1973 C20 Semi-build

[Wraith]

I've never been a full time truck guy, I've always borrowed or rented trucks other than slammed short wides but with home ownership plus projects running all the time a truck would be a good idea. The money spent on a truck of course could be spent on current or new projects so it would have to be cheap. I've been driving by this truck for the last 5 years since we bought our house but a couple weeks ago the house it sat behind went up for sale and that prompted me to stop and inquire about the forlorn truck.

It was a 1973 Chevy C20 and the owner told me he bought it brand new in 1973 and used it to pull horse trailers and eventually the original 454/th400 needed work so his son pulled it and went with a rebuilt th350 and a new Chevy 350 crate engine then drove it for about 13K miles before it had a rod knock and Chevy wouldn't honor the warranty so it was parked.

In 2002.






So today I drug it home the couple blocks away and did a little cleaning.





After a couple shots of degreaser and the hose







I knew it had a new Edelbrock Q-jet but the Performer intake was a surprise.



Paint is hashed but looks okay after a quick buff