1972 Chevrolet C-20 Longbed

	Owned by Kevin Burcham Dobson, North Carolina

From Kevin :

I have a 1972 Chevrolet C-20 Longbed pickup. I purchased her in 2003 from a couple that had been using her for gardening around their house.

My Dad had owned several of these style trucks. I saw her sitting in front of a 100 year old farmhouse between my home and my Mom's. The body was rough but I could tell once I drove her that she was a workhorse. [ pix ]

A previous owner also converted it from 2-wheel to 4-wheel drive with a newer 4x4 setup. You would never know at first glance that she is a 4x4.

I had all the body work on her done by a good friend of mine, Mike Carter. He had to put patch panels in above the rear wheel wells. It took him about a year (working on it part time) to do body work and paint it.

Also I had to have the gaskets in engine replaced, new dual exhaust and tranny rebuilt.

All my chrome and side panels came from Scott's Antique Auto in Bassett, Virginia.

My to-do list now only consists of redoing the interior and doing a spray in bed liner.

She has a 350 V-8 that was rebuilt just before I bought it. It is an automatic and has power steering also.

We remodeled a house this summer and it was cool to be able to haul 4x8 sheets of plywood and 16 foot molding without having to get a trailer or someone else's truck.

My little girl [ pix ] calls it the "Big Truck." My wife calls it the "Money Pit."

I have only seen one other truck painted up like her but it had the white painted bumpers and hubcaps.

Every time I take her out, I meet someone that says that they used to own a similar truck or how good it looks. It was about a five year ordeal getting her this far, but I think it was worth it.

Kevin Burcham
Dobson, NC
1 hour NW of Winston-Salem, NC

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