1972 C10 Cheyenne "Betty"

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Pretty excited about this one. Figured I would get a thread going on this one. She pretty much fell onto my lap. I called my buddy one day to ask about a favor on a marketplace deal in his town. Deal fell thru but in our conversation he was telling me he was picking up a clean 72. He sent a couple pics. Right away I asked "want to sell it" He said yea maybe.. he sent me some pics the seller sent him.. after seeing them I could tell the truck was in pretty good shape.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Next day he sent me some more pics, after I seen them I was like yea, I got to have this. We talked price and agreed on a deal.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Story on the truck was that it had been at a mechanic shop for several years, Owner got tired of it and sold it to the mechanic. Mechanic didn't do anything with it so he sold it as well.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

A few days later me and my son were on our way to Tyler, Tx. After seeing the truck in person, I was was pretty happy to see that the rust was very minimal. Passenger side rocker and cab corner needed to be replaced as well as a small section of the floor pan by the rockers. That was it. It had some great patina. Even though I wasn't a fan of long beds, I knew this truck was a solid candidate for a shortbed conversion. We loaded up in near triple digit heat and headed back south to Houston.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

I dropped it off at my parents house cause I needed to make room at my house and I needed to sell another 72 longbed that I had been holding on to before I started wrenching on it. But I did throw on some clean rally's with whitewalls and I cleaned out the bed. It looked good I must say. It had the Window cover which I thought was pretty cool so I put it on the windshield.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

A couple weeks went by, I finally sold this other 72 longbed I had. First thing I did was set an Appt with Mr. Esparza to get the bed cut down. The very next week I went to pick up Betty for her appointment. I pulled the camper shell off. I was happy to see that the top of the bedsides were not rusted out

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Mr. Esparza does not waste any time, the very next week I was getting update pics. A few days later and she was ready to be picked up.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Wow, seeing it in person had me with my biggest koolaid smile... I was very happy with the job that Mr. Esparza did.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Once I got her home the first order of business was to give her a CLR bath. This was the first time I washed her. She cleans up nice.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Here a few more pics...

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Next order of business is to get it running. The wiring looks like a rats nest so hopefully its not too bad. We will see.

[nicklear36]

Do you have a picture of the steel bed floor chop? The bedsides look super clean

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Originally Posted by nicklear36

Do you have a picture of the steel bed floor chop? The bedsides look super clean

Not at the moment.. I will get some...

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Not much updating... been busy with Family and work.. I started to disassemble the core support to pull the Engine.. It needed it.. the Core support bushings had seen better days.

[68Gold/white]

Future plans???

[GSFMECH]

Oh yeah this is looking sweet, looking forward to seeing this build.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Future plans???

Working on it everyday. Installing lots of new parts, I will post up some pics in a few days..

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Originally Posted by GSFMECH

Oh yeah this is looking sweet, looking forward to seeing this build.

Thx brother.. Your Ochre truck is an inspiration for sure.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Never seen a bed shortend in that manner before .. Keep up the good work...

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Sorry for the delay.. with the holidays and work.. I really slowed down on posting. I pulled the engine before Xmas to get the front frame section cleaned up. and rebuild the engine.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Never seen a bed shortend in that manner before .. Keep up the good work...

Thx!

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Now that the engine was out the way.. I pulled the front suspension off.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Cleaned up and dirt and grime.. Prepping it for the POR 15 Top Coat Paint.. I like using the top coat. Its much easier to lay down and touch up.. plus its pretty good against oil and grease. This isnt a show truck, just a nice daily so upkeep wont be so bad

[PowerdbyChevy79]

I used the Gloss black.. not sure how i feel about it.. I may change it over to semi gloss..

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Threw the suspension back on to roll it around. Im going with all new 73-87 suspension soon.