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The Great Smaug

Added by campfire
Create date Mar 10, 2014

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Overview

This is the story of my 1984 Suburban and its adventures. TOC:

Purchase and Initial Repairs
Build Plan (Initial)
Axle Swap
Moving Trip (Including Oshkosh Airshow)
Pictured Rock National Lakeshore (Munising, Michigan)
Iowa Trip

Specs

Year: 1984

Make: GMC

Model: Suburban

Engine: Fire-breathing 379 Diesel Dragon

Transmission: 700R4

Axles: 14BFF & 8-lug 10-bolt

Wheels: Matched, somehow

Paint: Smauggy.

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