V-6 engine block??

Willuride,

Can you let me know what kit number it was. I figure it will be easier to modify a V-6 then chop a V-8. Who know this may be more than I want to take on right now.

Jake

Plhymonkey, and all the Others,

Please visit the site all you want, in about a week I will have about 200 more detailed picture on the site. Exp. the complete engine rebuild, including boring, re-fitting the heads, cleaning etc.

Even I can hardly wait.
JAke

I just finished an AMT 1969 firebird. It had a V-6 engine, although I don't know which one. It may work.

Don't recall seeing them on their site, but maybe I need to look harder. It's more rewarding to scratch build it anyway.

This thread has inspired me to tackle this project of yours for myself. Truth be told, I've been kicking it around for about ten years anyway. I happened to have a '60 Chev kit and two '64 kits in my stock that I had for my unfinished '60-'66 line project and have begun hacking away. I'll be a regular visitor to your site for a little while, hope you don't mind. I may even scratch build the engine if I can't adequately kit bash one. Looking at that other link you provided, none of the blocks I have in my parts box are quite right. I may mold it up if I do scratch build it, so in that event, I could part with a casting if you wanted one.

There was a '62-'66 GMC version of the Caryall Suburban, '64 IIR, that someone had converted in a car model magazine show special a few years ago. Nice model.

What are you planning to do for the tranny on your model?

Plymoinkey,

Contact Modelhaus. for a grill, I think they have them.

Jake

Aaronw ,

No that's a 1/2 ton. You can always tell by the amount lugs the wheel have.
1/2 & 3/4 to have 6 lugs
1ton and up have 8 lugs. I think it's still the same for today?

Jake

Not sure what's out there now, but there were resin kits available in the early-mid '90s. Modelhaus had them, but they don't have much now. They have a 64-66 two ton cab conversion and some late 50s cabs and that's it.

There's a teensy bit more work than just the logo and an inverted grill, but no, it wouldn't be too hard. I started one about six years ago. I had to cut out the bottom part of the turn indicator "eyes" and the rest of the underside of the front of the hood. I used brass screen to fill the area in, which really didn't cut it. Another project that got put on the back burner, but I'll need to find or make some perforated material to use to fill that in. One of these days................

The 8 in the 64 is a 283 ci, so it would be a bit small.

I didn't know there were any conversion kits out there, the Chevy to GMC conversions doesn't seem to hard just flip over the grill and add a GMC logo in the center, at least thats all that catches my eye. I would be interested in the availability of GMC convesions though, it would be nice to have more variety than always making Chevy's, Chevy's.

My favorite design period for GM trucks. I'm looking to get a '61 Chevy to restore some day.

I too was going to suggest cutting down an 8. Would the V8 from the Revell '64 PU kit work as a base?

Are you using a conversion kit for the AMT '60 Chevy, or are you doing it the "old fasioned way"?

I was working on the '60-'66 Chevy trucks but hit a wall with the 63 grill. Nothing beyond me, I just ran out of steam. I got '60, '61, '62 and '64 no prob. '66 and '65 were simple emblem modifications of the stock '64 kit, but, as I say, I hit a wall with the grill on the '63 and lost my momentum.

Post pics when you can.

Not sure how well it would work, but what if you took a Bigblock V-8 like a 454 and cut out a chunk in the middle (remove a set of cylinders), 3/4 of a 454 would leave a 340 ci engine and whats 35ci in 1/25 scale. You could use the 6 cyl in the AMT 1960 Chevy or the V-8 in the Revell 1964 Chevy for the external parts like the carb, aircleaner and such to give it more of the correct look for the period since the 454 is a more modern engine.

Out of curiosity is that V-6 in a one ton or are you building a larger truck?

I had never heard of one either until Jan. 2000 when I had bought the truck. The hood is what sold me. When I lifted the hood, I had to look 2-3 times to figure out where in the hell the plug wires were going! I had more fun bringing the pictures of the engine to local parts houses looking for parts, won many of bets and beers! My V-6 which is the first one, the 305A model weighs in at 835lbs. The engine were never intended for trying to go fast although they have no problem doing 85mph. But the 2 to 1 ratio of 150 hp vs 300 lbs low end torque speaks for it's self.

Jake

O.K., I stand corrected. Interesting, I have never heard of these V-6 Monsters (478 CID V-6, wow) before.

Heavy Arty,

Take a look at the following pages. GMC was the first American Auto Manf. to make a
V-6 and it was 305 CI. I'm restoring a '60 with a 305 V-6. The engines were produced from 1960-1972. The engine was a GMC exclusive and you could not get one in a chevy.
Believed it or not GMC produced 4 different models V-6's in the following CI. 305, 351,401,478 They even made several V-12 for Cab over engine trucks in 637 & 712 CI

They were all gasoline englines, not counting the toroflow deisel units.

My Pages
http://community.webshots.com/user/jbgroby

The National Club
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/

Jake

Don't know of which models come with a V-6, but the Chevy 305 CID is a V-8, not a V-6. Chevy didn't start using V-6s till the late '70s. Before that they used straight 6 engines.