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Looks nice! You use base/clear? What color did you go with?

So it’s been a few weeks since I’ve got to work on my Suburban. I found some time to get the front end converted and fitted to the sealed beam style front. Now I’ve got to gather up a blackout light to go with the mount I have so I can get it and the slave plug fitted and the grill cut out. I...

I’ll throw my name in the hat.

Welcome to the site!

All of the squarebody trucks in general I’ve ever worked on that had rust under the windshield rubber in the channel, was in the corners near two little drain like holes that are there. I’ve had to make the patch panel for the ones I’ve fixed. Are you getting a lot of water in the cab? Another...

Welcome, From Ga.

Uh… Yea that’s what I did… totally was planned and not free hand…😁

Got a few more things in today for the build thanks to @HillbillyWizard ’s website. I know the Gen 1 slave bracket isn’t the same, and I’ll have to make a bracket to work with the GMT400 core support. The blackout switches are in nice shape and will service that part of the build nicely.

My understanding they came either way, be it gas or diesel. There are a lot of good threads I’ve been reading thru on these. @Stonepicker1 has a thread with some info on the 24v side and some other info related, where he restored a pickup, if you choose to go back with it during the restoration...

Nice! I’d love to find a Tahoe that was in service someday also. I’ll be looking for you progress! I don’t know why I’m drawn to the Suburban so much. Since I can’t find one of the few made, I decided to make one. I looked at it like this, if the military can convert regular civi trucks, I...

There may even be some dirt mixed in, giving it a darker color, but the picture does it no justification. It’s almost powdery like.

It’s not exactly white, it’s closer to the sand paint color. Here’s a pinch I just got from the vacuum cleaner. It’s a lot finer than sand we have here in Georgia(USA), and finer than play sand. I suspect either Middle East, or Western USA desert. But I’m not a sand expert, lol.

I’ll look into that then. I’ve got plenty of metal working stuff, and don’t mind making parts.

I had thought about the secret service variant, but I honestly wouldn’t have been as happy. side note: funny you mention Jack Ryan, I’m a big Tom Clancy book fan, I’ve read all of the Jack Ryan books. I stopped and didn’t read after the Jack Jr stuff. The Harrison Ford movies are great, the...

The brushguards on Gen 1 and 2 are similar, but different. I’ve read a couple of posts where folks claim it’s easier to make one from scratch than modify a Gen 1.. if I came into a Gen one cheap enough, I’d see how much different they are to cut and modify.

I seen that guard, but he says in the ad he doesn’t want to ship. I have all of the factory wheels. Guy I bought it from bought the aluminum ones with tires, and just swapped them out.

Appreciate it. Over all the body is straight and rust free. There is one member here who has a CUCV-II Burb, and it’s 3/4 ton. Going off that, I think what few where made, most were probably 3/4 ton. I have seen an old armslist picture of a CUCV-II burb that was half ton, but I don’t know if it...

Yea it is. They’re in your truck. I made sure you had them for laughs.

Hello all, I’m Joey Hunt. I’ve made a couple of post regarding a CUCV I did some repair and paint work for @patracy ‘s M1008, so I’m fairly new to the site. Now that his truck is complete, it’s time for me to introduce my project, and see if I can’t get some information and knowledge along the...

I’d also like to campaign a little for @patracy ‘s truck Smokey. I’m a lineman by trade, but I grew up around bodywork. I’ve been in and around 73-87 trucks for half my life, and Andrew has been asking me for 2 years now to work on his truck. While I’m currently out of the MV ownership status...