PROJECT DAILY DRIVER

I purchased this 1963 C-10 Shortbed Fleetside truck in 1995 from a co-worker who used it as a daily driver. He purchased it from a fellow who bought it in Oklahoma.
After having the truck for over twenty years, and having recently retired, I decided it was time to take it from a daily driver to something little more a special.
In the fall of 2017 with the help of my son, I started by doing a frame off restoration. After having the frame blasted and painted, I installed disc brakes on the front, a power brake booster and power steering. I also put 2-1/2” drop spindles on the front and 4” drop springs on the rear. Wanting to keep the original look, I decided to leave the six lug wheels on the truck and finish them with a set of period correct Cragar wheels.
Not wanting to look like all the other restored 60’s model trucks, I decided that I would hide all of the bed mounting bolts under the wood and make the wood from Black Walnut, which I felt would be a perfect match for the Cinnamon Metallic paint I had selected for the color of the truck.
After months of searching, I found enough rough cut walnut that I could plane down to the proper size. After a dozen coats of polyurethane, I finally got the finish I was looking for to use in the bed of the truck.
After many months, long nights and so many shipments from LMC that I was on a first name basis with the UPS Driver, it was time to get everything primed painted and ready for reassembly.
In the Spring of 2019, after many hours and lots of tedious labor, I had succeeded in taking what was once a daily driver and turned it into what I feel is a one of a kind show truck.
In the first three events where I showed the truck, it took Best of Show in one and a top twenty finish out of 212 vehicles in the second and best paint/wood combination in the third. I can’t wait for the end of this pandemic so we can get back to shows again.
Thanks LMC for helping make my journey possible.