Thoughts from the Inaugural MCACN

[carguy]

Thanks for the nice comments on my pickup. It is an honor to be Charlie's pick. I enjoyed meeting Charlie as well as many others at the show. What a great show!

I would have replied earlier, but just returned to Florida with 5 cars that had to be unloaded before Thanksgiving. Wife's humor only last so long....

I do have some heartburn with: (see my comments below)

"Interesting hodge podge of parts, there...but a "Custom Camper" woulda been a 3/4 ton long bed (for a slide in a camper, hence the name)...and the mid '65 introduced 327 woulda been the largest engine possible (the 305 v-6 was considered the HD engine). Hard to tell, but looks like 1/2 ton wheels (3/4s used 16" split rims, iirc)...

Regardless, still a great looking truck, though, in one of *the* sexiest trucks ever built...

<----former '63 C10 owner

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Rob Clary - '69 Yenko Camaro"

Prior to purchasing the pickup I called a close friend of mine. He spent the mid 60's at the Chevrolet order desk in the central office. He later went on to become a major automobile dealer in the Eastern US. He is a well respected collector with a collection to die for. He was very confident that the options included as well as the 1/2 ton short custom camper bed could have been ordered. I will agree on two things. First, the Tach says GM experimental on the back and was probably not a production model. Second, I changed the wheels because I wanted it to look as it would when it left the factory. The wheels now on the truck are what I remember a 65 custom camper came with. They came from a 65 pickup, but perhaps they may not be absolutely correct.

In any event, Rob, I appreciate your expertise, but if I were hunting for an expert I would listen to my friend before listening to you. He was there.

Thanks

Dave Brewer