1972 C-10 low buck cleanup

[P-stone]

Just a few BS progress shots. Nothing special, but it's come a long way. The original owner's wife gave me the truck for free about 1.5 months ago. At first, I wasn't going to touch it. Instead, I planned to use it as most would use a free truck... a beater for hauling and to drive around when my main car was down for whatever reason. Well, that didn't last long and I decided I had to freshen up the engine bay. My total for this only came to about $60, as I wanted to keep it low budget. I am much happier with the engine bay's appearance. I still need to install the heater core. I'll continue to add pics as I update.

Future plans are to continue freshening up the truck all the way to the rear. Respray the inside and install bucket seats. Then I'd like to lower it, but I don't want to do airbags. I'm going for somewhat of a street rod theme, hence the flat black. It's always been my favorite color.

Everyone tells me that the motor looks small for a 350, but the original owner himself told me that it was and had recently been rebuilt with a slightly larger cam. Him being the original owner and very proud of the truck, I have no reason to believe he would lie. I'm open to advice and suggestions, this is my first truck ever. You guys have alot more experience with these and I love to learn. Thanks!

-Preston










To give you an idea of what the inner fenders looked like. I left the wheel liners off when re-installing, as I only plan on driving this on nice days. I love the extra room to work as well!


Snapped these while cleaning up today.