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Custom_Deluxe · 09-19-2010, 09:59 PM

New member, new project! Awesome site here, lots of info. Hopefully I'll be able to add to it once the ball is rolling.

2 weeks ago I pulled a banana yellow `62 GMC panel out of a run-down garage and I guess this will be the build thread! It has a 235 Chevrolet (Canadian GMC mill) with a 3 on the tree, bare bones-no nothing. Needs rockers, hood and the motor is stuck from sitting. Inside is mint. Hopefully I'll get it running before the snow hits if not it will have to wait until spring.

Plan for now is to get it running, the rust cut out and patched up and get it safe to drive. After that I'll drop it and swap in a 73-87 front suspension with disc brakes. I happen to have a smallblock looking for a new home although I'm tempted to build up the 6 it it is decent after teardown. It will stay 60's style, a cross between a mooneyes shop truck and a surfboard hauler...

Custom_Deluxe · 09-19-2010, 10:02 PM

She followed me home....

Pop's C-10 · 09-19-2010, 10:47 PM

keep that color..

**Captainfab** · 09-20-2010, 01:10 AM

Nice find. Looks to be decent except for the hood and the rockers you mentioned. Keep us posted.

Dinos63 · 09-20-2010, 02:14 AM

Holly cow a gmc panel very cool !!! Nice find kat!!!

amueller454 · 09-20-2010, 02:21 AM

looks like an awesome start! make sure to take lots of pics

**aerotruk63** · 09-20-2010, 05:33 AM

Did it once belong to Robert Transport, looks like their crest on the door. The hood is still here if your interested, I also have a chrome GMC grille.

Local website that might interest you.

http://vieuxpick-up.forumactif.com/portal.htm

Custom_Deluxe · 09-20-2010, 07:52 PM

aero...it nver belonged to Robert however the previous owner rented it out for promotions once in a while, it was lettered with several company logos. Gotta clean off the glue leftover.

I'll pass by to see you sometime this week as soon as I get the brakeline changed on my K20...can't fit the hood in my car!

63sbssbbw · 09-21-2010, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pop's C-10

keep that color..

Ditto on the colour
Very cool !
T

72BlckButy · 09-21-2010, 08:00 AM

Nice!

jchav62 · 09-21-2010, 09:57 AM

Nice!! I can't wait to see progress...

**aerotruk63** · 09-22-2010, 07:02 PM

I've seen a 64-66 GMC 960 in Ville St Laurent that has a primo hood on it. It's on the road beside the airport, Chemain St Francois. The company does snow removal but I've never seen this truck in motion, wonder if they would sell the hood or exchange it. I saw this truck in the same spot in 97 before I left for Vancouver BC.

Custom_Deluxe · 09-22-2010, 08:06 PM

Aero....thanks I'll have to check that one out sometime! For now I think yours will get me by cruising until I hit the body stage.

As for a little update, there are some stuck rings. I pulled the plugs last week and filled the cylinders with the best penetrating oil from work (I'm a heavy machinery tech), repeated again tonite. Trying to come up with a way to get a breaker bar on the crank pulley....it doesn't have a cross-shaped hole in the center like my buddy`s 235 from 1954. I really don't want to put a chain wrench on the damper....

I got the paperwork ironed out today and found a place to store it for the winter.

Here`s a pic of the motor...before i started...

Custom_Deluxe · 08-15-2012, 09:07 AM

WOW it's been almost 2 years since that last post. UPDATE...I pulled the truck out of storage this spring (April) and had no luck getting it to turn over, started opening up the motor and found rust everywhere....realised it had to come out...

Custom_Deluxe · 08-15-2012, 09:09 AM

Here's a pic of the mess...

Custom_Deluxe · 08-15-2012, 09:16 AM

I didn't even consider rebuilding the original motor...I threw around the idea of a V8 swap (I have a 350 ready to go) but have little (or no) time these days to fabricate and scrounge parts for the swap. I looked at everything from v8 parts trucks too far away and too expensive to ''ran when parked'' 235's in barns that looked worse than mine. I would search craigslist and Kijiji to no avail. until this popped up for sale not too far away......

