SEQUOIA GREEN VIBE
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With having taken on a staggering
number of builds for customers as
the years passed while also owning a
number of iconic Chevy muscle cars
there was always something lurking
in the back of Jay’s mind. He had
always held a special fascination
for Chevy C10 Fleetside pickup
trucks with their perfectly balanced
proportions, spacious interior, and
potential for being slammed to the
pavement to create the perfect hauler.
He envisioned a shop truck for
picking up parts that could double as
a weekend driver to enjoy, regardless
of whether it was on the back roads
or the highway, while motoring to an
event. Many times when faced with
taking on a new project you have to
estimate the amount of time needed
to take a roller to completion. Let’s
add into the equation running an
extremely busy shop during the week
and the time allotments to handle a
personal scratch build gets thinner
and thinner. Taking all of this into
consideration, Jay decided to start
a quest to locate a really nice driver
truck that he could update with his
own personal details once purchased.
After doing plenty of homework
by scouring the Web for something
to meet the right criteria his search
led him to what appeared to be a
nicely presented ’72 C10 Cheyenne
Fleetside out of Montana. Originally
a California truck, it had been given a
newfound personality by its builder,
Paul Villwock, who handled its low-
slung stance, driveline, paint, and
interior. After speaking at length with
Paul it was obvious that the truck had
received plenty of attention in all the
right areas, so a deal was made and
it was shipped to New Hampshire,
making Jay its third owner. Uponreceipt it proved how nicely it was
built, leaving Jay to only focus his
attention on a number of personal
touches he wanted to infuse.
Let’s take a look at what makes
this C10 so bitchin. For a perfect base
the original frame was blasted clean,
C-notched in the rear, and treated to
a fresh coat of satin black gloss. Out
back the original GM 12-bolt rear
was packed with 3.08 gears spinning
31-spline Strange Engineering axles.
To set a pavement-grazing stance
5-inch drop coils from Early Classic
Enterprises were combined with their
exclusive Super Track Bar and shock
mount relocate kit supporting KYB
Excel-G gas-charged shocks and a
Hotchkis Sport sway bar. Up front the
factory IFS was updated with Early
Classic Enterprises’ 2½-inch drop
spindles, 1-inch dropped coils, KYB
Excel-G gas-charged shocks, and