1962 Unibody

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Made a trade with a good buddy of mine. My 71 K20 for this 62 Unibody. I'm sure most here on this board would have never made the trade, after all it is 67-72chevtrucks.com =) Well I still have my 69 panel, so I think I'm still welcome, and my buddy is now a member here and going great guns on the K20. It really is in good hands.

The 62 was a body off frame build. The frame has been professionally built. Notched in the rear. Rebuilt 9 inch, Mopar front suspension, Chevy 350/350 drivetrain. Interior has Chevy bench seat, Chevy steering column and a few aftermarket gauges and steering wheel. The wheels and tires are just rollers off of a Ford Exploder.

Not positive on how the build will go yet. Haven't decided on tires and wheels for sure, but I do have some ideas whirling around in my pea brain lol.

May keep the bench or put in a set of old swivel buckets I got ages ago from a board member.

I may ditch the new gauges and put in older Stewart Warner's. I love the feel of the steering wheel, but I will be putting in something more 60's style. Probably going to change out the steering column too.

The valve covers and air cleaner will be changed out for something more period correct too.

Need to rework the fender wells and install them, man does it get dirty in there without them.

The tail gate is going to need some work too. I have a couple of ideas for that.

Still trying to work out the color scheme. For right now I had a friend put a coat of red primer on it so if I'm out in the rain the bare metal wont start rusting on me.

What it looked like when I got it ...



Some shots after the primer job ...





Engine compartment ...



Interior ... Kinda sparse lol