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QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! #1042572 07/15/2014 1:29 AM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 165 Colorado 5 5150scott Wrench Fetcher
5150scott Wrench Fetcher 5 Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 165 Colorado	Not sure what the extra value here is, and what is Lizard Skin??? http://www.oldride.com/classic_trucks/183161.html 36 Chevy 1.5 ton - rusting away 52 Chevy 3100 - in progress 72 Chevy K20 - DD PANTS UP DON'T LOOT! PANTS UP DON'T LOOT! NEVER watch another man eat a banana.

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1042579 07/15/2014 1:46 AM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 north of the 49th F Flxible Cruising in the Passing Lane
Flxible Cruising in the Passing Lane F Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 north of the 49th	lizard skin is a sound deadening insulation material, prolly accounts for half the price Bill Moved over to the Passing Lane "When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1042580 07/15/2014 1:48 AM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 77 Iowa H Highsider Wrench Fetcher
Highsider Wrench Fetcher H Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 77 Iowa	Is Lizard Skin the heat proofing for the interior? I am only short 149k! WhooHoo! Last edited by Highsider; 07/15/2014 1:49 AM. JimiJ from I-Oh-Way http://s48.photobucket.com/user/Highsider2/story/5895

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1042649 07/15/2014 4:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 Kansas B bowtietim 'Bolter
bowtietim 'Bolter B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 Kansas	There's a lizard skin coating for both heat and sound proofing. go to the lizard skin sight and read up on it. http://m.lizardskin.com/ 1951 3100 Chevrolet 1951 Chevrolet Suburban Carryall Image "A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! bowtietim #1042676 07/15/2014 11:32 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 785 Leonardtown, MD M MPandC 'Bolter
MPandC 'Bolter M Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 785 Leonardtown, MD	McMaster Carr sells an alternative in smaller qty... http://www.mcmaster.com/#glass-micro-balls/=sugaja Robert MP&C Shop Projects-Metalshaping Tutorials

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1044635 07/24/2014 8:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 486 Arkansas J jfnar 'Bolter
jfnar 'Bolter J Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 486 Arkansas	There are threads on other sites about homemade lizard skin. Here's one: http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/alternative-lizard-skin-103610.html I haven't tried it but it sounds interesting. '64 swb stepside (gone) '57 1 ton '53 phone truck '59 swb '46 1 1/2 ton '68 swb gmc

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1044652 07/24/2014 10:18 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,596 Alberta, Canada 4 46gmcpu 'Bolter
46gmcpu 'Bolter 4 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,596 Alberta, Canada	Here's bigger photos of the truck: http://www.classiccarmarketing.net/1951ChevySuburbanBrn.htm It's a cool truck but I could have a lot of them for that price. 1946 GMC Pickup - S-10 Frame, 455 Buick, TH400, original patina. My 46 GMC on Photobucket

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1045394 07/28/2014 2:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Austin, TX D DavidF Shop Shark
DavidF Shop Shark D Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Austin, TX	I will sell my freshly restored (mostly all original style) for half that being asked for the suburban. Any takers? Better act quick before it is gone! 1952 Chevrolet 3100 In the Stovebolt Gallery More pics on Photobucket

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1045868 07/30/2014 3:20 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 639 Iowa T twotone 'Bolter
twotone 'Bolter T Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 639 Iowa	"Custom 8 x 24 Jymglo trailer designed for this Suburban can be purchased separately" for what, another hundred grand? The deal just keeps getting sweeter. Vintage Car Artist

Re: QUICK before someone with an extra $150K buys it! 5150scott #1045906 07/30/2014 8:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,363 Wa T Truckrolet 'Bolter
Truckrolet 'Bolter T Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,363 Wa	No value to a collector in that. And way overpriced. Kicking self for selling off my Taskforce trucks. Still looking for an LCF or conventional big bolt in decent shape. As of 10-26-2022, A 55.2 Taskforce long bed now the work begins

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