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  1. Fat 454

    Questions about turning a Burb into a 4 door pickup

  2. Fat 454

    Questions about turning a Burb into a 4 door pickup

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  3. Fat 454

    Questions about turning a Burb into a 4 door pickup

    Hey Ryan, you NEED to do this conversion - properly done these a converted sub looks sweet. I am planning on converting a couple of early '70's Subs around Christmas break this year when I get some time off work. The 2wd is going to get a swap to a crewcab 4 door body, and then we are going to...
  4. Fat 454

    Planning ahead for 3/4T 4WD Suburban suspension

    Wow ! this thread really got "back on track" - great to see all the enthusiasm and technical know how out there. Need more pics tho' I think. I'll try and post a couple of my "sub junkers" over the weekend....
  5. Fat 454

    Planning ahead for 3/4T 4WD Suburban suspension

    Hey - how did you go with the project ? Still going ? I have an early squarebody 4x4 sub that we are building. Would kill for your barn doors, ours has the tailgate but you can swap in the doors as a conversion on the early years. I'm planning to start with new body bushings/ mounts, and then to...
  6. Fat 454

    Body Panel Parts for Suburbans

    Guys - not sure if you are still looking, but the great thing about squarebodies is that ALL the sheetmetal is interchangeable pretty much from 1973 up through the 80's. I can say this with some confidence as I have a barn full of subs, pickups, blazers and crewcabs. I build my junk from...
  7. Fat 454

    '74 Crew Cab Dually 4x4

    Yeah I have a sub in the grecian bronze. Thats the metallic i'm wanting to avoid. I think I want the old Omaha orange( all the county trucks in Co. were painted this colour ). It just looks different when faded, and in different light.
  8. Fat 454

    '74 Crew Cab Dually 4x4

    Hey powerhouse - what is the colour code of your crew ? - any chance of a pic of the SPID - I'm trying to figure out a colour for mine ( currently its yellow over blue over green over tan over white !! ha ha! ) . I really like the burnt orange, but only OEM ref I have seen is either for an...
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    '74 Crew Cab Dually 4x4

    I have to add my 2c worth now - this is my dream truck ( or one of them.. ) - Its a SRW tonner ( K 30 ) - and a total basket case no drive line at all, just the axles. Frame looks OK tho' and amazingly the body has ( almost ) NO rust. Oh , and its right hand drive. I think I have just found...
  10. Fat 454

    Fitment of 81 body parts to 73-80 frame

    Hi, as you probably know, all the sheet metal from the bulkhead / scuttle forward changed in the 80/81 model year. This included the hood hinges. The scuttle ( cab ) is the same post '81 to pre 81 tho I think, which is why if you change all the sheetmetal ( including core support and hood...
  11. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    Here's the old girl in all her glory. Fixing it up with my older boy. Actually a lot better than it looks, floor, sills and scuttle all rust free. Just some in the roof on one side, and all the doors ( ? ! ). Maybe a bad day for steel on the line that day ...
  12. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    would be interesting to know what year they changed. Yeh - decent parts are hard ( ie. almost impossible ) to find over here. Last tailgate I found I pulled from Sun Valley Auto parts in L.A. when I was over visiting family. Think I paid $20 for a rust free one, and took it back on the...
  13. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    OK - cool - guess I can just buy the tailpan then and catches and swap over to doors. Just need to find doors now !!...
  14. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    So I have a '76 sub with a factory tailgate, that I want to convert to barn doors. I have been researching this on the net for ages and collected all kinds of pics and articles. A couple of U toob vids show folks cutting and welding the captive nut plates into the C pillars and all kinds of mods...
  15. Fat 454

    '75 top not 'fitting'

    Hi - Not sure on the blazer, but the sub tailgate has adjusters for the winding mech in the tailgate. There are two small panels in the base of the gate that have to be removed to access. If you search for threads around converting barn door to tailgate, these are sometimes mentioned. Also make...
  16. Fat 454

    C20 8 stud to 5 stud conversion

    Hi, I have a '73 C20 454 burb, 2wd. It has the full float 14 bolt rear end with LSD. I want to lower it about 3" ( shackles ? ) and put AR classic 5 spokes on. Does anyone sell 5 stud hub conversions for a full floater? or will I have to swap out the full axle for a 1/2 ton? Also I have been...
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