New guy new project

[waspp]

Rockdriller thats some nice work! Looks great,
I did some opening up yesterday and found some unpleasant surprises. The new rockers that someone installed are solid but the pillar posts behind them are gone so the rockers have to come off and some new posts on the way.

I ran the suffix codes on nastys hotrod site and it lists the engine as a 57 chevrolet powerpak 283, so i'm pretty convinced thats what it is.

[onequickchevy]

Cool start, nice to have another 63 added to the pile. Is there a harmonic balancer bolt on the 283 or is it press on? All early ones were press fit iirc, I had a nasty 283 in my 57 for a while, and we had to tap the crank snout for a bolt, it would work off at extremely high RPM's. Great engine for sure!

[waspp]

The weather has be good and I was able to get one side of the cab floor all done with new pillar post, cab floor brackets and the rocker reinstalled. I sand blasted the frame under where the cab sits and primed and painted it so when the braces are all done I can set the cab down and have that part at least completed.I used the mastercoat silver primer and tractor coat top coat and really liked the way it sprayed and covered, time will tell weather it hold up but looks pretty good. A pic of frame with the silver primer before the black top coat.

[waspp]

Originally Posted by onequickchevy

Cool start, nice to have another 63 added to the pile. Is there a harmonic balancer bolt on the 283 or is it press on? All early ones were press fit iirc, I had a nasty 283 in my 57 for a while, and we had to tap the crank snout for a bolt, it would work off at extremely high RPM's. Great engine for sure!

Some how I missed this post and just noticed it upon reviewing the thread. Sorry about that. Yes it has a pressed on balancer but while the engine was out we drilled and tapped the end of the crank and put a harmonic balancer bolt in from an 80's parts truck. I was worried about the same thing happening.

[waspp]

Finally starting to look like something. It's a great feeling to be bolting on new parts instead of removing old ones!