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Originally Posted by Ed Snyder
For example, here's a photo of me and my Dad standing in front of the 1968 GMC Suburban I bought right after graduating from college in 1970.
My first choice was a V6 powered 60-66 4WD Suburban, but I didn't realize at the time how rare they were.
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Since I wasn't able to find a 4WD 60-66 Suburban, after I bought the '68 I started a search for the next best thing, a 2WD 60-66 Suburban. I found one in mint condition about a year later. It was a '63 with 305E, 4 speed, custom trim, three rows of seats, and under-dash A/C. A previous owner had even installed curtains in the rear. When I bought it, the center seat had been turned around 180 degrees and there was a table (like a dinette in an RV) between the second and third rows. I bolted a bottle opener to the dash. It was a great party truck for a single guy! I owned both Suburbans at the same time for a couple of years. Later on I taught my new wife how to drive with a manual transmission in the '63.
After I bought the '68 I put 8.25x16.5 wheels with 10x16.5 tires on it. When I sold the '68 I took those off, put the wheels and tires it came with back on it, and installed the 10x16.5s on the '63 instead. I had to bend up the inner lip on the rear wheel openings with a crescent wrench to get them to fit. The photos below were taken before I did that.
The first photo shows the '63 parked in my folks' driveway behind the '65 one ton Suburban that I have now. Both Suburbans were the same color. That's my Mom standing next to it, and my little brother Pete (whom the attendees at June's Wichita mini meet got to meet) peaking out the window. Pete would have been 6 years old here in 1971. The second photo is me standing by the '63 which is long gone now.