283 is a great choice, I love the old 283/327 engines, even better if you put the 283 crank in a 327... I have one put back for a future project. I will look forwards to watching your build!My first t bucket build starts now. 283 chevy powerplant and some plans underway.
update. I picked up 24' of 2x3x .188 for my frame. cut out the pieces with my chopsaw per ccr plans I have and some help from a fella in Kodak Tennessee. Thinkin bout a 10" stretch so I added that to my main frame rails. ccr says 90" so 100" should work. $105.00 worth of steel im choppin on
That looks like my car. im excited to get back into the ol hot rod game again.These pics are the Kodak Tennessee body from our mutual friend. It is the 10" stretch. There are a few more pics on my build thread, but these are while I was still mocking it all up. My frame kickup is 4" inside the rear of the body, and when I sit up against the kickup, my legs straight out are still a good 6-8" from the firewall. Mind you I'm only 5'7", but it had TONS of room over a standard body. I Havent regreted the purchase for a millisecond.