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Adding Front Cupholders to your 91 suburban type console

August 09, 2026, 12:16:20 am by 78 Chevyrado
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I have a 91 suburban console in my 78 C20.

Here's how I added front cupholders to it using one of those cupholder units thats supposed to go between the console and the seat in normal cars.

I was working out of my truck doing framing and trim when I added this. I needed more space for stuff.

Ugly from the bottom but nobody will ever see that.

From the top I filed it down to fit the console. It takes a while but the result is worth it.

Use 4 bolts to put it together with the stock 91 console.

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78 Chevy C20 TH400 Kickdown

August 09, 2026, 12:10:23 am by 78 Chevyrado
Views: 909 | Comments: 6

I don;t know why it was like this but when I got the 78 C20 it would never kickdown ever...

I tried to set it by the way the manuals say to do it.

Still didn't work. So I did this mod to my switch under the dash. The way to set it is to pull it one way then floor the gas and it will set that switch. well on mine if you floored the gas it never even touched the switch. no idea if that was from factory or grandad did something wrong but here was my solution. wrap ever larger pieces of hose until it acts right. took this much of layers of rubber hoses to make my truck act right. It's been perfect ever since, 20 years and growing.

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UPOL spray bottle

August 08, 2026, 04:05:52 pm by philo_beddoe
Views: 660 | Comments: 2

I have the Upol spray gun, but is there a replacement bottle for it, better yet, a universal bottle that will fit the gun?

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E0 fuel?

August 05, 2026, 11:42:59 am by jdub22 | Views: 1784 | Comments: 3

I just recently acquired a ‘77 C20 Scottsdale. I’m wondering if ethanol free fuel is the way to go? Am I wrong in thinking it’s less important beginnjng jn the late 70’s? Excuse my ignorance, please.

. This will be primarily a 3 season driver. I’m refueling every 2-3 weeks presently with the amount of driving I’m doing in the truck. Probably will not drive it much in the winter, here in Montana, except for during our brief warm spells when there’s no ice.
Any advice, thoughts on fuel differences is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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91 Suburban Seats and Console in a 78 C20

August 02, 2026, 12:40:34 am by 78 Chevyrado
Views: 2205 | Comments: 2

How to set the height of the front of your seats if you put 1991 suburban seats and console in your 70s C20 with a small hump Got to get the front center floor brackets out of the suburban with the seats and console.

Had to bend the rear of the tracks upwards to fit the upward angle of the pickups floor, suburbans have flat floors. bent them up, bolted them down but the front of the seat is way too low.

This is how I decided how high to make the front of the seats. I used long bolts with nuts as spacers. keep trying different amounts of nuts to space it higher or lower. I'm 6'2" so this is what worked for me. Once you've driven it a while and its comfortable, make the permanent brackets in the shape of the originals but taller. There ya go.

Also notice on the console how I spaced it up higher for the pickup trucks floor vs the suburban it came out of. everything will be leaned way down in the front. lift all the fronts as much as you like to make the console level and the seats comfortable, so it supports you and your hips don't feel like disintegrating after 50 miles. Seats leaned too far forward are pure torture.

1st pic is console set like i wanted it using long bolts and a piece of pipe/tubing to set the height and then using nuts as spacers to decide the final height of the seat front. you can see the super short brackets above the nut spacers. I copied that bracket just made it taller. seat sits a few inches taller than the bench seat so no more feeling like your butts dragging the ground... its more like sitting in a chair which is helpful for tall people.

2nd and 3rd pic is the finished brackets at the height the bolts set for me.

4th pic is how they look from the top seats vs console level

5th pic after raising the console I was able to hide the amplifier underneath it.

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