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I want one of those gates :thumbs:

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Stickified!

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haha! Hey thats my truck at pomona swapmeet! Glad you liked it! Sntos63

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besides seeing the obvious difference in the tailgate on the silver and black fleetsides than their american cousins.the rear wheel well shape and design are different,also no lower body design front of rear wheel well that matches the front fender,rocker panel and cab corner like the american version.also look closely at the tail light panel,its much thicker than our trucks.these are the first of these trucks that i've seen from argentina.i have seen the brazilian chevy trucks from the 60's and they are a complete different body style.i would have to give these trucks a thumbs up.great pic's.

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Very cool truck! Glad this thread got re-sticky'd...

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1963 Chevrolet Silver Book. I bought one from these guys years a couple of years ago. He told me his buisness was for sale . Guess he closed or is operating under another name.

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Martin Senour Paints. 1961-68 Chevrolet Truck Color Years Carry Over

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Note the temp gauge. notice that the green line that connects the low & high reading? in all production models 1964 & 1965 this line was a single thick flat green line. In the 1966 only it was two thin parallel green arches. The instument cluster shown above has a 1966 temp gauge installed.

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In my reading of 60-66 trucks, I came across an article explaining the rear trailing arm and coil spring suspension on the Chevrolets. According to the article, during a late '50's (I can't remember the exact year) NASCAR design season, Chevrolet introduced a trailing arm and coil spring rear suspension for the racecars. The same setup used in all NASCAR vehicles today. Then, unlike now, NASCAR rules stated that the cars be built of parts installed on production vehicles. This proposed suspension was not currently scheduled for production so it was incorporated into the Chevrolet line of pickups for the 1960 model year.

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South African Built Chevrolet Left hand drive.

http://www.stovebolt.com/gallery/ima...rrie_1961a.jpg

http://www.stovebolt.com/gallery/ima...rrie_1961d.jpg

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That is soooooo cool! Imagine driving that here in North America! :lol:

Also - notice how many hits this thread has - in less than a month?! :metal:

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What year is this truck? I see it has a '61 grille, a 62-66 hood, and a double hump dash with 64-66 style gauges... Pretty wild...

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That would be your other left... er... right ;)

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I didn't catch that. :lol:
It must be weird to shift a 3 speed on the column with your left hand. :uhmk:

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Just put some new breaks on my 65 gmc fleetside. I knew that the rear end was a leaf spring option on it but did not know how rare they were. The brake shoes & wheel cylinder are the same as the rest. But the drums are not. They are taller about a 1/2 inch. I first took my drums to Les Schwab to have the drums trued up and they said they were to far gone and that I needed new ones, well they had some @ $80 per drum. I knew I could do better cause I checked online and told them no thanks. I went to NAPA and they had a pair that I purchased @ $40 per drum took them home and tried one and it covered all but a 1/2 inch of the shoe. I took them back to NAPA and showed them the difference, allot of head scratch'n going on there finally the parts guy said why don't you have your old ones trued up they don't look so bad. I told him what Les Schwab had said about them being toast and I didn't think they were that bad either. Well NAPA trued them up for $9, good for another 50 years.
Couldn't find the original drums anywhere NAPA had a listing but no part # for them. Just a heads up about tire shops not looking out for the customer be careful out there. Vernski:metal:

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Vernski:
The 1000 series GMC trucks all used a 10 bolt Dana 44 rear end with leaf springs. If you need drums in 50 years, you might check the part numbers listed in the attached. I had the same trouble when I started on my 1966 1000 series GMC fenderside.
Regards,
Steve New Orleans

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=3399195

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Good info...it's going up !!

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Thanks Solrio for the part#'s , I forgot to ask in my post will this difference in the rear ends affect when I change gear ratio's as mine is low geared? Thanks guys. Vernski:fb:

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Someting I always wanted to know:

Why does the new model year start in September of the previous year?

answer:

In the early days of automobiling in America, open cars and poor travel conditions precluded winter motoring. Manufacturers displayed samples at the winter auto shows and took orders for spring and summer delivery.

