Newest addition has arrived home. Have to make room in the nursery.

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Cool Pack installed in the wrong position. Torched and contoured the A/C housing with the 4speed shifter.
Wrong seat but have a spare waiting.
Will have the seat reupholstered with the correct fabric and red vinyl.
Theme on this one is to clean house. Patina stays . Empty some shelves and totes of extra Accessories.
Install 63 Power Brake Unit.
Power Assist Steering goes on.





Wrong Air Cleaner.
Need a 2 barrel paper element air filter.
Plastic fuel filter goes and a DUREX filter will go in.
Horns removed and High Note installed.
Correct A/C condenser and dryer.
Factory chalk marks. Have to be careful with those when cleaning.
3C154S178263 . Therefore 78,263rd truck off the St. Louis assembly line.
Has a Fawn firewall.



First order of business before it went on the trailer? Aluminum wheels had to go.



Paint: 526A Cameo White. another paint code was XXXX'D out.
Trim; RPO Z62PT Custom Comfort Option
5000lbs GVRW
Trailer wheels 15 x 5 from Vintage Trailer Supply.
Bias Ply Whitewalls.
Borrowed hubcaps from a buddy , maybe permanently..lol
Headlight needed attention on drivers side.
Once had a drivers side spotlight , will put one back in.





Wrong Diff, have another one.
Aftermarket helper springs will get the toss as well as the Firestone air bags with the sheared valve stems.
Install working parking brake cables.



Chalk marks on the rear frame crossmember. 1534 code for 127" wheelbase with a Fleetside box.



Someone along the line cut the #2 crossmember, bed strip and wood floor and installed these tubs. Wood is to far gone so I'll mill some new one's and replace the butchered steel. Have 2 in bed spare tire brackets to make it right.



If you can't see the modification blooper then you shouldn't be in this forum.. What a waste of a nice instrument panel.
Removed the toggle switch and some extra mystery wires.
Steering wheel 62 Biscayne? Lost out on a Deluxe Wheel while driving back. Thought I paid the seller and he sold it off. Great guy Hmh70.



It's going to stay stock as possible. Shop truck United Delco markings as well as other GM service stuff was in mind.
Would like to use this truck on June 19th 2024, Fathers Day , to re create the "Check The Champ" tour Chevrolet did in 1962. Maybe not into Mexico but from Detroit to the Mexican border then up to Washington State. Across the Northern border with Canada , crossing the Mackinaw Bridge , finishing back in Detroit. It will be the 60th. anniversary of the original tour. I'll be 60 in 2024. Call it my mid life crisis.