This truck is said to be a one-family owned, 100% original survivor. It has reportedly spent its entire life in North Carolina and has passed down through three generations of the same family. The 1967 Chevrolet C10 regular cab long bed can be found here on Hemmings with an asking price of $6,995. The truck recently spent about a decade residing in a barn in Pine Level, North Carolina but is now located in Newport, North Carolina and is ready to be passed to a new family.
The main drawback in the eyes of some prospective buyers may be the straight six engine. With only 47,000 documented original miles, there should be a ton of life left in the original drive train. The truck features a three-on-the-tree transmission and the current owner put about $2000 into the truck making it run, drive and stop. While a V8 would motivate the truck better, there’s nothing wrong with a straight six in a cruiser.
The ad talks about the documentation that comes along with this truck, “State Inspection sheets showing the progression of mileage and a signed affidavit stating the miles are correct. We have the original owner’s manual, and the original warranty booklet with the Chevy-Holy-Grail “Protect-O-Plate” stamped right here in eastern North Carolina with Grandaddy’s Name.” The interior certainly looks clean and original. Note the radio-delete plate that covers up where a factory radio would have been.
While the truck has seen duty working on a farm, it doesn’t appear to be over worked. It has great looking patina and has the look of a low mileage survivor. The trend over the past years has been to preserve original patina while making performance upgrades underneath. Perhaps that will be the fate of this truck? How would you build it?
Leave it as is.
4/6 drop and I’d daily it. Nice unmolested truck.
Oh the irony in your comment. It will not be an unmolested truck with a 4/6 drop.
It is as it sits (or appears to be)… That’s my point. I wouldn’t want to start with someone else’s cut up junk. Also, I don’t think there’s much offensive about a properly lowered vehicle, but different strokes.
Man, this about as basic a truck as you could get. It’s not unusual, really. Many pickups were sold this way. I have a friend who lived on an old farm and the landlord had a ’67 F-100, equipped about the same way, in a garage, and he only used it for dump runs. It had like 10K miles on it. Wasn’t for sale, I asked. This has a few options, although, the PS isn’t on the option list, and probably added later. Gonna need some work ( heater core , brake/clutch master leaking)and I’d love to see the look on a millennial’s face, ” A CHOKE??? WHAT THE HECK IS THAT???” Top buck, here, I’d offer half that, but a great find, nonetheless.
I looked at one versus a Datsun pickup back then. THe Datsun was about $1700 with drum brakes and a 4 and the chevy was $1900 with a 6 and disc fronts…Great deal!!!
Aboslutely perfect the way it sits now. Priced right, maybe a lower cash offer takes it home. Its a winner with all the supporting documentation.
I’m with Chris. The truck is perfect. Don’t screw it up!
I’ve had quite a few old chevy trucks, 6 cyl, big block, small block, 3 speed, 4 speed, 5 speed, manual, 3 speed 4 speed 5 speed auto, even a 71 GMC swb short bed with the same drivetrain. It had a 4.10 rear to compensate for the lack of power. The engine would scream at any speed over 55 mph, so I swapped in a 3.07 rear axle out of a truck that originally had a big block (ring and pinion could have been swapped in original rear axle, but the complete rear was $100!) The 3 speed trannys in the chevy trucks was really only good if used like a car, even with the steep rear gears the trucks originally came with. The ratio drop from 1st to 2nd was horrible. When towing or hauling, you had to rev the engine to the moon in first, in anticipation of the engine falling on it’s face when shifted to second. The four speed was a much better choice for heavy work. (The ultimate “work” manual trans, IMO, was the five speed NV4500. I had a 93 GMC K2500 that had a lower 1st gear ratio than later models.)
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Nice piece. I remember all the farm trucks I saw of the late 50s or so were no-frills vehicles. Most were run hard and put up wet.
