1964 Chevrolet C-10

Stepside

LQ9

Manual

4C144B124504

Clear

Gasoline

This is my 1964 Chevrolet C10 race truck/rat rod. It was originally built by Jim Gorman and crew at CMD Automotive (largely out of used Nascar racing parts) to compete in the Chump Car racing series. It went on to compete in Grassroots Motorsport's Ultimate Track Car challenge and was featured in Grassroots Motorsport's May 2012 Issue in an awesome story titled "Ultimate Track Truck." Watch a walk around and start up here. This was recorded last weekend:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yMH5pSCU9E It used to be painted red and had a "Sanford and Son's" logo painted on the side of the truck. You can see Jim's team running on track here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N4SJr-x9-I I purchased the truck from Jim in September 2013. I intended to use it as a track rat but I wound up driving it to work instead, and taking it to car shows and making hilarious Home Depot runs in it. I made some modifications to improve its street manners - put street compound brake pads in it, added a wood floor to the bed, installed more comfortable seats, added a fuel gauge and speedometer, rack and pinion steering, etc. A lot of the sheet metal has been replaced. Much of what was there was either rusted through or wadded up on the track so I patched most of the panels, sanded most of the red paint off, and intentionally rusted the metal to give it a healthy patina finish. Then I sanded it down again and covered it in a flat clear coat finish so you can get in and out of it without getting dirty. :) Which reminds me, the doors (and tailgate) are welded shut since there's only cage tubing on the inside of them, and there is no door glass. It's just the outer skin of the door panels so you have to do your best Dukes of Hazard impression to get in and out of the truck. Fortunately the stepside bed makes it pretty easy! Jim had already converted the truck to a tilt hood but after all the racing the hinges were coming apart so I welded in some really beefy (and better looking) heavy duty hinges made for heavy machinery. The tilt front end makes it really easy to get in there and work on it, plus it's cool as hell. The truck has always run really strong. The motor is a 6.0 Liter LQ9 out of a 2004 Cadillac Escalade. It has a bigger cam in it, some head work and has been converted to run with a carburetor that was built by DEI with race internals. A MSD ignition box handles the spark timing and the rev limiter is set to 6800 rpm's (though I am told that the motor was built to handle ~1000 more.) The oil pan is from a 2001 Camaro. I had a coil pack go out once, so those got replaced with MSD units. The motor is supposed to make over 500hp, though I have never personally put it on the dyno. The big lumpy cam sounds awesome and the motor really comes alive at 4000 rpms. If the tires are cold, you gotta be careful. The motor is pushed way back to the firewall so that most of it is behind the front suspension. The exhaust uses a couple glass packs and a Nascar boom tube side exhaust! Sounds amazing. The truck weighs ~3500 lbs and uses a Tex T-101A four speed racing transmission. It has straight cut gears so the gear noise is loud but it sounds cool and you don't need to use the clutch when upshifting. Just "blip" the throttle for a fraction of a second and it bangs into the next gear. The brakes are Alcon aluminum calipers, front and rear. These are Nascar takeoffs so the brake pads are a 1" thick!!! You probably won't need new pads for the life of the truck! I had Porterfield Brakes build me a set of custom street compound pads for these calipers so that I could drive on the street without them making noise. I also replaced the front and rear rotors at the same time. There is a brake proportioning valve to the left side of the driver's seat where you can adjust the front to rear brake bias. I've never messed with it, just left it where Jim had it. The brakes use a hydroboost power brake booster from a diesel truck (uses the power steering pump to boost the brake pressure) and holy cow does it work! These brakes are insane. I've driven a fair number of super cars, and these compete! You'll never have to worry about the ability to stop in this thing. The front spindles, wheel bearings, hubs, rear suspension arms, rear axle and rear oil cooler are also Nascar take offs so it's got big 5/8" wheel studs all the way around and the lug nuts are 1". The rear axle is a Ford 9 "floating" axle, which means that the axles don't bear any extra load while cornering and you can remove the axles without even pulling off a wheel! Just take those little caps off and pull them out. The oil cooler has a scoop that pulls air up from under the truck and out the bed. The front suspension is Hotchkis Sport Suspension's upper and lower control arms, springs, shocks and anti-sway bar. You can adjust the ride height of the front suspension by turning a nut on the spring perch. The rear suspension utilizes a Hotchkis anti-sway bar and shocks and Eibach racing springs (I have a few different spring rates as they are super easy to swap out.) The tires are Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/R's and they only have about 800 miles on them. The truck is fully caged. The cage ties into the frame way up front, through the cabin in several places and all the way in the back. The original gas tank has been removed (they used to be in the cabin behind the seats!) and a Chevy S10 fuel tank has been installed under the bed. It has a huge aluminum radiator up front with some ugly sheet metal ducting that does a good job of forcing air through it. It has power rack and pinion steering that feels a little numb at slow speeds but feels pretty good once you're up to 50mph. Never tried adjusting it. The gauges are all Autometer. The speedometer uses GPS to track the speed since there isn't a gear drive coming off the transmission. Lots of typical race stuff in the interior. Five point harnesses, removable steering wheel, fire extinguisher, camera mount, etc. Even has a Suit Cooler! The Cobra seats are new. The battery has been dropped below the wooden bed and is accessed through that ammo crate. Headlights, turn signals and brake lights all work. Low beams only since I never added a high/low switch. I added a slick third brake light above the rear window. The front windshield and rubber is new. The previous windshield was so pitted from track duty that it was hard to see through at night. I have tons of photos and receipts from the last four years. Everywhere I go people give me compliments and want to know what kind of motor it has in it (cause it sounds so awesome.) It's a pretty rough, tough race truck. It is a bit of work to drive but it's a lot of fun and draws lots of attention. I am selling because I need money for a new build. If you have any questions, please give a me a shout.On Jun-25-17 at 20:27:18 PDT, seller added the following information: Forgot to mention that the truck is registered in California, is street legal and obviously you don't have to worry about ever getting it smogged. The registration is good until October 2017.