Vehicle Description
1972 Chevrolet C10 Pro Street - Frame Off Restoration - $15k Motor
Professionally Built by Performance Engineering - 403ci V8 with 444
ft/lbs of Torque at 3-7k RPM - 500 HP - 400 Automatic with 2200
Stall - Detroit Lock 12 Bolt Rear End - Air Ride Suspension - TMI
Interior - 447 Miles Since Built - All New Components (Please note:
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than 160 photographs, as well as a short start-up and walk-around
video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) The
1967-1972 Chevrolet/GMC C/K series of pickups is well on its way to
achieving icon status.... Motor Trend, August 2000 Here's what
Chevrolet had to say about its C10 pickups in a magazine
advertisement back in the day: Put on a colorful Chevy decal, for
starters, one of ten available for our light trucks. Then you could
add special mags, wide F60 tires and such. (Anything we don't
offer, Chevy dealers can help you get.) Or, quietly personalize
your Chevy Truck with extras like... power assists, the Custom
Camper package-you name it, and it's available. As for our
practical side, it's simply this: Chevy builds tough trucks. So
tough in fact, R. L. Polk figures show 55% of our '56s are still
going strong (nobody else has even half). The final line in the ad:
Come on, express yourself. Hold that thought. Offered here is a
1972 Chevrolet C10 short-bed pickup fully and professionally
converted to a Pro Street racer. The accompanying list provides
details on the quality of the components used to bring the truck to
this level. Since this spectacular restoration and build were
completed, the C10 has traveled just 447 miles. Here's how David
Freiburger, the editor of Hot Rod magazine, on the origin and
definition of the term: A Pro Street car must be drag
racing-oriented and have wheel tubs under the back end that allow
for oversized, very wide tires to be fit under the stock body.
That's fact. As for my opinion, a Pro Street car is typically also
stock bodied and ostensibly street driven. When the style
originated in the mid to late '70s, it was inspired by the NHRA
drag racing Pro Stock class of the mid '70s, hence where the 'Pro'
in Pro Street came from. This light-blue-and-white over black '71
C10 fully meet's Freiburger's definition. As part of its frame-off
restoration, the truck's exterior sheet metal has been restored to
like-new, stock condition. There are no flaws, and the finish is
uniformly lustrous across the entire truck, including the cargo
body. The truck's stock appearance has been maintained from its
single headlight black grille to the Chevrolet-embossed tailgate.
Chrome trim, including bumpers, side mirror, door handles, and
grille trim, is in pristine condition. Factory badging is limited
to the blue-bowtie grille emblem and CST10 front-fender emblems
common to the entry-level pickups of the day. The chrome 5-spoke
wheels could be just an appearance add-on. But any stock impression
comes to an end with a quick appraisal of the truck's
definitely-not-stock stance, and a look inside the rear fenders
where massive Mickey Thompson drag slicks deliver a compelling
impression of über-performance. The truck's black-themed interior
is built from custom TMI® components. Horizontally pleated black
leather covers the bucket seats, center armrest, and console (with
cupholders). Door trim has been reimagined in leather with
vertically pleated inserts. A light-blue, period-correct, sport
steering wheel with Impala-and-race-flags center emblem frames a
stock appearing instrument cluster set in a black-and-chrome panel
(the remainder of the dashboard is painted light blue). In fact,
all the white-faced gauges-160-mph speedometer, 10,000-rpm
tachometer, analog clock, and fuel-
