Cool find on Craigslist!
Found this flipping around CL today 60's Chevy pick up based RV Thought this was cool looks to be in good shape other than a couple water leaks.
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midnightsadie wrote:
looks great, P.S I ran hot rods in the 60,s with the 283 engine , and have a lot of trophies because the engines were great,
283's were HOT STUFF until the 327's came out. Ran a '56 Chevy with factory "Power Pack" (dual 4 barrel carbs), dual point Mallory ignition, milled heads, 3/4 race cam, solid lifters and 4.56 rear end. It was an 1/8th mile machine, set up for indoor winter drags. On the street, it jumped so much off the line, that I rarely had to push it past 2nd gear. Just shut it down and grinned. It had no top end. Was done at 75 mph. Not the engine to pull/carry a load. "Nothing beats cubes" but the 283s tried until the 327 SSs beat them factory stock.
EDIT. For the pureists out there, the 283 didn't debut until 1957. My '56 came from the factory as a 265 cuin.
