just hit the donor truck Lottery

[botoepfer]

with the high winds keeping me awake last night I went truck shopping and found a complete 83 C10 Hello Power steering and Power front disc brakes for my 63 10 It has a nice 305 with a 4 barrel with header backed with a 700 R4 I will not be using

[LostMy65]

Cool.
I think there's a thread in here that mentions many of the things you want to grab off it before you take it to scrap.
I know I missed many things I should have grabbed from my donor.

[botoepfer]

further searching and answers to posts I found a kit that allows you to install the 83 axle under the 63 truck,, CPP parts # 6072RCK or 6372DRCK

seems its limited to a 3" axle tube, my guess is someone can fab brackets to fit a different dia tube

anybody done this swap?

[jweb]

Originally Posted by botoepfer

further searching and answers to posts I found a kit that allows you to install the 83 axle under the 63 truck,, CPP parts # 6072RCK or 6372DRCK

seems its limited to a 3" axle tube, my guess is someone can fab brackets to fit a different dia tube

anybody done this swap?

You can get the axle brackets from Captianfab, I don't know where they're listed on the forum but he sells many other parts
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651200

I bought some brackets from him for a 3.25" axle tube since I'm using a Ford 8.8 and I know he makes a few different sizes.

[Captainfab]

Yes I do make 5 different size of trailing arm mounts.

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=620836

I don't currently have a panhard bar mount, but I am working on duplicating the factory '63-'64 mount.

The 8.5" 10 bolt found under a '83 C10 will have a 3" axle tube diameter