80's suburban F/R difference in body width

[JoeThePro]

I have a couple images with top down views, one is a line drawing showing the suburban front gradually getting narrower than the rear, and the other is a factory dimensional drawing showing it being pretty much constant width all the way up almost to the very front. Which is correct? I want to say the dimensional drawing (top) is correct, but Im having a hard time confirming it from pictures online.

[durok]

Bummer - no can see image, my man!

[JoeThePro]

Weird, it was visible on PC but not Tapatalk. Should be fixed now.

[durok]

Yeah - it's working fine... I searched a bit online for top-down views of Chevy/GMC Suburbans, no luck. However, I lean towards the taper - the angled shots I see seem to show one. I was looking at '84 models.



The hood doesn't taper in at the sides, but at the creased line (on the silver part) and below - the body seems to taper to the front.

[JoeThePro]

Originally Posted by durok

Yeah - it's working fine... I searched a bit online for top-down views of Chevy/GMC Suburbans, no luck. However, I lean towards the taper - the angled shots I see seem to show one. I was looking at '84 models.

The hood doesn't taper in at the sides, but at the creased line (on the silver part) and below - the body seems to taper to the front.

Yah the dimensional drawing seems to be from the 70s quarter panel curve where it didn't taper until the very front, and the clean drawing seems to show the 80s model where it tapers more like in your photo. But the clean drawing also seems to have the whole front more narrow, and not just the tapered flare. I think I'll take a mix of both when I work on it haha.

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