My name is Dave and I live in Kingman, AZ. I own a 1959 Suburban station wagon. A friend of mine gave it to me 3 months ago. He had it for almost 10 years and decided he would never do anything with it. It did not have a drivetrain, but lots of spare parts. I had purchased a 1990 Dodge pick up for this project. I used everything from the pick up for the wagon, so now it has a fuel injected 360 with overdrive, the rear axle, and rear antilock brakes. I also used all of the gauges, a/c and heat. I went to the junkyard and got a disc brake set up from a 1986 Diplomat and it bolted right on. I am still working on the custom fuel cell for the fuel pump assembly. The car has minimal rust. I replaced the rear floor pans and the only other rust is the lower 1 " on the rear quarter panels (soon to be repaired). The only big ticket item will be the front windshield.
Looks like you did a nice job fitting the drivetrain in!
2-door Suburbans are fairly scarce, seems not too many survived.
I was in Kingman earlier this summer, bringing a '59 Sport Suburban from El Paso that I bought as a parts car. I have plenty of windshields for when you are ready for one.
I am just trial fitting everything at this time, but I can drive the car down the street to try things out. I will be tearing it apart to rebuild the front suspension and to clean a few things up. Let me know how much you want for the windshield. I would like to get it installed ASAP so that I can leave it outside.
Neat wagon! Those M body (Diplomat/New Yorker) brakes seem to fit everything. I have a set in a 69 charger and an F body (aspen and volare) set on my 59. (did hae to shorten tie rods a 1/2 for more adjustability though..)
I also have an A body (73- 76 Duster/Dart) in my 70 Cuda with no hiccups either. I think all the spindle setups are very close to each other regadless of the years.
