Our 1965 C10 Project

[JWheeler331]

This will be a thread that will hopefully show the progress of our truck and also the progress of rookie builders.....(hopefully).

I have had the truck a few months now and have finally started doing little things here and there to it. It may be a slow process as I juggle the many demands on my time.....and my money.

At any rate.....it was time to make a build thread.

When I was 17 I bought a 66 Fleet Side Truck and dropped a motor in it but never could get a title so I ended up selling the truck. I have always wanted another.

My great grandfather drove a 1963 Step side which I logged hundreds of hours playing in the back of, using the truck as a clubhouse.

Here is his old farm truck.



Sorry, its a picture of a picture.

I have always been more of a fan of the fleet side trucks but this is the one I found and the step side is def growing on me the more I look at it.

Here is what we found;

1965 C10 Short Wheelbase Step Side. It has a 283 V8. The previous owner owned a barber shop and liked to call it Mayberry so he had the truck done in an Andy Griffith Show theme, complete with siren, red light and numerous stickers and things.

The truck gets lots of attention and I do love the Andy Griffith Show however; we plan to make the truck more of our own.

Here it is the day we got it.....still sitting in the previous owners driveway.



And here are some more pictures from when we first got it before anything was done.

283 V8





Truck









Dent in hood



Interior







You can see in some places the truck was a dark green originally





Us when we first got it. That is my son Chaise who will have input on many of the things we do.









Inner doors