Its high-time I added up some pics and what not.
I found this beauty two weeks ago and the guy wanted a thousand bucks. Its a 74 C-10 long bed, for some strange reason I fell in love with her, but not enough to fork over a thousand clams. After a test drive I told him I'd give him $800 and he took.
The truck has a semi-fresh 350 crate engine backed up by a granny four speed. The guy swapped out the .373 rear end for a .411, not exactly freeway friendly, but I have a .307 rear end in my 79 that should make that granny box float on the freeways.
Last Friday my buddy and I drove back up to Globe, ( A BFE town in AZ) and I laid down cash. The guy used the truck as a dumpster, the bed was filled front to back and six inches from the top of the bedside with garbage. We spent a literal hour cleaning it out enough to be able to drive the 70 miles home. The drive home was smooth and uneventful, it was a joy to be cruising a squarebody in the Arizona fall, windows down and 65 miles per hour (at 3100 rpms)
There were electrical gremlins plaguing the whole truck that I didn't originally notice like when the head lights were on the brake lights didn't work, and when you hit the left turn signal your hazard lights came on... nothing I can't handle but still a pain in the rear.
The only major flaw in the body is the drivers door is caved in, I'll be replacing that door in the next couple weekends after I have a new windshield put in and sort out the rest of the electrical issues and oh yes, I need to get the stock AM radio out and get a CD deck in there quick, I can't deal with all the talk radio lol.
http://s640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/genosis
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