PENDING!
- Seller: Curtis T
- Location: Ione, Oregon
- Mileage: 100,000 Shown
- Chassis #: C1546Z174892
- Title Status: Missing
- Engine: 250 cui Inline-6
- Transmission: 4-Speed Manual
Chevrolet bragged that their 1966 trucks were “built for bigger things,” and the owner of this C10 proves that even 59 years later, that statement is true. There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned work truck, and this classic old pickup proves that there’s nothing better to have parked on your property if there’s wood (or anything else) to be hauled. The seller of this C10 is the second owner, saying that it was originally sold by Sherrell Chevrolet in Hermiston, Oregon (which is still there, according to a quick Google search). Now located in Ione, Oregon, it’s being offered here on Barn Finds.
If you look in the photo gallery below, you can see that the truck was far from a pampered cream puff when the current owner bought it, but it’s up and running now with an upgraded HEI distributor. The master cylinder and wheel cylinders have been replaced, and it “runs and drives great.” The engine is Chevy’s 250 cubic-inch six cylinder, which was standard equipment in the C10. With 150 gross horsepower and 235 lb.-ft. of torque, all channeled through a four-speed manual transmission, the 250 has the low-end power needed for big jobs. Chevy truck brochures from the 1960s also listed net horsepower ratings (years before carmakers changed to that more accurate system) because truck buyers often needed to know the truth about what their truck could do, not marketing hype. Thus, we know that the 250 was rated at 125 net horsepower and 220 net lb.-ft. of torque.
Wood floors were standard equipment in Chevy trucks for 1966, and these planks look like they’ll be able to carry some loads for a few more years. Although it’s been a few years since they’ve been cut, their overall condition coincides with the whole “work truck” vibe. Underneath the bed, the C10 originally had coil springs and long trailing arms, but the seller says that the truck now has leaf springs and a Dana 44 rear axle. One-ton C30 Chevy trucks had leaf springs in back, so I imagine it wouldn’t be a difficult conversion.
Yes, this truck has dents and mismatched paint, but it’s a solid Oregon truck that is clearly ready to do some chores with a charm and panache that’s missing from newer, nicer trucks. I can’t be alone in thinking that well-worn old work trucks are a lot of fun, so if you are looking for a charismatic hauler to help you out on your spread, bid now!
Exactly the way we need to see these old trucks just working away. And just as the pictures show this almost 60 year old truck can out haul the junk they build today
Good truck, good price but no title?
How much for the little trailer? <3
Great cover photo.
👀 Nice load of firewood 🪵 🪓 🔥
Hi Stan, living up nort’, I’ve done my share of firewood. For many, a good chainsaw is almost better than a wife. I can say from experience, that is what we would consider a “b” buster load of wood, and way overloaded for this truck. I’d estimate at LEAST a ton. Jim R. will agree, I think, I guarantee the rear suspension is bottomed out, which isn’t good, but hey, going from the field to the barn, slowly, you loaded it until it fell off. That load right there, with cutting the tree, cutting it up, splitting, throwing in pickup, and unloading represents more than an afternoon, for sure.
This pickup came factory with leaf springs and dana 44 diff
Another past blaster. In the 60s as a kid, the old man would borrow a mason friends pickup, Phil Zohr, I think, EXACTLY like this. It was so unusual to see my dad, who hated trucks, at the wheel of one. I remember it riding so rough we’d hit the roof on the biggies. Weekends were for cottage projects, plywood, block, sand, bags of cement( my job), but he could never justify actually buying his own. Phil, being a mason, didn’t care about how the truck looked, dents, splattered with cement, but chugged on. The old man actually shifted the truck pretty well, after all, he grew up before automatics, and the war, you know. Great find.
Then, fast forward some to the late 70s. I had a room mate that wanted an old truck. So we headed out to the country, when family farms dotted every mile, and just pulled in asking if they had an old truck for sale. Most the farmers were great folks, but not wanting to sell anything. Typical. Finally, one farm, the guy says( pulling suspenders), well, lessee, yep, under that pile yonder corner of the barn,,,was again, a truck just like this. We gave him$100, towed it home,we got it running, albeit poorly, and we took it back. Farmer had no problem as he was glad to see it running at all. You could do that stuff then.
Right on Howard. Those log splitters are the way to go for lots of wood work 🪵 as for chainsaws, I spent a bit of time in a logging camp, cut down and bucked up mostly firs, a smooth running and sharp saw is gold. I liked the Husqvarnas the best. 🇸🇪
The top image makes me think of Sam Shepard’s ol truck in the movie, Fool for Love, with Kim Basinger.
$4,000??? Old does not automatically convert to “worth a lot of money”. If I were in the market, $1,500 would be about the ceiling. (Although, if that cute little trailer was included I might be tempted at $2,000.)
I sold it for 3500 guess you don’t know as much as you think 🤔
Please show me where and when I said that no one would ever pay that for it. What I said was that I would never pay that for it. So I’m sorry, but I do know as much as I think I do.
Interior pix ? Please ? Lack of them leads to suspicions of “shipwreck”.
Have a ’63 C10 and a ’64 C30 panel here. Great trucks, and the post-’63 doors/windshield change was a huge plus.
Comment by “oldrodder” – he is not current in the values for these trucks. Snide comments are not productive, bud.
Don: Snide comments. Really?? I sorry if my honest opinion offended you. Unnecessary insults kinda’ bug me as well. As far as automobile values go, I have been building and collecting GM products for nearly 60 years, I have clue.
Hey,bud.I,m not your bud.I remember someone throwing that one out there a while ago.lol
When I got home from the army in 1967 my dad was driving a 66 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup owned by the 5 County Carpenters union where he served as business manager. It had the big 292 inline 6 with 3 speed column shifted transmission. I rode around with him to a few job sites as he talked to carpenters. This old truck with what looks like a Shasta trailer would be fun to wheel around in. Great memories. I miss you dad. RIP.
God Bless America
Has anyone bought a vehicle on this site? I’d like to pull the trigger on a vehicle but I don’t know if I can trust this process of sending buyers fee then waiting to hear back. Any previous buyers on here?