Custom_Deluxe · 08-15-2012, 09:23 AM

It popped up while I was searching ''235'', sure enough, under the hood is a 1957 Chevrolet truck 235.

Way WRONG swap done on a farm when the truck's 4.3 gave up and there happened to be a 235 in the shop from an old farm truck. Angle iron from the scrap bin, a torch, a welder and odds and ends, you get the idea led to this abortion.....Check out the front motor mounts.

I drove it home.....

Custom_Deluxe · 08-15-2012, 09:38 AM

I'm on vacation this week and there's a big Hot Rod show coming up on Saturday...I decided to haul ass on the Panel this week and drive it there. I cleaned and painted the engine bay, pulled the good motor from the C10 and tore into it, cleaned, painted, gaskets and threw on the 3 speed and dropped it in the truck.

I went through the brakes and suspension quickly, threw some 30'' tires on 8'' rallys in the back to make it look better. I pulled the gas tank and emptied a full tank of nasty smelling varnish, I blew out the line too.

That's where I am today. Have to finish the motor swap (wiring, ignition and rad) and change the leaky gas tank. I have one from a Jeep YJ that looks like it will fit and work...after that give it a road test. It's raining so I might wait until tomorrow...

Here are a few pics from yesterday....

piratexpress1369a · 08-15-2012, 10:22 PM

cool find and what luck on finding the 235..

Desert.Chevy · 01-16-2013, 05:26 AM

Good looking panel, and those engine mounts are sad.
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63sbssbbw · 01-16-2013, 08:49 AM

How did the YJ tank swap go ?
That sounds like an available/affordable choice.
What sending unit was used ?
T

09-19-2010, 09:59 PM	#1
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	`62 Panel...Chiquita New member, new project! Awesome site here, lots of info. Hopefully I'll be able to add to it once the ball is rolling. 2 weeks ago I pulled a banana yellow `62 GMC panel out of a run-down garage and I guess this will be the build thread! It has a 235 Chevrolet (Canadian GMC mill) with a 3 on the tree, bare bones-no nothing. Needs rockers, hood and the motor is stuck from sitting. Inside is mint. Hopefully I'll get it running before the snow hits if not it will have to wait until spring. Plan for now is to get it running, the rust cut out and patched up and get it safe to drive. After that I'll drop it and swap in a 73-87 front suspension with disc brakes. I happen to have a smallblock looking for a new home although I'm tempted to build up the 6 it it is decent after teardown. It will stay 60's style, a cross between a mooneyes shop truck and a surfboard hauler... Attached Images

09-19-2010, 10:02 PM	#2
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita She followed me home.... Attached Images

09-19-2010, 10:47 PM	#3
Pop's C-10 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: memphis Posts: 2,537	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita keep that color..

09-20-2010, 01:10 AM	#4
Captainfab 60-66 Nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Posts: 23,252	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Nice find. Looks to be decent except for the hood and the rockers you mentioned. Keep us posted. __________________ Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE

09-20-2010, 02:14 AM	#5
Dinos63 chevy only Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,619	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Holly cow a gmc panel very cool !!! Nice find kat!!! __________________ CHEVY ONLY... Nothin Else !

09-20-2010, 02:21 AM	#6
amueller454 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ogden, Utah Posts: 149	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita looks like an awesome start! make sure to take lots of pics __________________ 1960 short bed fleetside factory 4x4 1960 panel 454 NV4500 Daily driver 1961 Short Bed BBW Fleetside 5.3 th400 swap in process

09-20-2010, 05:33 AM	#7
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Did it once belong to Robert Transport, looks like their crest on the door. The hood is still here if your interested, I also have a chrome GMC grille. Local website that might interest you. http://vieuxpick-up.forumactif.com/portal.htm __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1 Last edited by aerotruk63; 09-20-2010 at 05:57 AM.

09-20-2010, 07:52 PM	#8
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita aero...it nver belonged to Robert however the previous owner rented it out for promotions once in a while, it was lettered with several company logos. Gotta clean off the glue leftover. I'll pass by to see you sometime this week as soon as I get the brakeline changed on my K20...can't fit the hood in my car!

