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Hello all,
I have a 66 Chevy pickup I purchased from a friend for $600 dollars. He just lost interest in it which is why he left it in a field for six years. It came with no motor, transmission, or fuel tank. I wanted to see what I had so I used the power washer and then the buffer with a little polishing compound and then some wax. She cleaned up pretty good I think. I also sanded down the wood bed, still not the greatest, and then put some stain on it to preserve the wood until I paint it next year. Also put on paint of the separator steel between the wood.

Here is my question. I have a 83 suburban as a donor vehicle. I want to know if I take the spindles, control arms, springs, disk brakes, calipers, master cylinder, power booster, proportioning valve etc will this work on my 66 Chevy? I have yet to find where it says this will not work. I need to measure the rear axle, length wise, also from the donor to see if its the same size as my stock rear end. That way I can convert completely to disk brakes and a 5 bolt vice 6 bolt.

I'm also planning on taking the 400 automatic transmission from the suburban and putting that behind a a re-manufactured 350. I want to drive air conditioning as Texas can be crazy hot in the summer. Its a budget build so I'm utilizing what I have until later on. Input please......great site!