Project "Back in Black"

[Tomahawk30]

Intro!!!

So as some of you know, I've had several 67-72 era Chevys and GMCs in the last six years or so. I'd owned a few different old cars before that, but never a classic truck. In the spring of 2010 I found a truck on the list of Craig's that I instantly fell in love with. Having recently been promoted at work, my awesome wife told me I should buy it as a reward for myself (partially because she's awesome, and partially because she was glad it wasn't a motorcycle)! So within a few weeks I was the proud owner of what I learned later was a pretty hard to come by combination: a 72 Cheyenne Super K10 shortbox. I knew basically nothing about the 67-72 trucks at the time, but it's been a passion ever since!

Unfortunately, about six months after I purchased it, life happened. The owner of the house we'd been renting for years passed away suddenly, and his children just wanted it sold ASAP. My father in law offered to buy the Cheyenne while we got our finances in order for the necessary mortgage, and the plan was to buy it back afterward. Instead, HE really liked it and started throwing money into it with the intent of doing a full restoration over time. He had a Goodwrench 290hp 350 installed, new brakes all around, new shocks, new steering components, new radiator, several new A/C components, and a whole lot of labor expenses. Eventually he got sidetracked and subsequently moved, leaving the truck sitting in a storage unit for the last few years. After moving halfway across the country (from Idaho to Kentucky), everything has finally fallen into place and about a month ago I bought it back!

Having been sitting for two years, there's a lot more to be done than I'd initially hoped. I started digging into it almost immediately with the intent of just getting it on the road for now, but the more I dig the more I want to do. My kickass brother in law Brent and fellow board member and family friend Bill got it running enough to load it up on the trailer, but it was struggling mightily when we unloaded it in Kentucky.