newer truck

[freeflow]

Well im going nuts here haha.
Just cant decide if i wanna get a newer truck for my semi dd or turn the suburban into a crew cab short bed and not use it for serious off road. But if i do get a newer truck the suburban wouldnt be repainted or anything just the lift and sawzall.

Or i could find a newer truck body and put it on the suburban frame. Whats the wheelbase of like a 95 chevy and dodge extended cab short bed?

Another reason i dont like about going with a newer truck is i would need a loan and with a gasser motor would be getting low mpg.

So what do u all think?

 

[beater_k20]

Another reason i dont like about going with a newer truck is i would need a loan and with a gasser motor would be getting low mpg.

so find a diesel if you dont like the option of a gas engine. problem solved.

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

90's chevy diesel ought to be fairly cheap since everyone is going duramax now, also consider if its just a DD does it need to be a truck?

 

[freeflow]

Well i got a 97 cavalier base model for my dd right now it gets great mpg but is slow as hell and a boring car-no power anything.

And this is a college town so all the students are driving around in there lifted mostly dodge rams, and driving around town seeing them all sitting covered in mud is driving me crazy- i gotta have a truck for my dd lol. And i got like a 40 mile round trip 2 work everyday so i would like 2 get a diesel for the mpg.

Well im leaning towards finishing turning the suburban into a crew cab short bed and make it a nice clean diesel powered dd.

 

[blazinzuk]

Finish the burb I have seen a couple done up like this aint nothin cooler

 

[u2slow]

Stick with the Burb unless you're thinking of the 94+ Dodge as an excuse for a CTD.

I don't like how the 88-98 Chev bodies are put together all - so skip that option.

Burb is 129" wheelbase, and the ext-cab SWB (GM) is 141.5".

 

[4trolls]

what ever you do make sure you know what out come you want,come up with a plan and time line, and RIGHT IT DOWN , and do not stray from it .projects that dont get done are no fun,unless your hobbie is building things.

 

[88-3/4t-bad boy]

if you go to cardomain.com and look through suburbans a guy turned his into a retro avalanche it looked pretty sweet and pretty simple to do if your good with fabrication. it looks like a whole new vehicle and most of the newer trucks have ifs instead of the solid axle. I think you should turn it into a retro avalanche.