Hey dudes and dudettes!

[ChuckN]

Hey all, thought I'd introduce myself. Just bought an '81 C10 and getting ready to bring her home. Being born in '73, I grew up around these trucks in rural Michigan. My dad had a '74 GMC K Longbed, Don down the street had a '78 Stepside K10, and Skip had around the same year C10 Stepside. This is my dad's '74 back in 1985. He had it repainted, and since it was hard to find a box that wasn't rusted out in Michigan without paying out the nose for a new one (even back then), he fabricated his own flatbed. He named it "Big Red".

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Here is the '81 Shortwide I just bought. It's a couple hours south of me- the trucks in my neck of the woods are pretty picked over, so i had to drive a bit to find it, but I'm really excited. It's not as hard to find one here in the PNW as it is in the rust belt, but not as easy as the southern states either. The body is a bit rough, but the undercarriage is amazing, nothing really needs attention. Might replace a door that also is a but crusty on other underneath and the front driver inner fenderwell. Has a pinhole of rust-through on passenger rocker that will need to be repaired but overall it's in great shape. The 350 had a couple of flat cam lobes, so when I put the feelers out, he contacted me in midst of putting in a rebuilt 327/350hp that he had spare in his shop as well as a rebuilt stock 350 trans.

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It already has a set of long tube headers, and I'm keeping the rally wheels on it, I think they're killer. Looking at doing some interior work, putting on the side mouldings as well, and going to do a 4/6 drop. After that, I'm going to save up for an eventual respray.

Cheers,
Chad

 

[Shorty81]

Welcome from Ohio. Nice truck. Factory stance looks pretty good (IMO)

 

[Catbox]

Welcome from Oregon!
Looks like a solid start to a great truck.

 

[Grit dog]

Welcome from the wet side as well!
Great looking truck!

I do have to make one correction to your post though. I feel that the wet side of the PNW is one of the least “rusty” parts of the country. Hands down.
Like you I grew up in the real rust belt where on a warm summer night you could hear your car deteriorating while you were falling asleep!

Good luck with the project! She’s a beaut!

 

[ChuckN]

Welcome from the wet side as well!
Great looking truck!

I do have to make one correction to your post though. I feel that the wet side of the PNW is one of the least “rusty” parts of the country. Hands down.
Like you I grew up in the real rust belt where on a warm summer night you could hear your car deteriorating while you were falling asleep!

Good luck with the project! She’s a beaut!

You may be right, and that the only ones left in this area are the ones that have rust issues, haha. For sure, so many vehicles from the way back period have rusted into dust back where I'm from. When I moved out here, I was constantly like "OH MY GOD! There's a Datsun!" or whatever else that escaped the salt out here.

 

[Terry Wilkerson]

Cool looking truck.
Welcome from KC

 

[WFO]

Welcome from the Texas Panhandle.

 

[animal]

 

[Soundmound]

Howdy neighbor! Welcome from just over the mountain.

 

[ChuckN]

Howdy neighbor! Welcome from just over the mountain.

Howdy back at ya!

 

[Tank6x2]

Welcome from the great white north, East side of the western Canadian Rockies!

 

[smullen]

Welcome!!! Nice Rig, I'd have loved to got my hands on something that nice as a starter...

I've had someone tell me, mine is too far gone and I should just send it down the road.

Nah, I'm pushing ahead. Doing it the hard/expensive way. I hope at the end I can post before and after pics and it'll all be worth it.

OR, you'll see it rolling across the pasture on fire... Either way... I'm hopin for the 1st...

 

[Corvette Ed]

Welcome aboard from East Tennessee.

 

[Turbo4whl]

Welcome Chuck, what's that on the rack, an old MG? What little rag top is really hiding under it?

 

[Strick]

Welcome from the right coast.

Strickland