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ThisOldK10

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I was around for a bit a few years back with my old K10, hence the username.

I picked up a 91 Suburban last month and I love it. This particular model had one owner, who unfortunately died and the vehicle was sold to a friend during an estate sale. He decided to sell it to me and I picked it up for $800. Here's the info on the truck:

TBI 350 with 122k miles
3.42 rear end (not posi)
2 wheel drive
700r4 automatic transmission
Interior is nice with buckets/console in the front, power windows and locks, rear heat and A/C, third row seat, etc

Body is straight with no rust besides surface rust on the roof. You could eat off the underside of this thing. It did have outrageous tow mirrors on it, and taking them off left three holes on the doors that need to be patched up. Interior needs the front carpet replaced and the rest needs a good shampoo but is otherwise in good shape. Dash pad has a few cracks and there is some weatherstripping that needs to be replaced.

Motor runs and sounds good, no leaks whatsoever. Tranny seems to slip a little sometimes but most of my friends say that's just how they shift. Changed fluid and filter with minimal metal in the pan. Rear end was humming, so I changed the fluid and gasket and now it likes to howl around 50mph but is quiet otherwise. Has nice wheels and tires on her. I think it's gonna be a great project.

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How difficult is it to convert to the tailgate style rear? I hate the barn doors.
 

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That's probably an @bucket question.
 

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Howdy!

It's a rather involved process for the conversion. Besides the tailgate, you need the window channel pieces that attach to the body and also the rear body crossmember/sill. A member here did the swap and documented it pretty well, but I don't remember their exact user name. It's a silver burb with red two-tone I think. I also want to say the name was Dave?
 

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Howdy!

It's a rather involved process for the conversion. Besides the tailgate, you need the window channel pieces that attach to the body and also the rear body crossmember/sill. A member here did the swap and documented it pretty well, but I don't remember their exact user name. It's a silver burb with red two-tone I think. I also want to say the name was Dave?
I saw that post after I had made this comment, I just can't stand the barn doors, they look too "van" like for my taste. I will wait on doing this but it is definitely on my list haha
 

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I'm a huge fan of the burbs. Having five kids, I want one but momma keeps tellin me no.
 

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Welcome back !!! Not a bad start with that Burb. I'm with you, I'd prefer tailgate too. But for the right Burb I could live with Hearse Doors.
 

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Hearse door rock!!!!! You can reach stuff and don’t have to lift the 900 lb tailgate.
 

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And you don't have a place to sit either, and you can't have a tailgate party without a tailgate, and you can't fire bullets out the back glass at bad guys with Hearse doors either. Yep, it's a fuggin hearse if it has swinging doors and no tailgate with power glass.
 

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And you don't have a place to sit either, and you can't have a tailgate party without a tailgate, and you can't fire bullets out the back glass at bad guys with Hearse doors either. Yep, it's a fuggin hearse if it has swinging doors and no tailgate with power glass.
You can fling them doors open to expose the mounted mini gun though aimed via rear facing camera as you cruising down the road.
 

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