Greetings all,
I've been lurking around here for a couple of years, but finally signed up.
I bought a 1963 C10 longbed fleetside back in the fall of 1977 and did a body off restoration on it. This was my first vehicle and I was a happy to have it teenager. I got to know that truck inside and out over the 10 years I had it. By the time I was done, the only original parts left were the sheetmetal of the cab, the rear glass, the steering column and the driveline. I made a bunch of mistakes, but I got to know what would fit and what wouldn't from the 60-66 model run.
Fast forward to 1987 and I had to sell it to pay for my wedding. One of the stupidest things I ever did. I had 10 good years with that truck and one bad year with that wife. Not good math if you ask me.
19 years later I was finally in a position to get another old Chevy. I knew that I wanted The same body style, I love the forward leaning look of the wraparound windshield, but I hated the look of the "eye brow" hood of the 60-61 series. So that left me looking for a 62 or a 63. I also knew that I wanted to go to a shortbed stepside because I always liked that look. I finally got my hands on a 62 shortbed fleetside running basket, and a 62 shortbed stepside parts truck. I'm now in the process of restoring the fleetside with the stepside bed on it. My 16 year old daughter is loving this and thinks that wrenching on it is a lot of fun. Besides, she'll get to use it from time to time until she gets a vehicle of her own.
That's about it for now. I've already found quite a lot of good information on this site, so I'll be here for a long time.
