Thread: 1971 c-10

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Some here may remember a few posts I made years ago concerning a 1971 Chevy C-10 that I bought for my son in 2004 when he graduated from high school. He was really into racing dirt bikes and the truck (a fleet side long bed) had plenty of room for two bikes and all the necessary fuel, gear and a pair of ramps. The truck was in decent shape and had an Earl Scheib paint job that didn’t look half bad. At the time, I knew that paint was probably covering up a lot of Bondo and heaven only knew what else, but it looked pretty good and he loved it. 350 with a mild performance cam and some headers made for a great sound and it was very drivable as purchased. Soon after the purchase, I removed the 750cfm QuadraJet and installed a dual plane aluminum manifold and the old reliable 1406 (to actually tone things down a bit), and we drove the daylights out of this vehicle for the next sixteen years. There were several upgrades (interior and gauges) as well as one re-spray (that turned out to be a disaster) but overall, the truck has been a workhorse and Ryan has always loved having it and working on it. As all dads will attest, anything that allows time with the kids is a good thing.

Let’s fast forward to last year. The truck is looking a bit tired. Needs front shock and the headers are a bit pitted. The body really needed a once over so we decided to bite the bullet and sent it to the same gentleman who had done such an incredible job on my 1963 Nova SS. A series of pictures follow the progress and we drove it home today.

The first four pictures are the day we brought it home: