Prospective new buyer in Ortonville, MI!

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Hey all, how's life? My name is Dave and I'm from a small town in Michigan.
Have always had an eye for the 67-72 C10 trucks, but unfortunately for me, never owned one, YET!

Yeah, so I'm currently looking at picking up a 67-72 C10, either short bed or step side.

I've had my eye on a '67, but the seller will not reply to my calls. hmmm...
He's asking about $5k, but I'm going to shoot lower... can't say what for sure without seeing in person though, we'll see.

Anyway, I've got to ask, are there any areas or things in particular I should be sure to check out or scope out?

This '67 I'm looking to purchase apparantly has a 350 crate motor swapped, and a turbo 400. Other than that I cannot get too many details yet.

Not sure if it has discs or power steering or what... I'm trying to do my research, but do not yet know these platforms like the back of my hand, by any means!

Oh, and I'm also curious about relocating the fuel tank, anyone have a good thread link or read I can check out?


I'd love to lower it static, but retain a fairly decent ride. Looking at the CPP front and rear tubular set-up, which I read about in a magazine article with a white C10, looked GREAT, and pretty straight forward install it seemed too.
Aaaaand, maybe some 15" Cragar 500g's or smoothies and wide white-walls...
we'll see, that's all just dreams right now as I don't even have the truck yet!!!


So again, please let me know if there are things I should be sure to check into when scoping out prospective C10 buys!

Thanks a lot, any and all tips and info is much appreciated!