New 2 board / my truck story

[chevybill]

Hello to everybody,

I have a 1970 c 10 lwb, 6cyl 3 spd that I am restoring/modifying. Planning on the usual stuff, 5 lug axles, 350 or some other small block.

Looking at a Keisler 5 spd tranny kit for my truck and wondering if anybody done this? Must do the usual body repairs, going to add a/c and probably 4 wheel disc brakes.

My grandfather bought the truck new in 1970 and I can remember playing in it as a child and remember a faint "new" smell.
The truck became mine in the fall of 1983 when he passed away and the truck had 42,000 original miles. It was my transportation through high school and my first year of college.

Now it is time to make it better than new.