1998 Chevy Suburban High Top Camper Conversion.

[Gcollin]

Howdy, I have been slowly working on converting my ’98 Burb’ into an Overland RV.
I am adding the camper top this weekend and thought you all might like some photos.
Interior photos will be coming in the next few days.

 

[Gcollin]

Howdy, I have been slowly working on converting my ’98 Burb’ into an Overland RV.
I am adding the camper top this weekend and thought you all might like some photos.
Interior photos will be coming in the next few days.

 

[buellconvert]

Well done! All black like that a couple of the pics reminds me of a hearse...

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[Gcollin]

Haha, definitely was not going for the “hearse” look, I installed the fan and cargo rails today so hopefully that should help. The plan is to mount a Rotopax gas tank to one side of the camper top and then mount a set of traction mats to the other side. Got the top insulated as well, I just have to install the vapor barrier and then I can start building the interior. I have a bunch of scrap pieces of Beetle Kill Pine wood that I think will look great inside of this thing,

 

[Regcabguy]

Do you compromise the body rigidity when you remove the factory lid along with the horizontal supports?

 

[Gcollin]

Do you compromise the body rigidity when you remove the factory lid along with the horizontal supports?

I’m sure it doesn‘t help anything, but it is a 2500 Suburban and I have been lead to believe that the 2500 has a stronger frame. I left everything from about 4” behind the B-Pillar all the way up to the windshield, and I left a good portion of metal in the rear so I haven’t completely butchered it, there is still a lot of structural support in the roof.

 

[borison]

I thought this was 1500 1/2 ton suburban? Is the body trim not accurate?

 

[Gcollin]

Here are the wall and ceiling panels for the Camper Top.
I am a Colorado native and we have a pretty bad Pine Beetle problem out here, so I thought that using reclaimed beetle kill would give the camper a perfect Colorado vibe.

 

[Gcollin]

This is the “hidden” TV box. When the box is closed it will be hidden by the ceiling, (pictures to follow).

 

[buellconvert]

That was is going to look killer and I really like how you're hiding the TV like that, well done.

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[nitro_rat]

I thought this was 1500 1/2 ton suburban? Is the body trim not accurate?

I can't load the pics fully on my phone to see the door emblems legibly but there was a light duty 2500 Suburban that was 6 lug and basically a "heavy half." Had a 6 lug 9.5" semi-floating rear axle and stiffer springs. Basically set up like a F44 Z71 truck.

 

[Gcollin]

I thought this was 1500 1/2 ton suburban? Is the body trim not accurate?

The body trim is not accurate, it doesn’t say 4x4 anywhere on it either. There are a lot of small weird things about this rig.

 

[Gcollin]

I finished more of the interior last night! got my wall and ceiling panels hung, the rear cabinet is done, and I finished the TV box,

 

[Gcollin]

The interior of the camper top it almost completely finished, just need to make trim pieces and figure out a way to mount some vinyl records to the walls (I’m gonna use them as art, but also to listen to).

 

[buellconvert]

Check out www.recordprops.com and I am sure you could come up with something similar by the looks of your talent

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