🔧 BUILD Taws697's 1963 Biscayne Build! the anti-swap. Engine updates on page 5

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After reading the thread on user participation, I decided to start a build thread. I got the car back in 2018 but never made a thread because 1, it’s not a turbo LS or blown coyote and 2, because I move so slowly on it. I may fail miserably, but here we go.......

1963 Chevy Biscayne 2dr post. Laurel green with a fawn interior. Straight 6 with a 3 on the tree. 40,000 mile car completely untouched with plastic covers on the seats. This thing is bare bones. It has 1 option which is a push button radio, nothing else. No side mirrors, single speed wipers, no reverse lights, manual steering and brakes. The original owner down in Kentucky passed and his buddy sold it to me out of the estate. I got the original owners manual, accessory book, dealer ice scraper and even the statement of origin. These are pictures of when I picked it up.

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I got out to the garage this weekend and messed with the car a little. First on the agenda was parking brake cable. The factory ones were not long enough to hook up to the new caliper. I bought a wilwood universal kit that I was able to cut to length.
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After that I got to work on the exhaust. I still needed to get it run over the axle. I purchased a flowmaster kit but it was still quite a chore because: 1. I stuffed the biggest tire I could fit in the rear wheel well. 2. I did not care for the exit location from flowmaster. I wound up moving hangers on the pipes and cutting/welding it up in a few places.
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The original 3 speed trans had the speedo hookup on the drivers side, but the 4 speed has it on the passenger side. I ordered a 90 degree gearbox for the speedo cable but I’m still short by a lot. I ordered a longer cable that should be here Wednesday. I’ll throw that on and then spin the car around and start working on the passenger side tail pipe.
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