Daughter just bought 62 fleet side long bed

[Riverbuzzrat]

Hi , let me introduce myself , I'm River, my 24 yo daughter just bought a 63 chevy long bed , fleet side with a 235 straight six , 3 on tree already converted to a floor shift , to pull her 52 vintage canned ham trailer , needless to say this has become pops project , it needs plenty of work but the drive train is in good working order ,I just finished replacing hood lights & wire loom , tail lights and wire loom , from what I see this truck has about 5 or 6 different wire Looms , plan eventually replace them all . Installed new door locks , there was no speedometer cable which brings me to my ? (First of many I'm sure) I can't seem to find where on the tranny the speedometer cable connects too . And input be greatly appreciated , thanks

[66Submarine]

It may be obscured by the shifter (and/or caked on grime). Should be on the left ("driver") side of the tailshaft housing.

[MikeS.]

Welcome River and daughter. So is it a 62(title of thread) or a 63? Body of this thread.

[Riverbuzzrat]

My bad it's a 62 , I have fat thumbs to type with on iPhone ! Lol

[TJ's Chevy]

Welcome River and Daughter! Its cool that yer daughter has an interest in these! Speedometer cable should connect on the drivers side of the tranny. On mine I believe its somewheres up top on the corner...haven't look under there fer awhile.

[Riverbuzzrat]

I must be missing something I see a hole with a bolt a and what looks like a piece of metal latch to hold something in , maybe something the speedometer cable screws into , at any rate there's nothing protruding to connect it too!

[gimmy 64]

well come from another so. cali truck person. cool to see your daughter into vintage trucks and trailers. we need pictures of the truck and trailer. thanks

[rideblue00]

should look similar to this, its a gm car 4 speed but similar

[rideblue00]

BTW welcome and lets see some pics!

[Riverbuzzrat]

Thank you , How do I post mor than 1 at a time ?

[Riverbuzzrat]

That part that's sticking out in your pic is what I'm missing , what's that part called ?

[rideblue00]

this is similar, not sure if it will work, but its a lead to do a little research by

http://www.jegs.com/i/TCI/890/880021/10002/-1

[Riverbuzzrat]

Thank you !

[rideblue00]

best bet is to become a supporting member and put up a WTB and make sure of the trans you have so you can say "i need this..."

[rideblue00]

these are common trans and not a whole of guys running them, proly yanked them in favor of an auto trans and the 3 speed is on the scrap pile. thats where mine went

[FetchMeAPepsi]

Like rideblue said they were pretty common in these trucks. The good news is as soon as kids get these old trucks they rip out the factory trans and bolt up a th350 or 400 so they'll practically give you one of these old, very easily rebuilt trannys complete. One near here went for $50.00 a couple of months ago.
Try a junkyard and you'll hit pay dirt. They were used from the 50's through 62 IIRC.

Sidenote: Congrats on having a father daughter project! Girls are tough to interest in projects, but if you get lucky like that eat it up! I'm in the same boat with mine. The teenager wants to re-build a beetle now, the 9yr old wants my truck

[donthekawguy]

My daughter rides the bus. No interest in any truck, car or motorcycle. Wha wha wha...

[FetchMeAPepsi]

Originally Posted by donthekawguy

My daughter rides the bus. No interest in any truck, car or motorcycle. Wha wha wha...

I was like that with my oldest for the longest time. They can change their minds in an instant. You might try not talking a single word about it for a season (3 months) then ask her to help you with something easy like sanding. Give her gloves to protect her nails and no music playing so you guys can talk a little. Might work!

[Riverbuzzrat]

Lol thanks for the advice , she has already restored a 58 canned ham vintage trailer , she picked this out as her next project to tow her trailer , I'll post pics when I can figure out how to post more than 1 at a time.

[Captainfab]

Welcome to the forum

To post more than 1 pic at a time, just keep uploading them. You just have to upload 1 at a time to a max of 5 I believe. Then close the window and click on 'Submit Reply'

Originally Posted by Riverbuzzrat

Lol thanks for the advice , she has already restored a 58 canned ham vintage trailer , she picked this out as her next project to tow her trailer , I'll post pics when I can figure out how to post more than 1 at a time.

[64chevtruck]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Welcome to the forum

To post more than 1 pic at a time, just keep uploading them. You just have to upload 1 at a time to a max of 5 I believe. Then close the window and click on 'Submit Reply'

Ahh thank you Capn, I thought 3 was max, Its nice you can even post hd pics on this forum.

Have a good week;

[64chevtruck]

Howdy and welcome, Im gonna need truck pix fo sho.

[FetchMeAPepsi]

You can post 10000000000 pics if you upload them somewhere else. Just go to tinypic.com, windypix.com, imageshack.com, etc. and upload your pictures. As you upload them you'll see a link to them usually on the bottom or on the right. It looks like this:

[img]http://www.WEBSITE.com/YOURPIC.jpg[/img ]

Just put that code in your reply. And the neat thing is when you do it like that you can type around your pic to add comments like this

Hey bob, did you catch the game?





No, not that game, the football game:






That's not football you idiot, that's soccer. Only 9 yr old girls play soccer!
This game!





Yeah, that's the ticket!

[64chevtruck]

Kool and ty I was wondering how peeps put text around their photos,


Have a good weekend.,