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I know its been talked about befor but I cant find the post. I am thinking of cutting the top off my sub. its a 78 and the body is not that good anyway. Now what I was thinking was a full removable top kinda like the hummer where the top would cover the frount and middle seat then drop down and leave the back open. How much suport does the roof give the rest of the body? I think it could work. Tell me what you think.

I forgot if I do this it will also need bigger tires. Is anyone running cutout fener flares? If so how much tire clerance did you gain?

If you put a roll cage all the way to the back it should be enough to support things.

I've seen the cut out flares on another Sub. He only has 35's. I think he can go with 38's.

How much lift was he running?

He was running a 4".

Did he have to modify the rear flairs or did they miss the rear doors? Seams like the frount of the flair would be close to the rear of the back doors.

I'll have to check later. I can't remember.

this is muddysub, that was my post about doing a soft top, i'd love to do it but i'll get another sub to do that too. go for it i'd love to see it done.

Bought a sawzall and mig welder today. Now I'll figer it out on papper draw ten times cut once.

I'd love to see what you come up with. I have considered doing something like this for some time. Click below and check out my "thinking out loud" file. If you decide to do it take lots of pics.

Mike.

Mike

I think the bobbed picture with the top on is Awesome. Just think of not having to drag my long butt end over every obstacle. We see toys bobbed like that all the time. The other one is cool too. I'ld like to see a crew cab on a burb body and a shortened bed. Good thinking.

tom

Nice pics Mike I'm thinking along those same lines. Got the AC system pumped out today,and removed the rear windows. Tom I also thought about the crew cab I think it would make a nice ride but I did'nt have one to part out so i'll try this.

I would love to do mine, but my burb is still my "get my family+ stuff where they need to go" vehicle. So I need all the room I can get. If I could talk my wife into another burb for family outings, I would slice and dice mine in a heart beat. I would love to buy a 2wd and RICE it out for her, but she said, "HHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL NO!" Anyhow take lots of pics if you do it. We are all dying to see some chopped burbs./forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Mike.

No turning back now!!!!!! Removed the headliner cut the AC,speaker and domelight wiring. Cut the top even with where the frount of the rear windows were and at the back even with where the botom of the rear widows were. Pushed it off the back and let it fall should have closed the tailgate first it was so heavy when it fell on the gate it broke both suport cables.

the only problem I can see with bobing the back of a burban, is thats where the extremely large gastank that feeds the beast lives at. I'm going to chop the rear sheetmetal on mine a lot higher then it currently is, and remove the `spare tire carrier' dip in the floor, since no spare tire I own will fit in it.

I'll get pictures of it when I finish with it...

-Rich

Go man go, take it off, take it all off!/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif You are taking pictures right!?

Mike.

It depends on which tank you have. On my frame (31 gallon tank) the rear most lip of the rear gas tank crossmember is about 15 inches from the end of the frame. My thought was to shorten the rear of the burb by about a foot. So you would still have room for the tank. You might also be able to move the tank crossmembers forward about 3 to 4 inches.

Mike.

You are awesome! I want to do the bob and make it a convertible too. Just waiting to see the best method and results. Tinkering with the thought of getting an old rusty body just to hack on. Got any pictures? I want to see what you've done so far.

Deana

PS Heavymetal, your thinking out loud pictures are exactly what I had in MY head! I gotta go make some of the Smurf now!

I am taking pics but I don't have a digital camra. I have a couple of problems to work out now. I want the top to end just behind the middle seats but the seat is past wher the windows were so I'm thinking of welding the part that was behind the rear windows on maybe even put the back glass in just roll it down in good weather. I would like to cut the doors even with the widow botoms but dont know how I could make top seal around them when they were up so I'll probly leave doors alone and just cut above them. I'm also not sure what to do with the tailgate its about 2 in. taller than the sides.

For the tail gate you might be able to use one off a blazer, they are not as tall as suburban tail gates. Or if you are going to leave it open in the back all the time, you could use the tail gate off a pick-up. At least I have heard of other blazer owners doing something like that.

Mike.

When you get your modified pics post them up, I'd love to see them.

Mike.

you are freakin awesome!!! dude, go through with it, make it look good, and take pics of the process!!

Thanks for tailgate tip Mike I'll pull out the old tape and do some comparing. Tacked the rear on behind where I cut looked pretty good so I'll go with that to get the roof line where I want it. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement.

Got the rear end weld up today boxed and braced everything. I could not use the rear window the inerfenders would'nt let it come all the way down so I'll have a soft window made for it. Looks like the Blazer tailgate would work but I'll use a net tailgate for now to keep things simpule.

awesome!!! take some pics!

No kidding Allen! Post some pics! Your killing us with suspense! I like the net for a tailgate idea.

Mike.

I'll try to get some up as soon as I get the film developed. Six sawzall blades,one cut off wheel and about five pounds of welding wire now I'm just about ready to start the bodywork.

Right on! I can't wait. Keep up the good work.

update us man i wanna see it!!!

I have not had much free time to work on it. Softball has started so it takes most of my evnings and I still need to get that film developed.

OK I got some pics. What do I do now? I know just enough about computers to type this in. How do I get my pics up?

You need to find someone with a scanner and get them put onto a disk. Then you can transfer them to a place on the web.

I have the pics in my computer I just dont know how to get them on the web.

AH! Well you can go to <a target="_blank" href=http://community.webshots.com/>http://community.webshots.com/</a> and post them for free, just follow the directions. If you have any troubles give me a shout.

Here they are http://community.webshots.com/user/lugnut111 sorry bout the poor quality.

Cool it realy worked ! Thats all for now my daughter has a game tonight.

kool pictures, I might have to look into chopping mine up sometime too... make it into a real live fully bonnifide 1977 Chevy Avalanche.... speaking of avalanche, I saw the stupidest thing EVAR the other day... a camper shell for the avalance.... no offense, but doesn't that kinda negate the entire purpose of dropping 10K more then a suburban would cost?

-Rich

I thought about the simularity to an Avalanche after it started coming together but it least its got a real axle up front. I think if I were to do this agan I would go with a soft top on the rear cargo area istead of the truck bed look.

A little hard to tell from the pics, but it's lookin good. You need to get rid of the burb tail gate though. Then chop 6 to 12 inches off the rear and you'll be golden! Keep up the good work./forums/images/icons/smile.gif

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! that is looking awesome!!! keep it going! are you goin to blazer bash?

Lookin' good! I think I'm leaning more toward the Blazer angles instead of the crew cab truck look. It looks cool though, especially knowing it WAS a Suburban. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

No I wont make it blzer bash its a little to far away. Now that I know how to post pics I'll try to keep yall updated.

Any thing new on the Burban?

Ken H.

No I'v been out of town. I'm going to try to get some of the body work done this week I'll let yall know.

Well I'm doing the body work if I get about 2 more good days to work on it I think I'll be ready to paint. Probly be some time next week before I can get back to it though. I have to rebuild the rear in my other truck hope the 4.11s dont kill my mialage.

Got the paint done!!!!! I will post some pcs as son as I get some. It will never win a show but it aint to bad for backyard bodwork. Now I just have to get the cash to line the inside and the bed.

awesome /forums/images/icons/cool.gif /forums/images/icons/smile.gif i wanna see. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

I got it lined inside , seats in and all that good stuff. Its fun driving it around I get some real looks. I posted a fee more pics. http://community.webshots.com/user/lugnut111