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Re: overhead console ideas
hammerhank #771977 February 25th 2021 7:47 pm
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Nice stuff. Good ideas.

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I did not know suburbans had overhead consoles. I will be keeping an eye out for suburbans next time I go to the junkyard.


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lukester #771983 February 25th 2021 10:47 pm
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I’m not 100% sure if it’s from a suburban.. my buddy gave it to me and said it came from his gfs suburban but who knows for sure? My van is a 95’ dodge b250


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lukester #772027 February 26th 2021 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by lukester
I did not know suburbans had overhead consoles. I will be keeping an eye out for suburbans next time I go to the junkyard.


I've seen a few that were meant for K5 Blazers that were for off roading. Spots for CBs and speakers. They pop up from time to time on CL and OfferUp. They wouldn't fit the Ford though. frown


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Re: overhead console ideas
hammerhank #772073 February 28th 2021 2:23 am
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Mine I customized too by adding my control/display for my inverter. Was going to put my cb in it but it was too big. And it fits perfectly under my stereo in the dash.


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1989-91 Suburbans have an overhead. It's long and narrow. They also have a between the seat cubby, the same one as in a Blazer.

The best overhead console I picked out of some conversion van in a junkyard in like 2009, it went into two other vans after. It's just a piece of high quality maybe 1x4 or 1x5 that had two long doors on each side and a switch panel in the middle. The bottom was some thin material, hardboard, plywood, with a headliner material on the bottom. it was cut to fit the roof shape, long screws in the ends of the wood piece, and then the bottom was cut to the windshield shape and a few shorter screws around the perimeter held it in. Visors folded flat against it. I put the radio in the switch panel hole after opening it up a little. It would be easy and cheap to make with hardware store materials.

I then was in a junkyard in North Carolina in 2013 and saw my radio idea wasn't original. A 78-83 van there had a plastic headliner insert console that had provision for a regular two knob radio centered but mounted at about a 45' angle facing the driver. I should have pulled it.


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hammerhank #775418 May 01st 2021 12:29 am
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Like lukester I never saw a Suburban with an overhead console, Sounds pretty cool. If anyone finds one ; I hope it will posted as usual. We had a pretty nice 82' back in the day; one of our many Chevys chevy

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I had one I drove with the console in it, and later on I pulled one to flip in the junkyard, then never could sell it. Looks like I should have just put it on eBay - this guy wants $150 for one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193809428685


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