Hey everyone -
I acquired this 1967 Suburban 12 about three years ago. Best part was that I was paid to haul it away.
At that time, I did just a little tinkering with it and found that it ran and I drove it around a little bit. Then I put it away for future restoration.
Well, the "future" has now come.
My wife and I are moving from a 0.4 acre suburban lot to a 7-acre semi-rural lot, with about 2 acres of open yard that's going to need to be mowed. So now I'm moving this project to the front burner.
It's going to need four new tires, all new belts, a carb rebuild, new battery, possible a starter rebuild (as I recall, it was pretty sluggish), general cleaning, some repair to the seat, new axle seals, and clutch and brake repair (the clutch barely worked and the brakes didn't work at all).
I'd really like to do a full restoration, including disassembly, strip and paint, but I'm more likely going to just get it working well so I can use it before the grass gets too tall!
Just figured I'd start a thread to document and share my progress.
I acquired this 1967 Suburban 12 about three years ago. Best part was that I was paid to haul it away.
At that time, I did just a little tinkering with it and found that it ran and I drove it around a little bit. Then I put it away for future restoration.
Well, the "future" has now come.
My wife and I are moving from a 0.4 acre suburban lot to a 7-acre semi-rural lot, with about 2 acres of open yard that's going to need to be mowed. So now I'm moving this project to the front burner.
It's going to need four new tires, all new belts, a carb rebuild, new battery, possible a starter rebuild (as I recall, it was pretty sluggish), general cleaning, some repair to the seat, new axle seals, and clutch and brake repair (the clutch barely worked and the brakes didn't work at all).
I'd really like to do a full restoration, including disassembly, strip and paint, but I'm more likely going to just get it working well so I can use it before the grass gets too tall!
Just figured I'd start a thread to document and share my progress.