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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by stevie.t, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. stevie.t
    Joined: Dec 26, 2009
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    from uk

    hi guys im building a 1958 apache suburban, anyone else out there building or built a burb lets see them:D
     
  2. OldSub
    Joined: Aug 27, 2003
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    This is mine. '55 1st GMC.
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  3. squirrel
    Joined: Sep 23, 2004
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    been building my 57 for a long time....not much to show though. I think there are some old pics on my web page.
     
  4. 333 Half Evil
    Joined: Oct 16, 2006
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    Hopefully I'll be driving this one in 2010. It was my dads, he got it in 1983, had put 100,000+ miles on it driving it most every day from 83 till about 92 when he had taken it to a body shop to be redone. Well while it was in the shop, dad built a 29 model A town delivery and when the panel was finally finished he had lost interest in it, he was also upset that the body shop painted the dark brown stripes/trim....it was supposed to be copper or gold. He brought it home from the body shop and put it in his barn....sat there intil I got it from him a couple years ago!!! Loads of dust still on it when I got it home. This one was built for the U.S. Government. There is a tag riveted to the dash that tells all about it, the contract number, batch number etc.
     

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  5. squirrel
    Joined: Sep 23, 2004
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    That truck could be fixed up :)
     
  6. 333 Half Evil
    Joined: Oct 16, 2006
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    Are you commenting on my 57? If so, I'm not sure it's worth fixin, thought I'd take the visor off and scrap the rest. Hell it's just some big old truck...
     
  7. Reverend_Jack
    Joined: Feb 17, 2009
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    There aren't any words in the english language more offensive than "and scrap the rest" If I lived closer I'd take it off your hands for the scrap value.
     
  8. I think he is fucking with us:D....at least I hope so:(....
     
  9. cwayne
    Joined: Dec 24, 2009
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    I'm working on a '52 chevy sub. for a friend in so. cal. I would post pictures if i could make them smaller....... We've got a date with the painter in April so i'm busting butt to get it ready.. Hey the picture came through.. i'll post more if anybody cares........
    Here are some more pictures of the '52 sub. i'm working on. I've loaded up all the pictures i can. The thing had to be power washed out as it was a rat motel for years and the rat crap was 2'' thick in spots. the floors up front had to be replaced along with the cowls on both sides. It did not come with a middle seat so i took a seat out of a early truck cut it down made legs for it and made my own middle seat sorry no pictures of the completed seat.
     

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  10. colorado51
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  11. terd ferguson
    Joined: Jun 13, 2008
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    Send me the visor. I'll give it a happy home. :D
     
  12. No pics just a memory, owned a 59 GMC Napco 4x4 and a 57 panel. These trucks are tough to find certain parts for and most are seriously rusted. I do know of a Calif. 55 that is complete and solid. Been working on a deal for a few years now, one day he may get a notion to sell! They are cool, I prefer a 5 or 6 Napco.:cool:
     
  13. czuch
    Joined: Sep 23, 2008
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    from vail az

    I traded a 64 ply more door belvedere that ran great for a 57 GMC suburban that didnt run when I was 17. Dad was sooooo thrilled. I havent learned a thing.
    Half Evil, I'll take the rest. see? I still havent learned.
     
  14. Shifty Shifterton
    Joined: Oct 1, 2006
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    Ouch. Rolling out of the booth the wrong color and having the bodyshop expect you to live with it.......major motivation killer. Sorry to hear that. The day it happened to me was the day I realized I'm the best painter I know. :D My work might be peeled and wavy, but at least it's the right color!!
     
  15. stevie.t
    Joined: Dec 26, 2009
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    from uk

    some cool stuff, not to many burbs in the uk i think there s only three 58 chevy burbs and one off those is mine, ill try and get some pics put up:)
     
  16. hershambob
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  17. hdman6465
    Joined: Jul 5, 2009
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    Heres my 2 cents worth. 72 bagged sub daily transportation and 55 1st design panel (also bagged), and 92 sub former railroad truck daily driver.
     

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  18. 333 Half Evil
    Joined: Oct 16, 2006
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    Reverend Jack, do you realise how heavy that bitch is? It weighs like 500 tons, and with scrap prices right about $200/ton you are lookin at $100,000. Still want it?:D
     
  19. 333 Half Evil
    Joined: Oct 16, 2006
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    Mos def knitly:rolleyes:
     
  20. 333 Half Evil
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    Well that is how I've learned about dealing with friends...sometimes it is best not too... When you have a good friend that likes to do things his way, then you should be careful when you tell them what you would like to have done. The body guy, who is now passed on(RIP Vern) was not all to blame, my dad told him he wanted either gold or copper and said "do what you think would look best". So you can easily see how that went. The other thing was it was in the shop for over a year....a lot happened in that time...building the sedan didn't help keeping dads interest up on the 57 so it got parked.

    I don't really like the dark brown either, but I'm happy as hell that I was able to get it. We used it to tow my race cars when I first got into stock car racing...so it really has some sentimental value to me. In time I hope I can get it straightened up a little and I'm definiatly going to repaint it white and gold or copper, just like it was the first time around and the way it should have been.
     
  21. 333 Half Evil
    Joined: Oct 16, 2006
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    Hey Terd, Ifn I were ta take the visor offnit, I'd prolly put'er on my 57 peekup truck!! :D Seriously tho, are you looking for one of those visors? I have one somewhere from my 55 pickup I had way back when. If you do want/need one I could start trying to find it. I say trying because I'm really not sure where it is. I was still living at home when I took it off my truck...not sure if it is somewhere at my parents place or somewhere around mine!!! I'll look for it just let me know.
     
  22. G V Gordon
    Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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    from Enid OK

    Seen at the Big Kahuna in Mustang OK last year. Very clean, interior sported 4 buckets.
     

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  23. butcherted
    Joined: Oct 17, 2006
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    Love the old burbs:cool:
     

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  24. Sir Woosh
    Joined: Dec 1, 2008
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    Yep, LOVE your Burb Ted. Still going full blown gasser with it this year? Just kidding............. It'll be a cool party wagon!
     
  25. fab32
    Joined: May 14, 2002
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    If I were to ever go back racing I'd look for one of these old gals and upgrade the engine/drivetrain for a tow truck. The older I get the cooler they are.

    Frank
     
  26. stretch1963
    Joined: Dec 20, 2009
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    my burb 350 /350tci 10 bolt posi
     

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  27. terd ferguson
    Joined: Jun 13, 2008
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    Sure, yeah, holler at me if you find it. Repops are easy to get hold of, but I like factory stuff waaaaay better. Fit and quality is always way nicer.
     
  28. paco
    Joined: Oct 19, 2006
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    from Atlanta

    cwayne ..... nice burb.

    Paco
     
  29. 5w32
    Joined: Jan 17, 2006
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    oops....sold it in 1990, what a mistake!

    454 , th400 ,custom chassis ...original paint
     

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  30. sololobo
    Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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    Here are my new blue one, a project, and my last one that I had driven the last couple of years. Of course, they aren't G. M. But still "Bourbans" !B(q7uUw!2k~$(KGrHgoH-DIEjlLlul7eBKdft5fuM!~~_35.jpg

    38991940.jpg ~Sololobo~
     

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