ARIZONA Original Patina (never in a) Barn find. The idea behind this restoration was to let the buyer pick and choose what to do with the body and interior, while we basically built a new truck underneath, and a 55 year old truck on the outside. After 2 years of tinkering with it, it is finally ready for sell. Remember, Arizona trucks aren’t rusted junk. Scroll through the other C-10 on Market place and see if you can find a truck with this much new work for this price.
1968 C-10 truck, fleet side, long bed, 4 barrel carbureted, 350 automatic transmission, New custom full aluminum radiator, New neon halo lights, New exterior lights and lenses (parking, running, and tail lights) Vintage HEDMAN Headers, New windshield, EDELBROCK intake, Heavy Billet aluminum air cleaner, ERSON valve covers, New brake booster, New master cylinder, New brake lines, New wheel cylinders, New Water Pump, New exhaust gaskets, New distributer, New plugs, New plug wires, New cap and rotor, New lugs, New hoses, New shocks, New dual exhaust, New battery, New battery cables, New alternator, New brakes pads, New bulbs, it has the original coil spring trailing arm rear suspension, for ease of future lowering, independent front suspension, six-lug bolt pattern (6 x 5.5") New tires Goodyear Wrangler Radials, that have about 2 miles on them.
This basically is a never in a barn find truck on the outside, we left the exterior body in the same condition we found it. In the cab we only added new carpet and a seat cover. From the body down is where we went to work. It is basically a new truck. We added a 400 small block motor that gets it R’s faster than you can push a peddle. It had a newly rebuilt 350 that turned out to be crap produced by a local “engine rebuilder”. So at the last minute I pulled my own motor out of my beloved personal truck to put in this one. It had about 10,000 on it and this 400 runs like a champ. 350 transmission, New scary super bright fancy type lights with halo ring, new windshield glass, brakes, painted the frame, and too much other stuff to write out, to make it run nice and fast but left the outside and interior alone and original, so that you can either drive it the way it is or pimp it out to your desire and tastes. I personally like it the way it is. The patina is as we found it, mostly a green. It appears the hood and tail gate, were up cycled in the past. I like the Rat Rod look. You have to go by the pictures and the video to see what is and what isn’t. You are buying what you see in the photos. Arizona trucks aren’t rusted junk. They get light surface rust and the ordinary “Chevy didn’t put in a drain” type rust in the usual C10 places, such as the rocker panels.
Collectible vintage vehicles have historically appreciated at a rate greater than the stock market, gold and other arts and collectibles as documented by many articles and auction result tracking. The cost of parts and restoration of these vehicles are increasing daily. They are not making any more and, therefore, they are becoming more rare by the day. Buy one complete and ensure your investment for the future.
It is seriously a daily driver and we hope you will enjoy a new truck with an old look.
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See the other C10 trucks and K5s we have built and sold on You Tube and read the reviews from the new owners.
Tom Watson (usbp574 at gmail dot com)