Well, since my last post I've modified the plan a little bit. I got lucky and landed a complete 150k mile 1990 K1500 very cheap and will use the 350 tbi for my 62. Also acquired a 1972 C20 front cross-member and Dana 60 rear. Will be doing power steering too. Haven't decided what to do with the transmission just yet but I think this a good start.
I'm going to start with a cross-member swap. This past weekend saw removal of the engine, transmission and drive line. My truck now looks like this -
First thing to do is remove the torsion bar suspension and clean and paint the frame. That is the goal for this week.
Here is the 72 C20 cross-member I'm using -
I'm going to try and carefully record and post what it takes to do this swap on a torsion bar 8-lug truck in case anyone is interested. Be back soon.