1972 Medium Olive SWB Driver Build-“Chester”

[slowcpe]

Well I came to the point in the build of my ‘67 to either cut corners to get it on the road, pay someone to finish or buy another truck to drive. I took the most logical solution: I bought another truck.

I’m not giving up on my other project and I don’t want to cut any corners since I’m so far in. I do however miss having something cool to drive on nice days and weekends. This should fit the bill.

Story behind it is a buddy of mine traded for it and was going to fix it up for his driver until he found a nice ‘68 he had to have. Him and I came to an agreement and I decided to buy it.

The truck is a 1972 swb Medium Olive Green C10 with few options. Drivetrain is a 350/3-spd, 3.73 or 4.11 rear end, manual brakes and manual steering. The appeal to this truck for me is the drivetrain is sound with many new parts like brakes and clutch. Pretty amazed how good it rides and drives.

This will be a very budget build and I’m not allowed do anything to bring the truck down for more than a weekend, as per my better half. I’ve got serveral parts sitting in the garage that will make its way on the truck in the next few weeks. I’ve got most of the parts to put a basic air ride setup sitting on the shelf but more than likely go static due to simplicity.

I named the truck “Chester” due to a neighboring farmer had a medium olive ‘69/70 when I was growing up and wouldn’t ya know, his name was Chester. This will not be an exciting “build” but I like to document what I do to my vehicles and this forum gives a good timeline.

Hereit is in all its ugliness. I was told it has to be mostly one color before it comes home. My buddy is going to put in new rockers, cab corners, and floor patches before it leaves his place.