'72 C10 Driver

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Alright, this will be my first post. Warning: This project will move slow Unfortunately!!!!!!!

So a little background story on how the truck come about, when I was in high school (2002-2007) I was taking auto body classes through a community college, I decided rather than working on the teacher junk I wanted my own junk. So I did some horse trading (literally) for a 1952 Chevy:

Did some work to it and never took the time or had the money to finish it, this is from the day I sold it, 8-31-2012 when I purchased this truck I knew it wasn’t what I wanted, I had always loved the 67-72 bodies…. So I started my search, I looked for about 3 months and I finally found one that was in my price range (tradable) and in decent enough shape for my abilities. I kicked the idea around and finally decided to pull the trigger on 12-16-12 here are some pics from the night I brought her home.. I traded a front clip for a 2001 Chevy S10 and $100 for this old girl……

I know maybe not the best starting canvas but remember I am building a driver not a show truck by any means, When I picked it up I was told it had a brand new transmission I later found out that “brand new” was 3years ago and it had been sitting ever since b/c of a bad carrier bearing and trailing arm…… So first thing on my “to do” list was to get it running…… I did get it to fire and drove it on the trailer, but the mighty 307 was running on 3-4 cylinders. I pulled the plugs and wires and replaced them also put in a HEI distributor…. She runs like a top now. Next step is to replace the carrier bearing and an obvious bad u-joint. So I am kind of at a stand still…… got the parts but haven’t installed so more progress and pictures to come!