So, my main thing is trying to figure out what to call this truck, since a lot of the history of what was done was lost with the original owner and my grandpa. My uncles are in their 70's now and just don't remember either. Here is what I can say so far.
The title says it's a 63, the motor plate designates it's a Flint built 1963 283 with 2 barrel for manual transmission. It has coils in the front, so can't be a 62 since it looks like they were a torsion setup. The front drums look like for a 3/4 ton, not really sure since a dually rim fits under nicely too. The rear axle is an H072 full floater for sure with 5.12 gears and by the drums, duals would fit under if not for the wheel wells in the bed, so pretty sure it was the flatbed since that is what I thought it was as a kid. It has the 5 point mirror mounts from the factory, so that would line up with being a dually stakeside also. It has 3 center cab marker lights with neither of the two outer ones like all the ones I've seen pictures of with 5 cab lights. It has a 4-speed with reverse to the driver and back, not sure what it is yet till I find some numbers to run. It also has the E Brake lever to passenger side of the shifter that has a short linkage to the drum brake on the transmission output, no E brake in axle drums. The rear axle is leaf spring with a set of 3 or 4 "aux pack) springs on the top, so figured this also puts it in the 1 ton range. With what info I have so far, I think it is a C3609 according to this document.
https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/do...let-trucks/1963-Chevrolet-Truck-FL-1.pdf There is no power steering, no A/C and no power brakes. The master cylinder is the single jug rectangle shape single piston type, long dimension front to back. It also seems to have had another gas tank in the back that was removed and a spare tire setup was added...spare set up is definitely not stock. The rear brakes are 13"x2 1/2", so that at least is a 1 ton rear. I did find that they had a 9' inside length stepside bed, but only showed 8' as longest fleetside bed, the bed on mine now was red originally, where the cab and fenders are white original, and the bed was definitely an 8' bed with 7" sectioned in quite nicely (Raphael was a blacksmith, but not a bodyman, lol). I also found an assembly manual on ebay and a service manual so that will be a big help too.
