idaho Posts: 876	Yah Baby! New Toy I had talked to a guy a couple of years ago at the Idaho Falls Cruise night and he was telling me lots of stuff about my 50 3100 that I never knew before. He said I should stop by sometime because he has some of these trucks that I could get some parts off of. Naturally life got real busy and I pretty much forgot about it until two weekends ago when a buddy and I stopped to talk to him and were blown away by what he has in his back yard. I will post pictures of that stuff later. He had three 47-53 Suburbans and I hadn't seen that many in one spot, long story short I bought the one with the best body. All it is missing is the seats, taillights, grill, radiator and most of the engine. I had a Chevy full pressure 235 laying around so I spent this last weekend taking out the GMC block and putting in the Chevy motor. The only rust through is behind the pass rear fender and where the floor meets the firewall. The kicker is that I only paid $500 for it. I know, now I'm going to get hate mail. 1953 GMC Suburban [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] __________________ 1970 Nova 327/T5 (my 1st car) 1971 K-20 350/350/205 (winter DD) 1953 GMC Suburban 1968 Chevy Bel Air 1976 Chev C-10 1972 Skylark (suncoupe) 1 of 3943 made

08-23-2011, 12:01 AM	#2
jimig1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elk River, MN Posts: 614	Re: Yah Baby! New Toy Congrats on the burb that is going to be my next project. Going to need one that will hold more then just me and the wife __________________ 55 2nd series Chevy Pickup 2019 Chevy Equinox(Daily driver) 2011 Chevy Malibu (Wife's car) MSRA Member I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. -George Carlin

08-23-2011, 06:26 AM	#3
xpickup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: York, Pa. Posts: 1,386	Re: Yah Baby! New Toy sweet70beast, Very nice looking. I wish mine was a suburban instead of a panel. It great what you paid for it. I paid that for mine 12 years ago and it was rusty at the bottom. Shannon

08-23-2011, 12:09 PM	#4
solidaxel Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cactus Patch So. Az Posts: 4,749	Re: Yah Baby! New Toy What size C.I. engine was in the GMC when you bought it? __________________ 53 TuTone Extended Cab 350 4-Spd 3:08 (SOLD) 53 Chevy Moldy pearl green ZZ-4 4L60E 9" 3:25 55 GMC 1st Black Mll (ZZ4) ZZ6 TKO 600 5 sp 3:73 62 Solidaxle Corvette Roman Red (327 340hp 4spd 3:36) C4 & C5 suspension tube chassis LS 3 4L70E 65 Corvette Coupe 327 350hp 4spd 4:11 78 Black Silverado SWB (350/350) 5.3 & 4L60E 3:42 2000 S-Type 3.0 (wife cruiser) 2003 GMC SCSB 5.3 4L60E 3:42

08-23-2011, 07:40 PM	#5
Daze57 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Las Vegas - Nev. aka Sin City Posts: 1,835	Re: Yah Baby! New Toy good lookin; truck - will be nice - whatever direction you go in

08-24-2011, 12:03 AM	#6
sweet70beast Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Shelley Idaho Posts: 876	Re: Yah Baby! New Toy I don't know much about GMC's but I'm thinking it was a 228. The interesting thing about it was that it had domed pistons. __________________ 1970 Nova 327/T5 (my 1st car) 1971 K-20 350/350/205 (winter DD) 1953 GMC Suburban 1968 Chevy Bel Air 1976 Chev C-10 1972 Skylark (suncoupe) 1 of 3943 made

03-07-2012, 05:26 PM	#7
sweet70beast Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Shelley Idaho Posts: 876	Re: Yah Baby! New Toy The GMC engine that was in it was missing everything, the only thing still there was the block and it's guts. I had put in a "good runner" 1960 Chev 235 over the winter and then after not being able to get it going found out it had less cylinder pressure than my lungs do. Took it back out the other day so I'm going to put a 350 auto and S-10 rear back in. I wanted to have it drivable this summer. At-least the 235 didn't cost me anything just traded some junk (Ford parts) for it. __________________ 1970 Nova 327/T5 (my 1st car) 1971 K-20 350/350/205 (winter DD) 1953 GMC Suburban 1968 Chevy Bel Air 1976 Chev C-10 1972 Skylark (suncoupe) 1 of 3943 made



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