Hey guys I was refraining from picking this one apart. If we do, we should provide documentation or pictures to show the discrepancies. I agree with what has been said, but for those who want to learn need more information.
The gauges are incorrect because Chevrolet used a 30# oil pressure with the 216 and GMC used a 60# oil pressure gauge with their full pressure 228.
Also Chevrolet used a 212 temperature gauge while GMC use a 220 degree gauge. Chevrolet adopted the 220 degree gauge in 1953.
The most blatant discrepancy to me is the use of the chrome moulding down the hood. No where can you find in original documentation a chrome hood strip.
There is lot's of little things wrong as you have both pointed out. The hood latch and the rear door checks have been painted. The coil is blue instead of black. He used carpet in the back and carpet under the jump seat. The 1947/53 Suburban back floor originally had a tan battleship linoleum with grooves and there was a black mat under the jump seat, although I have never seen a complete front mat in a suburban. The overflow tube located on the cowl is too long, it should be about 3 inches shorter!
The interior color looks to me to be off. The dash seems to be more of a satin finish and the brown on the seat frames looks to be muted too.
Unfortunately this post will expire once the pictures are no longer available. As I have suggested before, we need to put together an archive that can retrieve good information like Tim and mothertrucker have provided for all of us to review in the future.
I would not pay 67K for any car or truck let alone a truck I would be afraid to drive like this one. I don't think most people can build one for less than $30,000 as nice as this one though. It is a little disappointing that he used so many reproduction parts though!
