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leitchfield · 10-25-2004, 10:18 AM

Hello. Looks like a good website for info on my latest project. I will give you a little bit of history first.

I just inherited a 1966 fleetside longbed chevy truck. 283 3 speed, Red with white top, chrome bumpers and metal bed. It was my grandfather's truck he bought in 1970 from a friend of his. So I will be the third owner. I learned how to drive in this truck, my grandpa and my dad let me drive it out on the backroads of Kentucky when I was about 10 years old on. My grandfather passed away from lung cancer on my 12th birthday in 1986. (So you can imagine the importance of this trucks restoration) From that day the truck has set in a barn on my grandparents farm covered in chicken poop, hay, cat poop, you name it. Presently this week it will be drug out, put on a trailer and moved about 30 miles to my garage. Through all the family squabbles and all I was asked what I would like to have from my grandfather, the farm, etc...all I asked for was that old truck. So I will start restoring it in the coming months with yalls help I hope. I will try to get pictures soon to show yall. I look forward to starting this project.

Donovan
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Blue Beard · 10-25-2004, 10:41 AM

Welcome to the board from SW Washington State...

Post some pics of her before and during your work...

Lots of help available here, and possibly what you may need to do your project.

ChevyStepside · 10-25-2004, 11:12 AM

I'm kinda new to this forum too but have been hanging out at www.chevytalk.com for the past few years.. You can go there and get even more info too... Also look at this page for more info: www.60-66chevytrucks.com Lots of useful info there too...

leitchfield · 10-25-2004, 12:09 PM

COOL, thanks i need all the help i can get.

blood62 · 10-25-2004, 12:28 PM

i will help in any way i can

STEVE A WILBURN · 10-25-2004, 12:49 PM

Hello From Alabama

BrianJordan · 10-25-2004, 07:56 PM

welcome from phoenix,arizona.

Demmit_Hemmit's 65 · 10-25-2004, 11:12 PM

welcome from indiana..............great story..........lots of info here..........don't be afraid to ask................again welcome................hemmit

leitchfield · 10-26-2004, 09:23 AM

thanks for the welcome guys....first question.......do i leave the 3 speed on the tree alone or change to automatic? how hard is it to change it to auto? just curious.....oh and i hate the gas tank behind the seat too....DANGEROUS!....

ChevyStepside · 10-26-2004, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by leitchfield

thanks for the welcome guys....first question.......do i leave the 3 speed on the tree alone or change to automatic? how hard is it to change it to auto? just curious.....oh and i hate the gas tank behind the seat too....DANGEROUS!....

www.truckandcarshop.com sells a tank for the back where the spare tire goes for $166. It comes with straps sender and 22 gal tank... If you dont like shifting and you will be doing alot of freeway driving I say put in a 700R4 but if it is mostly in town and hauling then a TH350 will do just fine.. You will need a new coluimn with an automatic shifter or get an aftermarket floor shifter.. You will need an automatic crossmember and Parking brake set up.. If you get a short tail TH350 you will not have to have the drive shaft cut but if you use a 700R4 you will have to have it shortened.. You will also need a new yolk up front for the automatic instead of a 3 speed one.. The 700 and 350 use the same crossmember mount and front yolk for the tranny... Don't forget the Flexplate/Flywheel... good luck...

blood62 · 10-29-2004, 11:14 AM

If your do decide to go with the 700R4 i would sugest going with the later modle ones cause i had a camaro with the older style 700R4 and it was junk. Ive have been told that they fixed that in the second revision.

ChevyStepside · 10-30-2004, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by blood62

If your do decide to go with the 700R4 i would sugest going with the later modle ones cause i had a camaro with the older style 700R4 and it was junk. Ive have been told that they fixed that in the second revision.

Oh yeah forgot to mention that.. 1988 or newer but not over 1993 I think before they went all electronic.. My 65 has a 700R4 from an 84 caprice but it has been reworked and works great but I do have an 89 year model waiting to take it's place....

leitchfield · 11-02-2004, 09:23 AM

hope you like,...

most of the white substance you see on the truck wipes off, its mostly just chicken crap, hay dust etc...