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Vernski:
In changing your rear end ratio, you have to order parts for a Dana 44. They were very popular rear ends, but they are different than the Chevies used. The Dana 44 is a 10 bolt rear vs. the Chevies that were 12.

Regards,
Steve
New Orleans

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Hi Vernski, if/when you decide to change ratios bear in mind there is a carrier break between 3.73 and 3.92. Anything 3.92 and lower (4.09, 4.27, 4.56) will require the same carrier. If you want a more highway friendly gear 2.70-3.73 you'll need the other carrier. They both fit in the same case, so you can switch up and down and still keep the same axle housing.

These are very popular and available from many applications including Jeeps, some later model 4 wheel drive Chevys, and a lot of Ford trucks. When I switched from my original 3.92 to a 3.08, they used the gear set and carrier from the front end of a Chevy Blazer. I subsequently went back to 4.09 gears and had to change the carrier again. There are a lot of aftermarket gear sets available but the OEM gears are generally the quietest and easiest to set up.

Also, fyi - at least for 1960 the GMC 1/2 short step model came with the Dana 44 and coil springs. This might prove helpful for someone wanting a Dana 44 in a same year Chevy truck.

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I had the same issue I had a factory rearend that came out as a 3.92 and I switched it over to a 3.23 MADE a world of differance. The only thing I need to do now is get a new speedo gear from Jim Carters.

See Pictures

http://rides.webshots.com/album/570438270cjSEvE

Jake

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Thanks for all the work on this post Aerotruk! I enjoy reading this thread.

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1960 Identification

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1960 Last page

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Power Brake unit
http://cardone.com/English/club/memb...ARTNUM=50-3537

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How-to-Restore Your Chevrolet Pickup

http://books.google.com/books?id=Slw...0Truck&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=aBu...age&q=&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=WLc...0Truck&f=false

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Thanks, Great information. :metal:

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Question? ~ what was the last year of rear wood floors in suburbans....anybody?

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1Bad62Pro/Street,
Sorry for the red exes in your post about the badges. I had to do some site cleaning. Here's the revised version with a few new ones added:

1960
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/.../60_emblem.jpg
1961
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/.../61_emblem.jpg
1962 C10
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/.../62_emblem.jpg
1963 C10
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/.../63_emblem.jpg
1964 C10
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/...g.w180h149.jpg

1965 C10
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/...pg.w180h58.jpg
1965 Custom Camper
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/...PG.w180h59.jpg

1966 C10
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/...pg.w180h96.jpg
1966 Custom Camper
http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/...PG.w180h95.jpg

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OK, so tell me this! What determined the sideview mirrors for the models? Were those options? Some have the standard stem and square/circle, some were the work/farm verticle rectangle, and I see others with full on towing mirrors.
Is the vast variety purely from people getting creative on their own or did GM actually put out all these mirror options?

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A Few Points of Interests 60--66 Chevy Trucks:
http://www.oldchevytrucks.biz/55_66/750w/0010.jpg
http://www.oldchevytrucks.biz/55_66/750w/0012.jpg
http://www.oldchevytrucks.biz/55_66/750w/0011.jpg

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Does somebody knows anything about rims. I got this 66 LWB and I did not see these rims before. Where are they coming from?????

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they look toyota 4x4 to me

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They look like they are off of a Ford Ranger. There was one parked beside me today at work. Looked identical to those less the center cap.
http://images.newcars.com/images/pic...141A0101-E.jpg
http://images.newcars.com/images/car...rior-Wheel.png

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thx. Looks simular yea. Must decide if i'm going to put original rims for myn or I leave this ones on it. They are not bad looking, but I want to make them red with ww tires, don't know if that will look good on this rims. Going to sand one and powder coat him red to see if it's looking ok???

regards,

Berto

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I think your truck would look good with Smoothies.
Also go to the search above and search the forum for wheel picture threads so you can get an idea of what you like or not. There are a few that are on here.

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jchav62; Can you tell me what the hoods on 60 and 61 are refered to as (the nick name for them). bushy