Used 1956 Chevrolet Suburban Frame Off 283, 5-Speed

1956 Chevrolet Suburban 3100 painted in a beautiful dark blue and Cameo Ivory with a tri-tone Bel Air interior and powered by a rebuilt 283 V8 and a Tremec 5-speed transmission for your driving pleasure.

Here is the story from the restorer, who later bought the Suburban from the gentleman for whom he did the work:
"I was approached by a customer with this nice 1956 Suburban and he wanted it restored back to as close to original as we could." "He used it for only about 4 years, only putting 175 miles on the truck, taking his two boys and their friends to soccer." " I don't even think he burnt a full tank of gas. The truck is just like the day I delivered it to him"

"So let me tell you about the restoration....We took the body off the frame, had everything sandblasted, epoxy primed all the bare metal and did the body work on top of that. We used all the best product that we could get, painted it with base coat clear coat and then wet sanded it and buffed it for many hours. The truck is a dark blue and it shows very straight. The frame was painted with a semi-gloss rust shield and is pit free. The underside of the body was primed and a red oxide colored paint was used to duplicate the red oxide color from the original primer. The engine was sent to a machine shop and totally rebuilt by doing new valves, pistons and bored 30 over. The engine is a 283 upgraded from the original 265 but still period correct and looks and runs great. The transmission is a Tremec 5 speed that the customer asked for. That transmission is the only thing that is not period correct to the truck. The interior was all painted with a Cameo White and the seats were done with a 1957 Chevy Bel Air fabric. The headliner is done with a 1955 Nomad waffle material. The suburban has all new glass with all new weatherstripping. The battle ship linoleum was replaced with a vinyl look-alike material. All the seats have seat belts. The tires are a light truck tire and there are 5 of them with the original style dog dish hubcaps." "...You would be hard pressed to find another 1956 Suburban this nice."