Well, did you? I have the same truck with a 283 and 4.10 gears and drive it everywhere. Same rear and trans as your '56 3/4 (if its a four speed and they are both Chevrolet). I love mine. Being a '65 you get IFS, which also makes a disk brake swap super easy and cheap, if you want that. Pretty uncommon configuration - mine is the only one I've ever seen around here. (I remember seeing another on craigslist, but thinking back, I think it was actually the same truck)


Some of my crap:
1963 C-30 flatbed dually 292/SM420
1965 C-10 LWB fleet 250/column shift 3 speed
1965 C-30 9' stepside 250/SM420/4.10 gears (my DD)

Website I made for my crap:
http://www.66submarine.com