The folks that bought my ’47 Ford pickup new, traded it for a new bare bones ’67 Chevy similar to this. Must have been a good buy as they still have the ’67 to this day (Of course I still have the ’47.). The trend out west back then was not to run a fancy pickup. A custom cab, even, was about as rare as a winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket. But it was shortly after that when you started to see a fancier trend in the pickup market. We bought a ’67 Ford F-250 4×4 with a custom cab, and a RADIO! Dad’s ’68 Chevy 1/2 ton was a Custom Camper (that never saw anything other than a large toolbox, shovels and a Jack-All jack in the bed).
As for this truck, it would be: Drive/fix/drive/haul, and eventually perform a driver quality restoration. Then repeat the above with enthusiasm….
My Grandfather always bought trucks just like this Chevrolet, but his were Fords.
Like the Matador featured today, I wouldn’t change anything. No engine swap, no resto-mod.
It’s perfect the way it is.
Add radio, drive, and enjoy. Maintain
and repeat. Wouldn’t want it any other
way. Dad bought one of these in ’68 as
a demo with about 20 miles on it. Great
old truck. We kept it ’til ’73 when he traded in for a new 3/4 ton camper special he needed to work for Morgan
driveaway out of Elkhart, Indiana pulling
new campers to dealerships around the country. I like it for what it is–an honest
old work truck.
Keep it stock. Personally, I’d touch up the paint here and there, maybe freshen up what’s needed inside the cab and detail the engine and under the hood. That’s it.
This stripped, plain-Jane would be a hit at any show and shine, an interesting contrast to the resto-mods and the well-optioned pick ups one normally sees. It’s is a perfect example of how many of these trucks were purchased; no frills, just ready to work. Leave it as-is.
Oh my someone actually bought a moulded upper radiator hose instead of one of those ugly flex hoses so many use these days. This is actually a very nice (although stripped down base line model) pickup. Blue is a nice color on this truck, although I do prefer the ones in deep green. The little 6 is fine for back country roads or farm work, but for highway use a V8 would help keep the high revving noise down.
I say that the asking price is about right. in 2002, I had a 1968 c10 short bed with a 250 6 cyl with 52,000 miles in mint condition. my parents bought it new. boy do I miss it. the 250 engine was one of the best and would run forever.
I posted I had a 1968c10 6cyl I sold. Istill have a 1968 CST ( Custom Sport Truck ) with all options with a 396 turbo that I bought in 1982. I knew never to get rid of that one. It is nice.
How hard is it to empty the bed for some proper photographs?
The more I look at this truck, the more I wish I had a need for a truck and a place to put it. I would make any mechanical repairs, clean/detail the truck including the engine. Install a period appropriate GM radio. It so much like the farm trucks of my youth.
Love the originality of the truck patina and 6 cylinder motor. If I had the money and the room, I’d snatch this up in a heartbeat!
It seems to me that even on a ’67 there should be a VIN RPO sticker (on the inside of the glove box panel if I remember correctly). Anything not on that sticker wouldn’t be on the truck – yes that means no radio. Three on the tree – perfect! Can remember rolling 50mph down a dusty dirt road on a hot day with my head close to the window to get a breath of air. Hanging the tail on corners in the loose gravel …. sweet memories.
I saw a green step side not far from this truck being sold for 750 needed some work. It was solid as this one. I made the mistake of telling a coworker and he went and bought it after work that day. SMDH. I would leave this thing be and just enjoy it for that it is. I wouldn’t pay that much for it, even if it’s worth it.
As I was looking up at 67 Chevy that I just purchased I come across this one saying it’s 100% original survivor truck and I was shocked because I thought this is the exact truck I just got from an original one owner man here in New Mexico the only difference I am seen on that truck versus the truck I just purchased is the man said it’s a four on the floor with the 292 Engine and a Pawsey were ran with 373 gears truck is the same color there’s not any molding missing the interior is intact 100% with the blank or the radio should go I started it today for the first time in 22 years original hubcaps original jack everything to this truck I have the owners manual I have a warranty papers when he purchased it how much was 11 miles on it it’s sitting with 72,000 miles todayI wish I could post pictures to show that that truck and the truck I got it’s hard to tell them apart besides the pink being a little more faded on mine