68 C10: Mission "RPG"

[hardcore4life]

Well I have been a member of this site for a few years now and have just been trolling around looking at builds. There are some nice trucks on here and I figured I would share my build.

The story behind this truck; it belonged to my grandpa, and everyone in the little town he lived in knew it. "Here comes Bill in his green truck". Those words still ring in my head every time I look at it. The truck was called just that, "the green truck". He bought it from a neighbor, whom I believe was the original owner of the truck, the year I was born. My mom and dad bought the car the neighbor was selling so they came as a package deal. I grew up around this pickup and remember helping my grandpa put up county road signs and going on trips with grandpa and grandma with my little brother and I in the middle. Trips to the DI were my grandmas favorite to do so she could see all the deals people just gave away.

The green truck started off it's life with me with a 292 straight six and a 4 speed with a granny low. I drove it like that for a while but soon it gave up the ghost and seized. So I built a custom 400 SBC that was bored out .030 over with forged steel internals, Dart Pro 1 aluminum heads, forged pistons, Weiand Street Warrior intake, and a Holley carb. I originally had ram horn exhaust manifolds, but decided to trade them for some body panels and got some Hedman Headers for the beast. I got a built up 700R4 for it so I don't eat up the gas as much and can cruise a little easier.

I decided to take it to a shop to have the body work done because I have no experience whatsoever in that area. And I'm not keen on destroying a project. I have full confidence in this shop as I have gotten to know them over the years and they turn out some AMAZING products.

The trucks new name is "RPG", I have been in the military for almost a decade now and it just seemed fitting. I was going for a menacing look to it, so we'll see how this thing end up looking. Enjoy the build.

PS. I don't have any pictures of the truck when I originally got it due to the computer tower crashing that they were originally on. Talk about a loss.