Been missing my old truck, sooo......

I have missed not having a old truck around since I sold my '66 C-10 a few years ago. Saturday they had a cruise night a few miles down the road that I swore I wasn't going to because it was too cold for me but boredom got the best of me and I went. A guy I know shows me a 1 owner '77 C-10 long bed he bought last week but can't keep it. It was a farm truck with couple of decent size dents (D. door & P. bed) and well worn paint. It has character I just liked, so....I pick it up Friday. Guess I will have something to keep me occupied until I get everything together for my wagon.

Oh, it has a working AM radio still in the truck. Pictures maybe by the weekend.

 

Good on ya Tireman! That truck addiction is a hard one to break too.

 

I like those models of the Chevy truck. Son recently got an 85 Silverado long bed. It sort of has that old Chevy truck look. He's gonna add a full width tube grille. He just got a nice diamond plate tool box and some money for working on an 89 Chevy truck engine.
I like the early 70's trucks.

 

Had a slow day at work today, my boss said he really needed me tomorrow so see if I could get the guy to swap paper work today. Called the guy he said no problem so I got it a day early and it had new tires but mismatched rims but I ordered a set of 15x8 corvette style rally wheels which also came in a day early I will have some pictures by tonight.

My dad doesn't understand the "shop truck" thing with leaving the original faded paint and such so when I asked "what you think?" he said "Something to drive 'till we get your wagon done! You sure you don't want to paint that thing?"

 

I SOOO miss "Brownie", my '78 Silverado Big 10. Great truck. Chocolate brown outside over bright red interior....ahh the 70's!

Pics when you can please!

-Mike

 

Here she is, I think it is brown.According to my wife anyhow and since I am colorblind I can't argue. I figured it was either brown or maroon I drove it down the hiway and she rode and drove great.

 

Missed this thread...yup I can relate.....something about "the old 1/2 ton" brings sellers remorce tear to my eye.........


Now don't go selling this one, sell the dog parked behind it

 

Looks good....
You really can't go wrong with one of these, if you get it for a good price. Practically guaranteed to get your original investment back out of it when you go to sell. Parts are plentiful (virtually anything), upkeep is easy.

Don't go crazy fixing it up. You may not want to put it to work.

 

Congratulations! Looks good.
I like the rims/caps.

 

Your right, my plan is to get the guy at work to do paintless dent removal to the few good size dents at the cost of taking him fishing I splurged $355 on the rims but it looked terrible with the mis matched rims. Guy I bought it from basically bought it to save it from the original owners grand kids who didn't appreciate it. He replaced the plugs and wires, changed the oil, coolant flush, and serviced the rear end and tranny. Also replaced all dash light bulbs and put new temp sensor so all gauges and lights work. I have some of the original documentation with the truck. With rims and all I am just a little over a grand in the truck and after driving it, I'm not scared to drive it anywhere...that 3.07 rear gear doesn't even mind the 3 speed transmission.

 

Looks like a nice truck to me too! As they said, can't go wrong on that.

 

I had that exact same truck...year, color...except mine was an auto 4X4 short box.

 

One of these days I want to get a 76-79 C10 truck, regular cab, long bed, and I want to put a 4-cylinder diesel with an A833 4-speed overdrive manual behind it. Yes, the overdrive one, I'd be doing it for mileage, not performance.

http://www.customclassictrucks.com/...our_speed_overdrive_transmission/viewall.html

They put them in 80s C/K trucks and I've driven a couple of them with anemic carbureted 305's. I like the spacing of the gear ratios and even with the old Quadrajunk and the wiped smooth cams and worn valve guides of the typical 305 it would deliver low 20s for mileage. I can imagine 30-40mpg easy with a B3.3 Cummins. I'd also consider a Mercedes OM616/OM617 or something else. Don't need a lot of power, 75-100hp is enough, just want a fuel sipping truck I can load a bunch of junk in the back and haul it around. Maybe 400-600lbs at most.

 

Decided to drive it to work this morning. So dropped the oldest off at high school in it then hit the interstate and drove in to work. Ended up about a 70 mile round trip and another 10-15 miles of giving rides to some of the other mechanics. It rides and drives great. Glad I did drive it found the radiator has a crack around the filler neck, leaked just enough to drip on tire and make the wheel well wet.That's how I discovered it because it didn't leak out on the ground. My boss even wanted to go in it in his suit and tie. It was his 55th birthday today and I let him drive it and all he talked about was how it reminded him of simpler times.Thought he was going to burn all my gas up joy ridin'

 

It's amazing how a plain simple pick up truck can make people happy! Our son loves his 85 Silverado. Just swapped out the gas sucking Holly carb for an old Edelbrock laying on the work bench. I think it belongs on one of my cars!