1964 Chevrolet C10 Stepside Short-Bed 4-Speed

I believe this 1964 Chevrolet C10 Stepside short-bed pickup was originally Yuma Yellow, or Dark Yellow, based on the color inside the engine compartment. I’m always bummed to see a color change, but it appears that this truck needs bodywork, so it could be brought back to the original color if the next owner wanted to. It’s posted here on craigslist in Marysville, Washington, and they’re asking $11,500. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Tony P. for the tip!

Fenderless pickup beds get most of the love, but I’m a big fan of Chevy’s Stepside, GMC’s Fenderside, Ford’s Flareside, Dodge’s Utiline, Jeep’s Thriftside, or any other pickup bed with a narrower box and exposed rear fenders. When it’s either a short bed like this one, or the longest bed (9-feet). Those are great, too, just for the unusual factor. Not to mention the hauling factor. Here’s a ’64 Chevy with a 9-foot Stepside bed, and a similar era Ford with a 9-foot Flareside bed. Very cool.

The rear of this 6.5-foot Stepside bed has more lights than a 747… er… wait, there’s probably a more modern plane to reference than that. I love the backup lights. I added those to my ’74 Dodge van for backing into, or not actually into, that would have been bad, but backing up to the front door of cleaning accounts back in the cleaning service era. They were great, and I’m guessing even without a backup camera, this truck would be easy to back into a parking spot at night. Here’s what the bed looks like inside. Heavy, man. No, it looks really heavy. Is that a steel plate in there? It would have been wood, and I’d redo that, pronto.

This is a Standard Cab, and it looks nice inside, or at least from what we can see. The seat has been recovered, of course, and this one has a four-speed manual, so that’s great. Our own Aaron Toth showed us a ’64 Stepside back in January here. Not to mention, this one was a Barn Finds auction that sold for just $7,800, and it looked even better than this truck, or about the same, so that may have been a steal. Here’s a 1964 Chevy pickup brochure.

Here’s the Dark/Yuma Yellow. I like it much better than the green, but someone liked that green. The engine is Chevy’s 230-cu.in. OHV inline-six with 140 horsepower and 220 lb-ft of torque when new. It sends power through the four-speed manual to the rear wheels, and the seller says it runs and shifts great and is, or was, a California truck. It’s still showing some rust, but hopefully it isn’t too bad under the green paint. How much would you pay for this Chevy Stepside?