Well here goes. Let me start by saying this forum is actually a continuance from the Driveline forum I started a bit ago. I pulled the trigger the last second on a Ebay truck that was not exactly what I was hoping for, which is the 66 c20 body on a 60 to 66 k10 frame from Ohio. Which I towed home myself and didn't have the shipping expense, besides time and fuel. The motor is a 75ish 350 from the #s. Trans is a 4 speed manual. It does have the 221 transfer case. Dana 44 front. 10bolt nonposi in rear. All will probly be listed for sale at some point down the line. The k10 frame needs a ton of work that im not interested in doing so I started looking around and posted a CL ad wanting a 60s c20 roller. A guy responded with a 63 GMC 2500 ex fire/water rolling chassis complete from rad to rearend with 10xxx miles. And only about 15 miles from me. I couldn't resist so this is now going to be the bottom half of my new baby. I just got the roller home yesterday and this is what I know so far. It has a 305 v6, 4 speed manual trans with a pto attached that pumped water from what im told. I did hear the truck run a week or so ago and actually pulled out of a garage under its own power b4 63 fire body was removed. A couple odd things ive found so far are as follows..
It has a hydraulic clutch witch I didnt expect to see. The clutch master is part of the brake master so 2 holes were in the firewall to accept that setup, I only have 1 in the c20 body. The roller also has a vacumm brake booster of sorts that was attached to d/s inner fender. Ive never seen this b4. The body I have needs some patching so it might be a bit b4 the actual transition occurs. Im going to por-15 the frame also. The rear cab mounts on the roller are somethin else I have not seen either. Im still undecided on the bed im going to use, wheelbase is a bit longer and it has a 60 inch cab/axle measurement. Any suggestions?? Ill try to post pics as I go. Be patient with me, ive never documented a project b4..
