Inhoudsopgave van Summer 2020 - C10 Builder's Guide

YOU KNOW WHAT the great thing about our tight-knit community is? We all understand that there’s more to life than fortune and fame. Sure, we can all benefit from a little admiration and respect from fellow peers and family members, but profit and prestige are hard commodities to gain nowadays, even if you do build award winning one-off trucks. The vehicles we choose to feature are all unique with their own individual, owner-inspired details. Way more time, effort and money have been thrown into these projects than some people would ever expect. I mean, who starts a multi-year restoration project on a nearly 50-year-old rust-ridden Chevy without the financial means to finish it or an actual comprehension of how much effort it will actually take? Well this month’s feature stories…

WHILE IT’S HARD NOT TO do everything in your power (and credit limit) to get everything needed to build the truck you want right this minute, taking things slow usually makes for better results. There is much truth to the whole “quality versus quantity” debate, as is there in the saying that goes something along the lines of “good work ain’t cheap, and cheap work ain’t good.” A calculated approach is always suggested for a parts-heavy and labor-intensive project, and a cool head almost always prevails. Nothing was rushed, and all aspects of the build were properly prioritized—a true testament that timing is, in fact, everything. When Arizona native Andrew Barnett first started planning the build of his ’67 C10, the sky seemed to be the limit, but his feet…

UTILITARIANISM IS A FAMILY of consequentialist ethical theories that promotes actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. Although different varieties of utilitarianism have different defined characterizations, the basic idea behind all of them is to maximize utility while being useful or beneficial to a majority. In this case, the majority is the crew at Vintage Vendetta Garage, and the benefit is pretty obvious, in our opinion. C10 guys know when their beloved relics are cared for with amazing detail, and the acknowledgment Ryan received on this truck has been incredible. According to Ryan Lawson, this 1970 C10 came with a soul. Although now that it’s been fully converted to a K10, The Foreman almost seems like it knew this day would eventually come. Starting its life in…

A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL walks of life who love all things related to Chevy C10 trucks. Does that describe you and your friends? Do you belong in this pack of passionate, patina-loving population? If you answered yes, then you need to check out the C10 Club of California, even if you don’t live anywhere near the West Coast. Based in Sacramento, this collective of unique characters is well known in the C10 community for their various events throughout the year, including cruises in Northern and Southern California. These cruises usually culminate in a BBQ potluck at a state park where they take time to hang out, shoot the breeze and enjoy each other’s company. If you’re in the Sacramento area and looking to join the club, just show…

I was looking for an untouched vehicle that I could just shine up and clean, and then spend all my efforts on the chassis and drivetrain. I wanted to build a new daily that would haul my family, haul some parts and haul ass! ONCE UPON A time, right? That’s the way fairytales are usually told, but in the custom car world, seldom are we given the easy path to a happy ending. We have all had that idea or vision for a new project that just seems ambitious and ostentatious, but what happens when you finally start to implement those concepts? Well, for me, a multitude of roadblocks ensue, making things just a little more difficult. Sometimes, because of the big goals we set for ourselves, we find struggles.…

Independent Rear Suspension IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE ULTIMATE IN versatility in a suspension system for your Chevrolet C10 pickup, look no further than all-new bolt-on independent rear suspension kits and frames from Heidts Automotive. The back-half IRS kits allow for a wider tire and lower ride height while providing improved handling without sacrificing ride quality. Adjustable coilover shocks, Currie Enterprises third members, and C4 or Wilwood brakes round out a complete C10 solution. Available for popular 1967-’72 and 1973-’87 C10 models, the systems can be built into three unique kits—set them up as a standard IRS, or add Heidts’ full frame with IRS and IFS or full frame with IFS and a four-link rear. Heidts Hot Rod www.heidts.com 800-841-8188 Handle It! EDDIE MOTORSPORT’S BILLET ALUMINUM EXTERIOR AND interior door…

