Finished my 1963 SWB

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Well, I bought this truck, a 1963 SWB out of Albuquerque NM back on February 2 2014. The plan was to just get it running , clean it up and sell it. Well it turned in to much more than that. I've had a bunch of parts, chassis parts from Early Classics, 1983 front sub and a 454 from my old 1965 GMC just sitting in the basement. I've been collecting, among other parts, some different vintage wheels, from Torque Thrust Ds from the 60s, ET 5 spokes and what I've been dying to try are what you see on the truck finished, is a set of Motor Wheel Spyders, all in 5 inch bolt pattern. Something different.

The truck is powered by a 454 I built when I was still a Machinist at Micks Auto in Racine Wi. Trans is a 400 turbo with a 3000 stall converter and a 3:73 posi from a 1968 Chevy C10 that I bought through this site a month ago. I drove it for the first time today and its a lot of fun. Stops and steers quick and is hard to keep from pushing on the pedal . I still need an exhaust but the guy is quite backed up so it will be a few weeks, built a temporary system that's sounds good and functions for now. Much more to do but we have a car show here in town this Sunday so I set a goal to get it done !

One very unexpected thing happened during this experience ! Another member, AEROTRUK walked up my driveway late one afternoon !?!?! What a guy to say the least ! Here Im working on 63s ? and Great person and a lot of fun to talk to !!!!