Guess what followed me home from Illinois?
 

My newest project http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/DSC07173.jpg .... a friend and I took Monday off and drove 450 miles one way just east of Decatur Il. Got plated today , so the evil neighborhood gistapo agents won't send me a letter in the mail tomorrow , but I would not doubt that I get one anyways...got it running tonight .. needed a choke pull off and some carb adjusting / timing set ...
I think the guy was bummed when I jumped in and it fired (after rewiring the distributor and yanking it around to put some advance in it ) I have a feeling he messed with this truck for sometime and could not get it to run....... I had to get it running because there was snow in front of the door and there was no way I could back my truck to it to tow it out with out getting stuck .... Rally wheels , new tires and a 350 I am guiessing with a Q jet and HEI... I was real hesitant to buy it because he said he replaced a freeze plug it the rear of the engine ,I thought "bet it has been froze before" and it was empty on coolant .. I did put some antifreeze in it till it ran out the gooseneck... and I am thinking after hearing a bit of pump noise from the trans I think it needs more fluid .. so I called it quits for tonight , it was 28 with a 12 degree wind chill.....

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Nice!! keep us posted

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Cool, what's the plans?

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Well Delmo , .. My other 63 is in my shop now getting floorboards etc .. my plans for that one is fix and drive ...til that one is done that is the plan with this one .. after 63 # 1 is out of the shop this one goes in and gains 2 more doors .. I have a spare cab and length of frame behind the shop and it has been there for a while , so now I have no excuses.... Yes I have wanted a 63 crew cab for years .....

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dang it awbrown.....you're in MY territory scooping up MY potential project!! just kidding , congrats on the find ......i am envious though, i'm still looking

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Nice score!!

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It's amazing what can follow you home isn't it!!!! Very nice find!!! Keep us posted!!

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Yeah I was searching craigslist and Feebay for the last 6 months ,this one was one Feebay and sold but the bidder flaked on the guy .. Moral of the story , always make contact with anyone selling the truck you want so if the deal goes bad they might call you .. I think I have bought 50 percent of all my junk that way .. From dozers tractors and back hoes to you name it ...

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Very cool! Looks like a solid project.

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awbrown, Good advice!!!! I also have purchased alot from making contact with the sellers!!! Reminds me of a truck I went to look at. The guy laughed in my face about my offer then two weeks later he called me and accepted it!! HA

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Cool truck. I LOVE 63's. That midwest cold is nothing to sneeze at! (grew up near chicago...) Congrats!

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Yeah , I used to cut out swap and sell ads from a weekly guide in Maine and stick them to my wall .. A guy had a back hoe that needed a casting for the trans .. I called him after some time ,I think he wanted 1500 for it .. I called him and he said "that was in there 3 months ago " long pause , I said "you still have it ?" he says yup ........................... bought it for 300.00....

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Any progress??

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You chained it to the back of your truck? Haven't you seen National Lampoon's Vacation?


:whine:Poor little guy...probably kept up with ya for a mile or so. Tough little mutt.:lol: Sweet truck by the way!

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You"ll laugh , but that tow bar was sitting in my garage since I towed my other 63 chevy in from Maine behind a Ryder truck..
(The year was 2000 if I remember right ) not too many vehicles can be towed with a towbar any more .......... @Alan .. I may go out to the garage tonight swap carbs ,then I should be able to drive it to work .. That is after I put the heater back together...

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Great find. gotta love a 63! LOL

Inspirational pictures from 1963 Silver Book!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_j...640/image1.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_j...640/image2.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_j...640/image4.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_j...512/image3.jpg

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thanks for the inspiration with the crew cab brochures... but I better get 63 # 2 on the road first and finish 63 #1 before I start on that prject.... I think the OMS crew cab looks the best , I like it when they shorten the rear doors , just makes it all look right ..

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funny...there's a 63 ambulance in one of the junkyards back home. Has the door on the passenger side, slightly extended back area, and a metal divider between the front and rear portion.

...to bad the owner of the junkyard is a fat lazy sack of sh*t who won't bother to help a customer and make some money. As you can tell he runs one of those shady yards.

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I agree ... nice score on the best year truck !! ;)

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Boy if anyone has another one of those silver books for 1963 I would sure like to have one .. Yes 63 is the best year, front coil springs ,wrap around windshield cool vent windows .... Yeah make mine a 63.....

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Let me know if you ever need help - I have a garage full o tools and a fridge full o pabst. :D

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How much room you got in your garage ?? LOL... I was thinking the other day it would be nice to meet up with some of the Michigan guys .. we should plan a cruise to a Sonic drive in or something , get some more of the gang together....

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None, right now! :D

I'm hoping to be done with my build by the end of June, and there should be some time before the next project (AWD 2010 Camaro).

We might be able to setcha up. :D

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I love the 63. 1st year for the coil springs and parallel frame, last year for the wrap around windshield.

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Cool find. Congrats.