Wednesday, April 7, 2010

My 69 4WD, 4SPD, 3 Door, under construction.

I had been looking for some time for an old Suburban to fix up and was fortunate to come across this old gal. I flew to Montana with cash in hand and was plesantly surprised at what I found. She had 89000 original miles, a little blemish here and there, ran out with a little transmission noise but over all everything worked very well including the heater and the am radio. I took a little over a week on the drive back south stopping off in Jackson Hole to see John, Willie and Nancy, and Mike Trombower, happened to be Willie's Bday, it was a good time. Eased on down to Santa Fe and Abiquiu to see the Manzanares boys, David, Daniel, Michael and their mom and dad, gracious gentle people. Man I miss them! Anyway got her home, been through the tranny and transfer, brakes, radiator, new leaf springs, tires and wheels which I will be changing out for some plain 16 inch steel rims with a 9:00X16 Co- Op tire or a big narrow Michelin. Next, roof rack, front bumper, winch, etc. etc. I will follow up with pics as I go. AP







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