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Ok so I have been lurking/posting here for awhile but I finally have some pics of my 1961 Apache. I bought it when I was 15 and have had it for 11 years now. I'm in United States Air Force and haven't had the truck in like 8 years its been at my dads house but I'm getting it transported to me soon. I have a built 327 that was in it back in the day but it currently has a 350 in it..(to my surprise) I forgot that it even had a motor in it. As you can see its seen better days it has some nasty black crap all over it...

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Cool Truck !!! Welcome !! :hi: A little soap & water .. good scrub brush and it should clean up nice .... Keep up with the pictures ... Welcome ...

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Welcome! And thanks for your service. You have a nice truck man! Gotta love that style hood. Keep us posted on your progress, it's nice to see another 61 around,

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Welcome! Truck should clean up nice! Keep us posted.

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Here is my rebuilt 327 with double hump heads, 272 loaping cam (sounds amazing).... which has been sitting under the workbench for again like 7 years now...

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welcome from San Jose Nor*Cal
Nice truck ! Looking forward to more pics

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Welcome, the truck looks cool. Wash that thing and buff the paint and it'll look new.

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my plans are to redo my 327 make it fuel injection and putting either a 700R4 or a 4L60 behind it..
completely redo the body/ make it BBW...
painless wiring/vintage air
drop member... rack and pinion
disks front and rear
relocate tank... etc. etc. etc. yal know the drill

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x2

Is that pine tree sap?

And thank you for serving our country.:flagw:

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I agree, nice looking truck. Cool that you've owned it so long. Are you stationed near home now, giving you a chance to work on it?

Funny about the amazing 327/cam sound effects. I was playing one of those trivia games once and the question came up "what's your favorite sound. The "politically correct" expected answer was your childs voice, or a waterfall, or birds in the meadow, etc. My answer was "a 327 with a cam"!! I also loved and miss the old mechanical fuel injection. The constant whistle was really loud, no question which car was fuel injected. Of course compared to modern injection it was tempermental and unreliable.

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Welcome to the board from Nashville.
Nice '61... and I agree, nothing beats that hood.

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Im not crazy about those hoods but that is a nice truck.

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I'm from Huntsville AL and when I first went into the Air Force I was stationed in Fairbanks AK, but I'm in Altus OK now so I'm about 13 hours aways but like I said I'm getting it auto transported here as soon as the wife lets me (she understands my passion for cars but she also understands the DEBT it will cause).....:lol: Cause when it gets here I'm going to be getting at least a 15K loan to do it right this time.

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Neither was I my plan back when I was younger was to put a 62-66 hood on it... but after looking at it for awhile I grew to LOVE that hood would'nt have it any other way!!!!:metal:

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Welcome from East Tennessee. I'd say that will clean up nice.

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Those hoods are really rare, like my 60-61 GMC hood and the fiberglass repop (if still made) are real trashy. Trust me you'll want to keep the hood if at all possible.

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Beautiful truck! It seems to be in excellent shape. I dig that hood on it. The older I get the more I like 'original' parts. Good luck and keep us posted.

Thank you serving our country!

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Yal are awesome thanks for all the of nice words about my truck and for yals support for the military.... not going to lie I love when people say that they are proud of us.... it makes it feel like we are doing something for someone else other than ourselves my wife and I are both Staff Sargents and plan on making this a career

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I personally don't think it can be said enough.

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61TWUK:

Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS. I appreciate your service to our country and I am glad for you and your family, that you are stationed state-side.

Your rig looks like a great start and I vote for the "aviation inspired" '60-'61 hood. Thanks for sharing and keep us posted with lots of pictures.

Stay safe!

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Yes Thanks, and Welcome

Nice truck to start from.Any colors in mind? Red comes to mind!

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I love your truck.:metal: If you look just right at it, it looks like you could wash it and there would be a brand new '61 Apache on the showroom floor.

Just walk in front of it and say, "Show me." Like Christine.:lol:

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Its actually going to be hugger orange, white from the windows up, and white grill and bowties in the hood.

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Thats for sure !!

Welcome aboard man !! Looks to be in great shape...When you get, scrub that thing down, and keep the pics coming !!!

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:agree:
I'm not sure if I'd paint it if it were me. Try a couple cans of Ajax on it first, see what appears.
And, welcome. Always nice to have another 60-66 guy here.