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the phantom (1991 sub-avalanche)

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warrior9

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well, i figured it was time to post a few pics of my work in progress.
i got this burb to use as a donor truck for a scout i was working on, but i ended up selling the scout and keeping the burb. soooo. i cut it up.
i first say that my pics are incomplete because some asshat stole my phone with most of my fab pics on it, so i have cobbled together some pics so far.
i have been working on this since last september and will have it ready by may to cruise the southwest in the summer time.
without further rambling here are a few pics.
i will post more pics of the build process as time permits, but as i said earlier most of my good in depth fab pics are forever gone.
lemme know what you think.

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more pics

here are a few of the chop process.
the rear window is from a ramcharger tailgate that i cut in half. i then built a bulkhead and framed the window in with sheetmetal and 1/8 in rod.
the rear window is removeable as i plan to run it without doors this summer.

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wow, never seen that done before.

Way cool! Sucks about your phone, I'm sure there would have been some droolalistic pics in there.
 
a little rust repair before the paint.
i removed the hood emblem and filled it in.


paint is single stage jeep rescue green.

i sprayed my 2k primer on like drywall texture and then sprayed the color. i tried to get it to look like rhino lining. it turned out ok. now ive got a lot of work painting all my accessories, and reinstalling them.

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I think you did a great job cutting it up, I still hate the huge overhang with burbs though.

Overall very nice job on the conversion
 
That looks sweet! I had the same idea a while ago too .... But I decided to go the easy route and buy an avalanche instead. I'm kinda jealous though... I love that look for an off-road vehicle. Kinda like Cousin willard on ORD's website.
 
Take some pictures of your barn doors please. Did you add another set of hinges?

Martin
 
Never mind. I looked back and saw that there are two hinges per door. Did you have to move the upper set, are is that where they are?

Martin
 
Very similar to what I did to my old burb...only yours is 1000 x cleaner. Nice work :thumb:
 
82355 said:
Never mind. I looked back and saw that there are two hinges per door. Did you have to move the upper set, are is that where they are?

Martin
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i did nothing to the rear hinges. all i did was gut the doors and cap the tops with 1/8" plate. i filled in the lock cylinder hole.
 
niiiiccccccceeeee!!!!!!


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