- Seller: Zachary S (Contact)
- Location: Elmira, New York
- Mileage: 271,104 Shown
- Chassis #: CKE2421123603
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 350 cui V8
- Transmission: Automatic
This 4×4 has had three owners and traveled just over 271,000 miles over the last 54 years. We don’t know the timeline on when portions of it were repainted or restored, but it’s had some bodywork and paintwork over the decades. This 1972 Chevrolet K20 4×4 is located in Elmira, New York, and the seller is asking $12,200. They have it listed here as a Barn Finds Exclusive!
As much as I love Stepside pickups (and whatever “fender side” names other manufacturers have for them), the Fleetside Chevy pickup is arguably more popular. It goes without saying that this is a “long” bed, as Chevrolet didn’t offer a short-bed pickup for the 3/4-ton models. This bed/box has been replaced at some point, according to the seller, who believes it was purchased in Arizona. It does look more solid than the doors, which are showing bubbling under some obvious body and paintwork. No worries, though, they’re giving the buyer two much nicer doors with the sale. There were originally body side moldings (Belt Molding – D29) on this truck, but clearly, they were removed during one of the restorations over the decades.
The second-generation C/K-series Chevrolet pickups were made for model years 1967 through 1972, and they’re pretty hot right now. A 1/2-ton short-bed Fleetside would probably be the most valuable configuration. This topper/cap looks solid, despite a somewhat rough appearance, paint-wise. I’m 86% sure most buyers would 86 it within 86 minutes of taking delivery of this truck. Heck, I’d ask the seller to please remove it first so I wouldn’t have to deal with getting rid of it, but that’s just me. I have an orange truck with a topper (what we call them in Minnesota), so who am I to talk? Please check out the seller’s photos to see inside the bed, showing a bed liner on the floor. The underside looks a little scary in spots, and they say that the rear frame was repaired in 2005.
The seller provided great photos showing the details, good and bad, of this truck. It needs a lot of work, that’s undeniable, but it’s a heavy-duty truck, as shown in a photo of the data sheet that they provided. It has heavy-duty front and rear springs, a full-foam seat, full gauges, and more. Although what is the blank gauge in front of the steering wheel, where a clock would have been? I was hoping that was a 4-speed on the floor, but that’s a shift lever for the 2-speed NP-205 transfer case. This truck has an M-49 Turbo-Hydramatic transmission (shown on page 10 of this factory Chevrolet spec sheet), and also on the data sheet. The seat is out of a 1966 C10, with brackets from LMC for a 1972 seat, and they say it’ll need some adjustment to make it more comfortable. The dash pad is really cracked, so add that to the list. Here’s a 1972 Chevrolet pickup brochure.
The drivetrain is reportedly original to the truck, but the engine and transmission are said to have been rebuilt between 100,000 and 120,000 miles ago, according to the previous owner. This is Chevy’s 350 cu. in. OHV V8, which, with the 4-barrel carburetor, would have been rated at 175 horsepower and 290 lb-ft of torque when new. It passes that power through the 2-speed NP transfer case and THM automatic to all four wheels as needed. This is a big truck and a big project, but it sounds like it could be used during the week and tinkered with on the weekends until you’re done. Please check out the photos of this ’72 Chevy K20 4×4 listed here as a Barn Finds Exclusive!
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