Given it is lowered and chopped, it’s just a bunch of parts you can also do whatever you want. But in the end, price is important – does this truck tick enough boxes to be interesting? I love the spotlight as to the grille, the seller mentions it is a reproduction of a ’32. The condition of the bed matches the rest of the body, and there is no sign of serious rust anywhere that we are shown. The truck appears to be wearing its original wheels. The roof has been chopped 2 1/2 ” in harmony with the lowered suspension. The truck’s turn signals and lights have been converted to LED you’ll see if you watch the video, they’re plenty bright! The aluminum buckets and quilted upholstery detract from the look a bit – but that’s just my opinion. The machine-turned dash and four-spoke steering wheel suit the truck. I’m not sure an Iron Duke would be so guilty of overheating, but a tow truck driver told me once that his prime customers are overheated hot rods. The truck also has a new clutch cylinder, a new gas tank with an electric fuel pump (yay), and a three-core aluminum radiator with a righteous electric fan. The brakes are 1940 Ford with a new master cylinder. To accommodate a 1940 rear axles and springs, the frame has been zeed, and a 4″ drop straight axle brings the whole truck toward the ground, but since a factory Model A sits so high, this looks just about right. This combination has abundant precedent according to H.A.M.B. The builder installed a Chevy 2.5 liter Iron Duke four-cylinder in place of the old L-head, pairing it with a two-barrel Weber carburetor and a Chevy five-speed manual. Let’s see if the rest of the ingredients are satisfactory. Working order is not in question – the truck runs and drives, and the eight-second video in the listing makes it look like fun. And that’s another element to consider: how exactly do you want to roll? If you altered a Model A pickup, would it be configured this way? Because you’ll pay $25,000 for this one, and while it’s got all the patina you could want, you should be happy with its mechanicals too. Here on eBay is a 1931 Ford Model A pickup all dressed up in today’s style and ready to roll away from its current home in Denver, Colorado. Sort of a hot rod with a few rules about its looks. Fortunately, it looks like it’s in good-enough condition to at least drive occasionally while the new owner gathers his spare change together for restoration parts.What exactly is a resto-mod? The definition is malleable depending on your perspective, but in my mind, it’s a mostly stock-looking vehicle that packs a performance punch well above its factory stats. At the opening bid, this truck is a reasonably-priced start to a restoration/restomod project, but it’s going to take lots of time and money to make it a show truck. Although it seems to run well, I’d likely want to put something with more potential in if I were restoring this truck. The ad says the truck has a 305, which wouldn’t have been available in 1965, so the engine has apparently been replaced at some point. Fortunately, the latter is stuffed with a rag, that the cameraman stuffs back in the hole after showing it to the camera, so at least that’s been “repaired.” You can also see in the video that the truck has a fair bit of rust, including along the bottom of the bedsides and in the floors of the cab. If you take the time to watch the video of the truck linked to in the eBay ad, you’ll see that the truck seems to run and drive well, at least at parking lot speeds, although there is a fair bit of creaking and squeaking to be heard. And how can you not love the styling? The way the body tucks in just above the front fenders looks fantastic. The frame was designed to allow for a lower ride height, and, by 1965, they even came with a coil-sprung front suspension to make the ride and handling more car-like. Introduced in 1960, the first-generation C-series trucks were GM’s first effort to make pickups more drivable and less utilitarian. For sale here on eBay in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, with a starting bid of $3,000, this truck could be a reasonably-priced start to a long-term project. Using the word ‘patina’ as a euphemism for rust has become fashionable lately, and while I think this Chevrolet C10 is a good looking truck, I think it leans more towards the rust side of the spectrum than the patina side.
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