For its third trip down Week To Wicked Lane, Classic Trucks Magazine has teamed up with the LMC Truck C10 Nationals to build its second five-day C10—this time around, a shapely 1985 square body, which has already begun its transformation as of 8:30am PST as you read this.
Our friends at LMC Truck—title sponsors of the 2018 C10 Nationals May 4-5 at the Texas Motor Speedway just outside the city limits of Fort Worth—began the Week To Wicked Chevy project by teaming up with Adam Holderman at AA Customs in Plain, Ohio where the C10 was externally brought back to life and ultimately received its signature Squarebody Blue BASF paint job before being shipped out west to our Tech Center in unseasonably warm Santa Ana, California.
Day One’s itinerary for the latest Week To Wicked build was straightforward and simple: remove the old and install the new…as quickly as possible. Fortunately, thanks to GM’s bolt-in front crossmember and fairly basic parallel leaf rear suspension on the 1973-1987 trucks, the C10’s underpinnings were rolled out in no time and preparations made for installing the Heidt’s Hot Rod & Muscle Car Parts IFS (bolt-in IFS, that is) and super stout four-link rear (each outfitted with Heidt’s adjustable coilovers and CPP disc brakes semi-concealed behind a set of American Legend wheels running Falken Azenis radials). In place of that wonderful old 305ci small-block, Gandrud Chevrolet (Green Bay, WI) provided a fresh Connect & Cruise LS376 that we’ll be building up with a Holley Performance fuel system, accessory drive, and install kit, Hooker Blackheart exhaust, Frostbite radiator, and a bulletproof 4L65E overdrive from Gearstar Performance Transmissions to complement the Currie-equipped Heidt’s 9-inch rearend.
Okay, now that we’ve got the hard parts list out of the way, let’s start crossing items off the to-do list and get this C10 rolling. As always, stay tuned here to Classic Trucks online via the Hot Rod Network for updates, our Facebook page for the entertaining live video feeds and update posts; and Instagram for the random socializing!
Oh, and don’t forget: the LMC Truck C10 Nationals Week to Wicked Chevy short-bed could be yours…all you have to do is attend the 2018 C10 Nationals this upcoming May 4-5 at the Texas Motor Speedway to enter!
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