Ok, I have enjoyed this website so much and feel humbled by all the cool stuff that goes on. It has been almost 13 years since I bought my first project a 53 3100. I found it in an add in the Sunday Oregonian newspaper in Salem, negoiated a price, rented a trailer and brought it home. The idea was to make it a daily driver so my oldest son and I could work on it together and he could drive it during High School. Long story short I needed alot of guidence and more room to take it apart, etc.... The body wasn't in too bad of shape but needed new wiring, paint, glass, etc, and the engine needed some work. My buddy came over and we checked the compression and discovered #3 cylinder was low. So I thought it best to take the head off and see what we had. Well one thing led to another and by the time I was rewiring the truck (and looking at all the repairs that needed to be made) I thought it would be a lot easier to get at stuff without the fenders in the way, then the bed needed to be moved back to get at the cab corners, and by the time I got it ready to work on I thought what the heck lets take the cab off, engine transmission out, sand blast the frame and start from new. By now my older son has started High School, I've had a job change, time is short besides $, and the story continues... Fast forward to 2007, my oldest son has graduated from High School and College, my younger son is on his way to West Point, and the older one is thinking he wants to join the Coast Guard and be a Rescue Swimmer. Did I say I didn't find much time to work on it ... Anyway my buddy gets laid off so I thought now is the time to get things going with his experience so I hired him to get this going again. Anyway finally got it done 10 years after I bought it, both kids have graduated and one is in Sitka jumping out of helicopters, and the other is in the Army at Ft. Bragg, NC. That just leaves Mom, me and the dog at home, and the truck is pretty much done (except for some fit and finish on the hood), and then the dog decides to chase cats in heaven and I am looking for another project. Well I find a suburban for sale in Bend, my buddy and I go over and pick it up and now I'm trying to decide exactly what I want to do with it. I don't want to start tearing it apart like the pickup and have parts all over the county. I have sent a few emails to some really cool sounding guys here at Stovebolt and with their help have finally figured how to include some pictures. So here they are:
53 Chev 3100 53 Chev Suburban
