So a month ago my son and I dragged home this 1964 Chevrolet K10 Fleetside. It was offered up by a fellow Bolter, at an exceptionally reasonable price, here on
Stovebolt Swap Meet. I watched it for a few days and couldn't believe that no one had jumped on it. The seller just did not want it to go to scrape. That was his reasoning for sell it cheap.
One evening while I was checking out Stovebolt and, of course, looking at the Swap Meet, my son Jameson (who is 12) sat down with me and saw the 1964 K10 and had to have it. He asked me how hard it would be for us to go get it. I told him it was about 250 miles -- about 4 to 5 hrs, one way. He also needed to ask him Mom, who gave the
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So my son bought the truck with his own money that he earns from mowing a ton of lawns during the summer -- between baseball practice and tournaments and basketball summer league.
Road trip to Connecticut.We left at 3:30 am and arrived by 9. We had the deal done and loaded and back on the road by 10. We rolled back into our driveway at 4 pm that day after stopping for lunch.
The seller exaggerated a bit about its current running status. When we picked it up, we had to winch it up onto the trailer. The frame was solid and the truck was mostly complete. However, the body was pretty much whipped -- no battery, loaded with mice, and obviously hadn't ran in a few years at least. Nonetheless, we had come this far so we dragged it home.
He was super excited about getting it home.
Home and getting right to it!Always liking a bit of a challenge, we commenced to getting it running.
We started with draining the fuel tank. Rebuild the carb. Purchased a battery and a fuel pump, points and condenser. Low and behold, it fired right up. The plugs, wires cap and rotor appear to be fairly new so we went with them. Also had to square away the cobble job they had done to the throttle linkage.
Next we gave it a good Hotties pressure wash. Blew up the tires. Cleaned out the inside the best we could. And took it for a ride in back 40. Runs, drives, shifts and the four wheel works as it should. We tested it out!
No smoking, no leaks. Jameson has been having a good time learning new things. I let him do most of the work with a little guidance from yours truly. He also learned how to drive a manual transmission in a short amount of time.
Enjoy the picks I will get into the history of the truck and post it shortly. I know those of you who were involved in this venture here on the Stovebolt were probably chopping at the bit for information on our progress. And, when I find out how to add videos, I will post one of how good it runs.
