One of the longest-running Chevy truck platforms (shared with GMC) was the C/K series, built between 1960-02. Treated to new styling in 1973, these trucks were more styling than before (C = 2-wheel-drive, K = 4-wheel-drive). This 1976 edition has the Scottsdale trim level combined with the Bonanza promotional package (details on that below). At 66,000 miles, this truck looks to be in good condition, especially given that it’s been in New Mexico all its life. Located by Kirkland Air Force Base, the nice pickup is available here on craigslist for $8,900. Thanks for the Bow-Tie tip, Larry D!
The C-10 was the ½-ton pickup that was the most popular with Chevy truck buyers. This one has Scottsdale trim, which was up from the basic Custom Deluxe but below the Cheyenne and Silverado. Our understanding is that the Bonanza was a seasonal package offered during the truck’s third generation, combining the Scottsdale with a couple of groups of options sold together to help reduce buyer costs. Thus, you could bundle things like color-keyed carpeting, deluxe wheel covers, automatic transmission, power steering, air conditioning, and an assortment of other items.
We’re told this truck runs and drives well, having been treated recently to a tune-up and new shock absorbers. The engine is the small-block Chevy 350 cubic inch V8 paired with the TH-350 automatic tranny. The pickup’s air conditioning is still present but it’s going to need work. The interior looks good although the carpeting may be getting close to replacement. The paint has held up well with only surface rust in the bed. There looks to be some starting to brew in the rear quarter panels by the wheel wells, which was common for these transports.
Vintage trucks in good condition can command some pretty fair bucks these days. Hagerty estimates a 1976 C-10 in “Good Condition” to be a $9-10,000 truck. So, it looks like the seller has priced this one in that territory and it might be slightly nicer than that condition category.
“It’s a beautiful mornin’,,,I suppose I’ll stay a member, if for no other reason, to have these constant, and overblown, if I might add, reminders of what an alleged deal I got. This story may be tiresome, but in the 4 years I’ve had mine, and several “notes on the windshield”, it’s pretty obvious how the prices have crept up, but not to the extent these sellers claim. These people have lofty dreams of 5 figure ( almost) sales, and do sometimes hook the inept,, but don’t fall for the hype, this a $5G truck all day long. Think I’m full of it? Out of touch, you say? Baloney, and don’t say, “but Howard, this is what they go for today”,,,no it isn’t and shouldn’t. Like all these “flash in the pans”, sellers are trying to make these out to be some fantastic, magical machine, and reap the possible benefits,,when in reality, it’s just a 1976 Chevy pickup that gets 14 mpg in it’s best day. $5/gal. might make you think twice about driving it. It sure curtailed my excursions,,not that the Jeep is much better.
If anybody has similar trucks for sale please contact me i am looking to buy; vintage_classic@outlook.com
Either buy directly of pay a finders fee.
Looking for original and rust free’s examples up till 1981.
Thanks
Oh, oh,,,it’s tempting,,,but sorry, NO SALE!!!
I am glad you are staying Howard!
I like this truck a lot, looks real solid to me, far more so than what I would find locally in brew-town.
Overpriced? Having driven plenty of these, I tend to agree with Howard. It is a nice $5,000 truck.
If I “had” to have it, I might meet the buyer in the middle. Luckily, I don’t feel that need. Still a nice truck!
Thanks, Sg ( small “g” as big “G” would be Scotty G) still a fun place, when plausible posts come through, hey, speaking of Beer City, I got a call from someone in my HS class, our 50th reunion is happening,,ugh, 50 years, dang,,I doubt I can make it, I wasn’t what you would call very popular, weren’t you John Marshall class of ’72?
No sir, Wauwatosa East, clas of 1988.
If you do decide to come back for your reunion, let’s meet up for a bite to eat.
I wasn’t real popular in school either, but I went to my 30 year reunion. I had a GREAT time, and I won’t miss anothe, even after I move to Arizona in a couple years.
My uncles on my Dad’s side of the family all went to Marshall in that era. Dad would have graduated in 1966 had he not ended up in Lincoln Hills Boys home. Uncle Emil graduated there in 1968, he became a special education teacher (the only normal child of those grandparents), Uncle Ron graduated in 1970 or 1971. He went into “business” with my Dad doing “curbside pharmaceuticals”, they built up the business to the point where they were the biggest wholesalers in Milwaukee at that time. Ron dropped out of the business, took his profits & bought a talking teddybear company, made a fortune with that, wrote a book (How To Be A Successful Criminal) & ran the talk show circuit (Donahue, Sally Jessy Raphael, and so on), and is now a motivational speaker lol, then Kenny who would have graduated in 1972, but was being chased by the Wauwatosa cops after he committed an armed robbery while riding his motorcycle. He hit a railroad trestle & died upon impact.
This is the outcome of my grandparents that owned the tavern in West Allis, where my grandfather murdered my grandmother.
Nope, I didn’t grow up in a trailerpark. My Mom’s side of my family are upper middle class Italian Americans. I was raised with these people.
Wow! What a tangent! The point was you probably would have known my uncles.
Ultimately, it’s worth whatever the next owner is willing to pay, and that’s clearly not going to be any of us.
Here in the rust belt, these are pretty much gone. Can I picture someone looking for a 1970s square body in this area paying a premium for a clean example like this? Absolutely. The question boils down to: do I pay a premium for this one, or pass and hope that a better deal comes along? I’ve passed on cars because of a few thousand dollars, and I’ve always regretted it.
Where is Claudio, and Cadillac Angel, in all this. People like you. commenting here make Barn Find makes this site an interesting read. I like the fact that the writers, and commentators don’t stick to just cars found in barns. like one of the writers mentioned. the name is Barn Find. However, the people who comment makes this a website very interesting and once people discover it, they come back to it over, and over, again. In a couple of months if I can financially afforded I will be becoming a paying member. Thanks Barn Find and to the contributors. meaning the members. And please stop scolding the writers.