Cool find on Craigslist!

I owned a 60 Chevy and a 62 Chevy with a 283. They were awesome and almost bulletproof engines.
I never had a problem with the engines.

Water-Bug wrote:

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 4.11 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.

There is nothing wrong with a 283. They are the bullet proof engine until the 327 came out. 348 was a big block.

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.

Same with white gas lanterns.... people get LEDs now.
Although a vented convection wall heater, like my first apartment, would be nice.

Hi,

Too much heat. Too much moisture. Too much CO. Mantles were fragile after one 'burn'.

skipro3 wrote:
Why is it new(er) RV's don't have propane lights in them any more? Heat plus light without taxing the battery is a wonderful idea!

I imagine someone decided it was a fire safety issue. We had one in a TT in the early 70's; it was great. Gave a tremendous amount of light. Could be a little warm in the summer; TT did not have air conditioning in those days.

Ray

Why is it new(er) RV's don't have propane lights in them any more? Heat plus light without taxing the battery is a wonderful idea!

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,

Looks to be an open road camper.

Our first RV was a Chassis mounted camper on a 1959 International 1 1/2 ton Four Wheel Drive truck. The original owner had it specially built to take trips up to Alaska (Alaskan roads were really rough back then). The camper was built using one inch square tubing covered with aluminum siding. It was insulated and had an interior very similar to the one in the Craigslist ad. It was a tough setup. Worked very well offroad, even in soft sand.

Of all of our RVs over the years it is the one I wished I hadn't gotten rid of. We traded it in on a Dodge Ramcharger to tow a new TT we bought.

I keep watching Craigslist hoping to see it turn up one day.