WHEN IT comes to a winning formula, there’s just something about a perfectly slammed C10 sporting the right wheel/tire combo, a gorgeous patina finish and that diesel chugga chugga. Wait, what? That’s right folks. Morgan Youngberg’s 1966 Chevy C10 may look like “just another patina C10” at first glance, but that’s where judging a book by its cover will get you into trouble. Yes, when you hear this super clean C10 fire up, there’s something creepin’ under the hood. Morgan wanted to do something a little different, and although a nice classically clean exterior presents itself, below the surface is much, much more. But let’s back up a bit here. Morgan had been on the hunt for a nice C10 build for a bit. He knew he wanted to start…

WHAT’S WORSE THAN EVENLY LIFTING A 55-year-old steel hood with the factory installed hood hinges? Having one fall on your hand while you’re working on the engine. I’m sure you’ve been there a time or two as well. These spring-style hinges are never smooth and sometimes cause your hood to open one side at a time. Dousing them with WD-40 is always a viable option, but if you plan to open your hood at truck shows or cruise nights, we recommend replacing them and never questioning their reliability again. Eddie Motorsports manufactures billet aluminum hood hinges for most models of Chevrolet and Ford muscle cars as well as some trucks. The hinges are CNC machined from solid chunks of 6061-T6 billet aluminum in the USA at the company’s Southern California…

YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, but about nine miles northwest of downtown Phoenix is the town of Glendale, and once a year this small town transforms into a Mecca for classic Chevy truck diehards. Dino Battilana is a hardworking business owner during the day and one of the most hardcore Bowtie believers in the country. Building badass trucks and having friends over to your house for a cookout is satisfying enough for most men, but not for Dino. A once-per-year gathering of gearheads with limits on the line-up and no money needed is more his style. No registration and no admission are necessary—just show up hungry and be ready to talk trucks! For the last 10 years, he has been doing that exact concept, and the whole country is taking…

THE YEAR 1985 marked a special time in pop culture history, including music, movies, political events and design. Ronald Reagan, our 40th President, was publicly sworn in for a second term, the median household income hovered below $24,000, and the internet’s newly created Domain Name System sparked a worldwide movement. Also, if you can remember, the movie “Amadeus” was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and considered one of the best films of all time. It’s known as one of the greatest examples in American cinema—and what better way to segue over to one of the greatest examples of truck designs that Chevrolet has ever released? During this year, GM added some new exciting features to this highly sought-after pickup. The company introduced hydraulic clutches as well as a new front…

FEW OF US ARE LUCKY ENOUGH to still own the ride we had in high school. More often than not, it’s a simple matter of making the dumb decision to sell our pride and joy to go onto the next shiny thing that catches our attention. It happens to all of us. Well, most of us. Kyle Hunsaker of Mesa, Arizona, was in it for the long haul with his ’76 Chevy C10, having bought it right around the time he first got his license. Well, actually, this is the second C10 he had in high school—the first was stolen and never recovered, so this was its replacement. Over the years, he has slowly worked on it as time and funds allowed, but Kyle really got down on it after…

JASON BOWMAN HAS BEEN DOING this whole truck thing for a while now—in fact, it’s what he does day in and day out at his shop Big 10 Garage and previously at Arclight Fab. As you can probably guess by his shop’s name, Jason especially digs working on C10s. Even more specifically, he loves laying them flat on the ground and putting big power behind them! One of his personal builds is this ’69 C10 named Oscar, which he uses as both his guinea pig and his biggest marketing tool. When he first picked it up, it had a few sloppy layers of white primer sprayed all over it, which didn’t really do the truck any favors in the looks department. Jason doused the cab and bed with lacquer thinner…

SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME, “The older you get, the faster time goes.” They were right! In the case of the C10 Nation, the beginning of the year is a great time to carry over last year’s momentum while reflecting on all the great times we had and thinking about the things to come. Looking back at the end of 2019, the C10 world was on fire! In September, we had back-to-back shows in NorCal (C10 Intervention) and in Texas (C10s in the Park), which both broke records for their highest registered entries. In October, the Upstate South Carolina GM Truck Club hosted its sixth annual Fall Picnic with more than 120 trucks, and C10 Club North Carolina hosted its first ever C10 Fall Revival with a massive 230 trucks for…