New Member; New K1502

[Teech]

Hi Folks,

I'm a new member who just bought this 63 K1502 to rebuild/restore with my son. I figure I'll be spending a lot of time here, so I wanted to post some pics, introduce myself, and solicit ideas and opinions from what appears to be a pretty good group of folks here. I've been eyeing this rig for nearly 10 years as it sat alone in a field near my property One day, I asked the owner what she was going to do with it, and she said, "I want to get rid of it." The next day, after I started looking around at websites, I called and said, "I can only possibly offer as much as $500, should I keep doing my homework, or should I give up." She said $500 would be fine. Now it's mine. Anyway, I think I have the foundation for a killer project. It has a SBC that I haven't identified yet (327 or 350), a TH350, factory D60 rear and D44 closed-knuckle front are both 4.56:1, the body is almost perfect--one shallow crease on the bed and a slightly dented tailgate. There is virtually no rust, save a little surface rust here and there. The entire truck is rat-crapped and cobwebbed, but underneath it all, everything's there except the radio...no great loss there. It's even got A/C. The only imperfection is that the PO cut holes in the doors for speakers...damn. I'm toying with the idea of converting it to original, with the 305 v6, or going with a nice little SBC/700R setup with the stock diffs...the 700r with overdrive would be nice with the 4.56's I think. Also, I could easily go with 35 inch tires, too. Anyone know if there's a disc brake kit for these closed-knuckle D44s? Anyway, that's enough bs for now. Here are some pics. Ideas? Comments? Suggestions? Thanks!