What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Put 170 miles on the stepper . It’s getting a little over 13 mpg . 250 I6 ,SM 465 with 4.57 gears . Truck is really buzzing around 60 mph with the 265/75 16 on it . But it runs great and I really am liking driving it . Manual steering and drums aren’t my preferred setup but it’ll lock up the brakes and I can turn it if a creep along . My next project on it will be doing the disc conversion I have the spindles rotors and calipers off a 72 also the center link . Think I’m going to make them manual disc

My biggest thing is how hard would it be to put a 5 spd in it ? Will the later transmissions from say a Camaro work ? Think it would make it a little more civilized at highway speeds

13 MPG is pretty good. I would change out the very low farm gears to a streetable 3.73:1 before I pulled a transmission swap.
A friend had a factory T-5 in his S/10 [forgot what year] and we changed it out three times.
On my Stepside C/10 '68 w/292 L6, SM465, 3.73 and 235/85/16, I find the Drums all-around work well enough if maintained. But I've only been driving it for 49 years and 10 months.[406,000 miles].

Maybe I'll change my mind next month.