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Hollowman
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Suburban convertible
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February 07, 2012, 05:21:21 AM »
I have an '80 Suburban, and was thinking about making a convertible out of it, Blazer style. I've heard rumours about it, but never saw one. If it is at all possible, I would take away the back doors, and make a bed with a lid in the back, behind the rear sofa. Any thoughts or ideas?
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Chevrolet Suburban '80, 307/350
Chevrolet van '83, 6,2D/700
Chevrolet Corvette '71, 496/400
PromiseKeeper
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 07, 2012, 09:35:24 AM »
Someone on here posted some pics of one seen at a car show. I dont remember the details but it was pretty sweet! Maybe do a search to find it or someone with a better memory than mine will chime in?
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PromiseKeeper
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 07, 2012, 09:36:56 AM »
Found it!
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php/topic,22372.0.html
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VileZambonie
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 07, 2012, 05:54:46 PM »
I planned to do this to my 91 Suburban before I moved my feet. Maybe one day
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php/topic,10372.msg73491.html#msg73491
Right now I use it as a storage shed.
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Hollowman
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 08, 2012, 04:47:32 AM »
That's not a convertible, that's just an Avalanche-copy.
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bake74
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 08, 2012, 06:01:49 AM »
The previous thread talked about having to reinforce the roof if cut off a suburban, something about it is made now to support the weight as a one piece, if cut some additional support would be needed.
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 09, 2012, 11:05:07 AM »
So you want to make it a hard top or soft top?
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Hollowman
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 09, 2012, 02:02:13 PM »
Well, I don't know! I just got the idea, I don't know if it's a good idea though.
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gto109
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 09, 2012, 03:57:02 PM »
you could alway use a blazer top on it right?
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velojym
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 09, 2012, 04:08:03 PM »
Or, true convertible style, all the way up to the a pillar... if it's a 4x4 (or you're pursuing the offroad look) would a roll cage be able to provide the rigidity of the missing body parts?
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Hollowman
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 10, 2012, 02:04:47 AM »
The problem is that I want to keep the backseat, or I could just as well chop the roof of a pick-up. A roll cage is out of the question because of that. I could take away the backdoors to make things easier, and I think it would look fine. I don't really want the 4x4 look, since it's just RWD, but about the roof, I would prefer something like this:
Just something to keep the rain out, just in case.
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VileZambonie
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 10, 2012, 05:13:57 PM »
So you want a soft top all the way up to the windshield is what you are saying right? Here's some pics you can easily photoshop into other creations
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Hollowman
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 11, 2012, 07:55:54 AM »
Oh, thanks! Will do! I will let you know how it works out! I was looking through different files for info about the car, and it seems like it was actually used at a Swedish airforce base far up north from when it was new, until 2007. If I find out more, maybe I will try to get it as close to the original Swedish airforce look as possible.
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bake74
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 11, 2012, 08:43:56 AM »
I would think it has to be more like a rag top say like on a old bug. If you completely cut the roof off, I think the 4 doors just sticking there all rounded on the tops would look funny, just my opinion.
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Hollowman
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Re: Suburban convertible
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February 11, 2012, 10:24:57 AM »
Sure, the backdoors would have to go! Otherwise I doubt it would look OK.
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