One Ton Suburban

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Originally Posted by Ed Snyder

Thanks! And welcome to the forum.

Looks like you're a new member from the United Kingdom. We have (or had anyway) a couple of other members on the forum from the UK. Haven't heard from them in awhile.

Planning on buying a 60-66 GMC someday?

Hey, well I do like them, my next door neighbour has one and it's been all done up, look's amazing, so I thought I'd have a look around, so maby someday I may own one Living in Central London doesn't help either because of the roads and it's a big car!

[Ed Snyder]

Took the one ton Suburban out for a drive today, looking for a photo op. Found a good one in front of the Nunan House, not too far from where I live. See http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/63...48322149_zpid/

[Funky61]

Great shot Ed and a gorgeous home too!
Looks like you should charge to "Tour" the grounds and keep the tips.

[TJ's GMC]

Nice photo Ed!

[HOTRODJOHN]

Ed, I don't even remember seeing one, although maybe I didn't notice. Really neat piece of history that no one thinks about. Nice to see those photos. John

[Ed Snyder]

Originally Posted by HOTRODJOHN

Ed, I don't even remember seeing one, although maybe I didn't notice. Really neat piece of history that no one thinks about. Nice to see those photos. John

Thanks, John. I took it out again today to a free show held annually at Lost Creek Lake, about a 45 minute drive from my house. Coincidentally, a friend of mine for the last 30 years pulled in right behind me. He's a member of the local Z Car Club. He's got the white 300 ZX, parked next to two 240Zs owned by another club member, both of which have V8 conversions.

See photos below:

[TJ's GMC]

Cool Ed! Wish I coulda made it out there today. haha

[GMCDAC]

Hi Ed, thanks for keeping this thread updated! Glad you are having a good time with your time capsule one-ton! Hope all is well.

DAC

[Ed Snyder]

In an earlier post on this thread, I mentioned that Darryl Starbird had done some of the work on the one ton Suburban. He helped Dad with the conversion of the rear doors to liftgate/tailgate when the truck was new in 1965, then enlarged the rear wheel openings for the 12 x 16.5 tires three years later.

I recently came across an interesting link by a guy who's apparently obsessed with Darryl Starbird and Darryl's most famous custom car. Check out http://thepredictaproject.org/. Lots of reading material under the "Menu" link. In one photo you can see a diorama of Darryl's first shop in Wichita where the work was done on the one ton Suburban.

I had the privilege of touring Darryl's museum http://darrylstarbird.com/ in Oklahoma a few years ago. The Predicta http://www.darrylstarbird.com/museum_cars/predicta.jpg is on display there.

[GMCDAC]

Those are some interesting links showing the skill of a great craftsman! I had no idea that the "Predicta" went through so many rebuilds. Although as a model building kid I wasn't crazy about "way out customs", I really liked something about the "Predicta" and built a couple models of it. I'm not sure why that one appealed to me so much.

DAC