Iron-Butt · 11-05-2004, 08:17 PM

Welcome from Texas!

10-25-2004, 10:18 AM	#1
leitchfield Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 36	New here, Introducing myself(NOW WITH PICS) Hello. Looks like a good website for info on my latest project. I will give you a little bit of history first. I just inherited a 1966 fleetside longbed chevy truck. 283 3 speed, Red with white top, chrome bumpers and metal bed. It was my grandfather's truck he bought in 1970 from a friend of his. So I will be the third owner. I learned how to drive in this truck, my grandpa and my dad let me drive it out on the backroads of Kentucky when I was about 10 years old on. My grandfather passed away from lung cancer on my 12th birthday in 1986. (So you can imagine the importance of this trucks restoration) From that day the truck has set in a barn on my grandparents farm covered in chicken poop, hay, cat poop, you name it. Presently this week it will be drug out, put on a trailer and moved about 30 miles to my garage. Through all the family squabbles and all I was asked what I would like to have from my grandfather, the farm, etc...all I asked for was that old truck. So I will start restoring it in the coming months with yalls help I hope. I will try to get pictures soon to show yall. I look forward to starting this project. Donovan Elizabethtown, Kentucky __________________ 66 Chevy Farm Truck 94 Chevy Ext. Cab 201,000 miles and still going..... 67 RS/SS camaro (in resto) Last edited by leitchfield; 11-02-2004 at 09:36 AM.

10-25-2004, 10:41 AM	#2
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,831	Welcome to the board from SW Washington State... Post some pics of her before and during your work... Lots of help available here, and possibly what you may need to do your project. __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo

10-25-2004, 12:09 PM	#4
leitchfield Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 36	COOL, thanks i need all the help i can get. __________________ 66 Chevy Farm Truck 94 Chevy Ext. Cab 201,000 miles and still going..... 67 RS/SS camaro (in resto)

10-25-2004, 12:49 PM	#6
STEVE A WILBURN Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: TONEY ALA Posts: 307	Hello From Alabama __________________ JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE.

10-26-2004, 09:23 AM	#9
leitchfield Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 36	thanks for the welcome guys....first question.......do i leave the 3 speed on the tree alone or change to automatic? how hard is it to change it to auto? just curious.....oh and i hate the gas tank behind the seat too....DANGEROUS!.... __________________ 66 Chevy Farm Truck 94 Chevy Ext. Cab 201,000 miles and still going..... 67 RS/SS camaro (in resto)

10-25-2004, 11:12 AM	#3
ChevyStepside Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 19	I'm kinda new to this forum too but have been hanging out at www.chevytalk.com for the past few years.. You can go there and get even more info too... Also look at this page for more info: www.60-66chevytrucks.com Lots of useful info there too...

10-25-2004, 12:28 PM	#5
blood62 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: cape cod mass Posts: 65	i will help in any way i can

10-25-2004, 07:56 PM	#7
BrianJordan Iron Thunder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Phoenix Arizona Posts: 377	welcome from phoenix,arizona.

10-25-2004, 11:12 PM	#8
Demmit_Hemmit's 65 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Peru, Indiana Posts: 741	welcome from indiana..............great story..........lots of info here..........don't be afraid to ask................again welcome................hemmit

10-29-2004, 11:14 AM	#11
blood62 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: cape cod mass Posts: 65	If your do decide to go with the 700R4 i would sugest going with the later modle ones cause i had a camaro with the older style 700R4 and it was junk. Ive have been told that they fixed that in the second revision.

11-02-2004, 09:23 AM	#13
leitchfield Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 36	here some pics..... hope you like,... most of the white substance you see on the truck wipes off, its mostly just chicken crap, hay dust etc... Attached Images __________________ 66 Chevy Farm Truck 94 Chevy Ext. Cab 201,000 miles and still going..... 67 RS/SS camaro (in resto)

11-05-2004, 08:17 PM	#14
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