Pawpaw’s Chevy C10

I wanted to share my story with you guys. I have been restoring a 1985 Chevrolet C/10 for the last five and a half years. My husband and I have bought quite a bit of parts from you guys!! We are finally done and wanted to share with you the story of the truck and what it means to me….

My pawpaw worked at the GM Lakewood plant in Atlanta, Ga until it closed in 1990 to which he was forced to retire. He specially ordered the 1985 Chevy C10 in October of 1984 and it was delivered to his house in January 1985. I was born in 1988 and from there, I rode around all over North Georgia with my pawpaw in this truck. I helped him change the oil, wash, wax, clean, and make repairs to this truck until the day he parked it for an unknown reason in 2003. It sat in the back of his property under a tarp. I begged him for years to let me have it until finally in September 2015 he gave in to my pleading and said I could have it. At this time, I now lived in Florida so we paid someone to drive up to Canton, Georgia where it sat and yank it out of the woods. December 7th, 2015 the Lord decided he needed my pawpaw more than I did. After that, I made a promise to him that I would not stop until this truck was finished. February 5th 2021, we were finally done. It was a project roller coaster but I wouldn’t take any of it back. Now I am ready to buckle up and enjoy the ride!  We brought it down to a complete frame and started building it back up as we could. Everything down to each nut and bolt was polished, painted, and put back in.  If it wasn’t salvageable we ordered a replacement from LMC.  Almost the entire cab was done with all LMC interior parts and pieces.  The only thing custom on the truck is the motor and transmission.  It had the original 305 motor and the turbo 350 transmission which we replaced with a 350 motor and 700R4 transmission. We entered it into its first show on February 6th, 2021 and it took home the Best of Show trophy! You can find pictures of the entire build on Facebook by searching @pawpawschevyc10.