[gkolmatycki]

All I used to lower my truck were lowering springs. 2" drop coils up front & 3" drop coils in the rear. To make some extra room for the michelin tires in the back I had to use 1" wheel spacers in the rear.

I know the 307 replaced the 283 in '69, but that is what was in the truck when I bought it. The 283 engine was rebuilt back in the mid '90's, the previous owner gave me some receipts when I bought the truck. It is basically stock right now with a 2 BBL, but I plan to put an edelbrock intake with a 4 BBL & K&N air filter on it this winter. Maybe get the heads rebuilt or look at buying the World Products S/R Torquer 305 heads, drop in a mild performance cam, the basic goodies to spruce the old engine up a bit. All I did to the engine so far is clean it up & paint it chevy orange, buy some new spark plugs, accel spark plug wires, & add an HEI distributer.

It may not be a powerhouse with 300+ HP, but there isn't too many people around here that can say the have an old venerable 283 under their hood. I just like to be different because everybody has a 305 or a 350.