I was talking to Bruce (St Paul Steam) about my real love and he suggested that I post about it here in the Off Topic Forums. That was really a mistake to ask me to talk more about my truck ;-)
About 2 years ago I got this nice 72 C10 Cheyenne LWB, Medium Bronze / White. Got her off Craigslist in Buda, Texas after a few weeks/month of the Country closing down for COVID. I picked her up for 16k, which seemed the seller priced it to sell fast. He had her about 5 years but drove it rarely and only ever did two things to it - install early seats (Buddy Buckets) and changed out the Carburetor (crap one). He had bought it online from Missouri where that seller had did the body/paint work roughly 5 years before that. So how she looks inside and outside is how I got her. But her engine and transmission was getting tired and very leaky (I can't stand leaks - like OCD about them).
My brother, he is a A+ antique automobile guru (expert in Model A Fords) and has a real nice shop in Kilgore that is huge! He trailer it up within an week of me getting it and rebuilt the engine / transmission for me. It took nearly a year to get it back.... I was on the "family schedule".
Since then I roughly put in 16k into her. I have done all kinds of things her, some things I bought twice (you get something that just doesn't work out) or you decided you want to undo it / go another route/vendor. The Cheyenne was the 2nd highest trim package but that doesn't mean there you can't add more options or change/upgrade things. Shoulder belts, complete new frontend, bed rails, sliding back window, spear tire w/lock, and the list goes on and on!
I am a member at
The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board - this place reminds me of this forum. Crazy friendly and helpful. So much help I have gotten (and given) there. I have bought and sold many parts there too. Back in February the Members of the forum voted my Truck as "Truck of the Month.
Oh, this past weekend I was at a car show in Downtown Kilgore, Texas with my bother. My truck won a Sponsor Pick, there were 226 entries - so I was crazy happy that I won something. Made the trip and all the work I have done to my truck more than worth it. So here are some photos!
Very nice looking, here’s my great-grandpa with his ‘72 GMC, he later gave it to my grandpa who used it often, but sold it at great-grandpa’s auction in ‘05. I was in 10th grade with no money and could only sit and watch it sell… I loved that pickup! Think they got $700 or $800 for it…
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Very nice truck - I had a 3rd generation Ford Bronco 1980
and remember good how cool these cars are - but fuel consumption!
Congrats, Arnold
Man, what a shame they didn't pass it down to you - that is a sweat looking GMC! I was told at the show my truck would likely go for in the low 30s. So almost even in what I have in her :-)
As for gas MPG - I am doing pretty good for this old V8 ran on its proper Quadrajet 4 Barrel Carburetor.... 14 MPG on my trip up and back from Kilgore (~600 miles round trip). I have a way cool
progression distributor. On the fly timing adjustments and distributor lockout (no start) controlled by my iPhone or iPad. From the outside it looks like a stock distributor. But it cost a sh*t ton of $$$ too.
As for Broncos .... I could only wish for one of those (or a K5 Blazer around my year model).
Super nice truck Richard , one of the prettiest color combinations I've ever seen , it should be a show winner 😊👍
Thanks Bruce!
She is a lot of fun and it is always interesting when someone wants to trade titles (had an older but nice ZR1 Truck guy try to trade me not long ago).