1951 Chevy Suburban Build Picking Up Cheap Parts

In this video I am picking up cheap parts for my 1951 Chevy Suburban Build. I picked up a nice chevy 3100 chrome grill, headlight bezels, door handles, hood emblems and a headlight mount. I go over some of my plans for this build to keep it a cheap project that will be my daily driver eventually.

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I would not be afraid to use C10 headlight buckets and headlights. We did that on 55 Apache out of desperation simply because of the really gross prices folks wanted for parts that were almost no longer useful. In some cases new harnesses for other things can be used for the lighting where harness is too corroded or rodent eaten to be used. There is actually a few places that will make wiring harnesses one is in Memphis Tenn. I believe its a father & son operation. About 2 years ago I got a harness for a 69 ford short bed and the thing was a bit longer than it shoulda been but that is still better than too short to be useful.

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Yeah one of these days I’m going to measure my 67 lights cause they look same diameter doesn’t seem to hard getting those over just might be issue mounting those bezels. Yeah I’m not against mixing parts for more available parts

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I had the same doubts but it fit perfect. I believe the later model headlights just mount upside down. I did drill new mounting holes is all I remember doing and I actually picked up this assortment pack of mini springs somewhere. I still have the whole pack I only used 4 out of the box. I mean it just takes putting your mind to it. Since I did not have the old bezels at all I mean I don't notice anything diff other than drilling new holes. They are centered perfectly. When I got the 55 here there was very little left of the front clip the rest was in really good shape it had been a garage down the valley here some 45 years. It had been in an accident and parked. I found the brake lines completely rotted out like not even barely there anymore. Someone put a 283 in it with an old 2 spd power glide and that is the way the new owner wanted to keep it so we were not going for originality. I also used a kit with A arms over reusing the old straight axle. The new front support came from Classic Chevy and the owner got a fiberglass hood & fender kit. So the front end is nowhere close to original anyway.

[@showmetrucks7113]

@@thekingsilverado3266thanks for the good news yeah I was comparing them I don’t think it will be too tough and I have a few sets of those laying around