1966 Suburban with boat.

[landman]

This is my way of building another hull. Pretty primitive. We'll see.

[espo]

The Suburban body is looking nice. A thought on the front wheel for the trailer. The trailers used for boats of this size and weight usually are supported by a small cross member at the front. The support for the wheel passes thru the small crossmember adding both strength to the frame and the crank system for raising and lowering the wheel. This will also make it somewhat easier to replicate.  

[landman]

The vengine compartment.

[landman]

The truck is pretty well done.

[landman]

The seat I posted on Thursday will not be used. A forlorn Rolls Royce phaeton donated hers.

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[landman]

Started toying with the 59 Cadillac accents.

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[slusher]

Looking great Pat..

[espo]

The new interior in the boat looks good. 

[landman]

Cut off their idea of a hitch and made up a new one as well as the jack.

[landman]

The jack is done. working on the hand winch. My hull wil be more flat bottomed than vee'd.

[landman]

I will attempt to make a windscreen out of of a junk one. Mking a filler panel to go between the top of the rear seat and the deck.

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Nice touch Pat, the jack looks great! ?

[foghorn62]

Hi Pat!  I just came across your thread, and I love it!  Your Suburban looks fantastic, and the boat is going to be awesome!  I’ve got a few pics of a build that I did using the same Suburban kit, and a toy hauler trailer.  I did a trailer hitch/jack that looks quite similar to yours, and a hitch receiver for the truck.  I wound up taking the spare tire, making a cover for it and putting it inside agains the left rear wall of the interior, in order to make room for the trailer hitch underneath.  Also, I’ve got a boat project that I’ve been working on using a 62 Tbird.  I’ll use a matching tow car to pull it.
the Jack wheel and stem slides down and locks using the handle position, to support the trailer tongue when uncoupled from the tow vehicle.

[landman]

45 minutes ago, foghorn62 said:

Hi Pat!  I just came across your thread, and I love it!  Your Suburban looks fantastic, and the boat is going to be awesome!  I’ve got a few pics of a build that I did using the same Suburban kit, and a toy hauler trailer.  I did a trailer hitch/jack that looks quite similar to yours, and a hitch receiver for the truck.  I wound up taking the spare tire, making a cover for it and putting it inside agains the left rear wall of the interior, in order to make room for the trailer hitch underneath.  Also, I’ve got a boat project that I’ve been working on using a 62 Tbird.  I’ll use a matching tow car to pull it.
the Jack wheel and stem slides down and locks using the handle position, to support the trailer tongue when uncoupled from the tow vehicle.

Nice work Tim. I was wondering how to install the hitch receiver. thanks for the tip.

[landman]

A few more things.

[espo]

Where did you source the Outboard Motor ?  Great looking dash and gauges. 

[landman]

13 minutes ago, espo said:

Where did you source the Outboard Motor ?  Great looking dash and gauges. 

I can't remember, I'll look it up.

[landman]

22 minutes ago, espo said:

Where did you source the Outboard Motor ?  Great looking dash and gauges. 

 

Probably came in a trade.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/165199-outboard-id/

 

 

[espo]

4 minutes ago, landman said:

 

Probably came in a trade.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/165199-outboard-id/

 

 

I remember when you posted that find. I wonder if it may have been from the Chrysler Boat kit ?  T wish I had bought one when I had a chance but the boat didn't appeal to me at the time. 

[slusher]

10 hours ago, landman said:

A few more things.

Great detail work, Pat!

[landman]

Paint.

[landman]

Done. I am happy with the Suburban, not so much with the boat. 

[slusher]

Beautiful Saburban and boat Pat..

[FLHCAHZ]

They both look great!

[tim boyd]

22 hours ago, landman said:

Done. I am happy with the Suburban, not so much with the boat. 

Pat.....very, so very cool!  Great idea and a very engaging build project to go with it.  Your photography (and backgrounds) only adds to the scale realism.  Big congrats from this corner....TIM