Photo: Bring a Trailer/911r
Ever wondered how a world without trucks would have looked like? Can you imagine a reality where Chevrolet did not make the C/K or Ford the F-Series? No custom pickups in our lives?
Boring, right? Luckily, that’s not the reality we live in. Instead, we’re almost flooded with such contraptions, as you’ve very well seen this past month here on autoevolution, during our Truck Month coverage. And we’re not one bit sorry that’s the case.
Sadly, there are only so many days left to enjoy Truck Month. We’ll continue, of course, to bring to your attention the best and the brightest, but probably not in such a large quantity. And to make sure we’ll sign off on this coverage with something worth remembering, here’s a red GMC 1500 with a monster of an engine under the hood.
We found it sitting on an online auction block on Bring a Trailer. There are six days left in the process, and at the time of writing, the highest bid is already at $10,000.
What we have here is a half-ton from 1971, meaning it’s part of the line of trucks Chevrolet called C/K. Obviously, it is no longer stock (very few of them are), having been modified to be lower, more powerful, and a real head-turner.
The truck rides on 15-inch American Racing wheels wrapped in Mastercraft Avenger G/T tires, behind which sits a suspension system that allows the truck to sit closer to the ground. Above, the truck's red-painted body wraps around a black interior boasting a custom stereo system and Classic Instruments gauges.
Under the hood, the GMC hides a 454ci (7.4-liter) engine with an Edelbrock carburetor and a three-speed automatic transmission.
There are 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of use on this truck since it was made, and it is now selling with a clean Oregon title.
Sadly, there are only so many days left to enjoy Truck Month. We’ll continue, of course, to bring to your attention the best and the brightest, but probably not in such a large quantity. And to make sure we’ll sign off on this coverage with something worth remembering, here’s a red GMC 1500 with a monster of an engine under the hood.
We found it sitting on an online auction block on Bring a Trailer. There are six days left in the process, and at the time of writing, the highest bid is already at $10,000.
What we have here is a half-ton from 1971, meaning it’s part of the line of trucks Chevrolet called C/K. Obviously, it is no longer stock (very few of them are), having been modified to be lower, more powerful, and a real head-turner.
The truck rides on 15-inch American Racing wheels wrapped in Mastercraft Avenger G/T tires, behind which sits a suspension system that allows the truck to sit closer to the ground. Above, the truck's red-painted body wraps around a black interior boasting a custom stereo system and Classic Instruments gauges.
Under the hood, the GMC hides a 454ci (7.4-liter) engine with an Edelbrock carburetor and a three-speed automatic transmission.
There are 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of use on this truck since it was made, and it is now selling with a clean Oregon title.
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