09-21-2010, 08:00 AM	#10
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Nice! __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

09-21-2010, 09:57 AM	#11
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Nice!! I can't wait to see progress... __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

09-22-2010, 07:02 PM	#12
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita I've seen a 64-66 GMC 960 in Ville St Laurent that has a primo hood on it. It's on the road beside the airport, Chemain St Francois. The company does snow removal but I've never seen this truck in motion, wonder if they would sell the hood or exchange it. I saw this truck in the same spot in 97 before I left for Vancouver BC. __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1 Last edited by aerotruk63; 09-22-2010 at 08:00 PM.

09-22-2010, 08:06 PM	#13
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Aero....thanks I'll have to check that one out sometime! For now I think yours will get me by cruising until I hit the body stage. As for a little update, there are some stuck rings. I pulled the plugs last week and filled the cylinders with the best penetrating oil from work (I'm a heavy machinery tech), repeated again tonite. Trying to come up with a way to get a breaker bar on the crank pulley....it doesn't have a cross-shaped hole in the center like my buddy`s 235 from 1954. I really don't want to put a chain wrench on the damper.... I got the paperwork ironed out today and found a place to store it for the winter. Here`s a pic of the motor...before i started... Attached Images

08-15-2012, 09:07 AM	#14
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita WOW it's been almost 2 years since that last post. UPDATE...I pulled the truck out of storage this spring (April) and had no luck getting it to turn over, started opening up the motor and found rust everywhere....realised it had to come out...

08-15-2012, 09:09 AM	#15
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Here's a pic of the mess... Attached Images

08-15-2012, 09:16 AM	#16
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita I didn't even consider rebuilding the original motor...I threw around the idea of a V8 swap (I have a 350 ready to go) but have little (or no) time these days to fabricate and scrounge parts for the swap. I looked at everything from v8 parts trucks too far away and too expensive to ''ran when parked'' 235's in barns that looked worse than mine. I would search craigslist and Kijiji to no avail. until this popped up for sale not too far away...... Attached Images



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08-15-2012, 09:23 AM	#17
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita It popped up while I was searching ''235'', sure enough, under the hood is a 1957 Chevrolet truck 235. Way WRONG swap done on a farm when the truck's 4.3 gave up and there happened to be a 235 in the shop from an old farm truck. Angle iron from the scrap bin, a torch, a welder and odds and ends, you get the idea led to this abortion.....Check out the front motor mounts. I drove it home..... Attached Images

08-15-2012, 09:38 AM	#18
Custom_Deluxe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 12	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita I'm on vacation this week and there's a big Hot Rod show coming up on Saturday...I decided to haul ass on the Panel this week and drive it there. I cleaned and painted the engine bay, pulled the good motor from the C10 and tore into it, cleaned, painted, gaskets and threw on the 3 speed and dropped it in the truck. I went through the brakes and suspension quickly, threw some 30'' tires on 8'' rallys in the back to make it look better. I pulled the gas tank and emptied a full tank of nasty smelling varnish, I blew out the line too. That's where I am today. Have to finish the motor swap (wiring, ignition and rad) and change the leaky gas tank. I have one from a Jeep YJ that looks like it will fit and work...after that give it a road test. It's raining so I might wait until tomorrow... Here are a few pics from yesterday.... Attached Images

08-15-2012, 10:22 PM	#19
piratexpress1369a Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Selkirk Ontario Canada Posts: 1,141	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita cool find and what luck on finding the 235.. __________________ My 63 GMC Panel Slow Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5457281 63

01-16-2013, 05:26 AM	#20
Desert.Chevy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Earth Posts: 339	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita Good looking panel, and those engine mounts are sad. Posted via Mobile Device

01-16-2013, 08:49 AM	#21
63sbssbbw UCA63 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lloydminster AB Can. Posts: 1,637	Re: `62 Panel...Chiquita How did the YJ tank swap go ? That sounds like an available/affordable choice. What sending unit was used ? T __________________ member#7816 "63 sb ss bbw 350\350 12 bolt rear Pwr Fr Disc PS tilt '61 GMC in progress '63 GMC to use for parts '90 Chevy Ext cab sbfs 5.7l (current d d)

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