Photo: Mecum
The custom car industry is incredibly vast, and it often feels that many of the amazing projects that pop out all across the nation go to waste by not being properly recognized by the media, collectors, and car lovers in general. But that's not the case with this here 1964 Chevrolet C10.
The truck you're looking at now is probably the newest of its kind on the market. And I mean that not necessarily when it comes to its age (it's not exactly clear when the truck was completed), but when it comes to its mileage: just 46 miles (74 km) are shown on the odometer since work on it was completed.
The truck may strike you a bit familiar, and if that's so chances are you've seen it before. After all, this is one of the most visible custom pickups of its kind we've seen in recent times:. the truck was featured in the Battle of the Builds, and was declared in recent years the Goodguys Truck of the Year and the best truck at the Detroit Autorama.
Showing itself in a Candy Red exterior pulled over a black interior with red contrast stitching, the truck is one of the deepest conversions of a C10 we've seen in a very long time.
The body, riding low to the ground on a custom chassis that rocks an Art Morrison front-end, comes with perfectly straight body panels and several modifications compared to its former self. Aside from the 2-inch chop, we get 1969 Chevrolet Camaro bumpers, and a squared-off rear half of the bed, in an attempt to make the pickup look shorter.
The channeled body of the truck got a one-inch wedge cut from the hood and welded the fenders, allowing for only the center of the hood to lift. Once it does this it reveals a massive 572ci big block engine in the bay, rated at no less than 850 horsepower.
The suicide doors of the truck get out of the way to reveal a dashboard borrowed from a 1959 Impala and an overall layout that makes one feel just how new and modern everything there is.
Last but not least, making the connection to the ground are Schott wheels of undisclosed size, kept in check by disc brakes of undisclosed provenance.
The C10 was on the auction block two times this year, and on both occasions it failed to sell. The last time it tried to do that, during the Mecum auction in Indianapolis back in May, someone offered $200,000 for it, but that wasn't enough to land it a new owner.
We uncovered it as it attempts to sell again, this time during Mecum's auction in Dallas, Texas, later this month. They say three time's a charm, but we'll see how that goes.
The truck may strike you a bit familiar, and if that's so chances are you've seen it before. After all, this is one of the most visible custom pickups of its kind we've seen in recent times:. the truck was featured in the Battle of the Builds, and was declared in recent years the Goodguys Truck of the Year and the best truck at the Detroit Autorama.
Showing itself in a Candy Red exterior pulled over a black interior with red contrast stitching, the truck is one of the deepest conversions of a C10 we've seen in a very long time.
The body, riding low to the ground on a custom chassis that rocks an Art Morrison front-end, comes with perfectly straight body panels and several modifications compared to its former self. Aside from the 2-inch chop, we get 1969 Chevrolet Camaro bumpers, and a squared-off rear half of the bed, in an attempt to make the pickup look shorter.
The channeled body of the truck got a one-inch wedge cut from the hood and welded the fenders, allowing for only the center of the hood to lift. Once it does this it reveals a massive 572ci big block engine in the bay, rated at no less than 850 horsepower.
The suicide doors of the truck get out of the way to reveal a dashboard borrowed from a 1959 Impala and an overall layout that makes one feel just how new and modern everything there is.
Last but not least, making the connection to the ground are Schott wheels of undisclosed size, kept in check by disc brakes of undisclosed provenance.
The C10 was on the auction block two times this year, and on both occasions it failed to sell. The last time it tried to do that, during the Mecum auction in Indianapolis back in May, someone offered $200,000 for it, but that wasn't enough to land it a new owner.
We uncovered it as it attempts to sell again, this time during Mecum's auction in Dallas, Texas, later this month. They say three time's a charm, but we'll see how that goes.
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