C10 Builder's Guide Spring 2022

AFTER TRAVELING around the country and attending events geared toward all styles of custom vehicles, it’s hard to sound unbiased when saying that the C10 truck community is very clearly the strongest and most bonded group of passionate pickup owners anywhere in the world. No other industry has a gathering of like-minded individuals as strong as ours. Not even the Jeep guys have vehicle-specific events that sell out in every state, nearly every month. The players on our team have a love for every part of the game, including those styles and trends that are not particularly popular in the mainstream. Lifted, lowered, small block or LS, we love them all and we support the projects that our fellow C10 community members are currently working on. We don’t put down…

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This ’84 C10 is a well-rounded sport truck through and through with a lot going for it in every category. It has the quality and attention to detail of a seasoned show truck with the elements of an adrenaline-fueled street machine. IT ISN’T UNCOMMON FOR A custom truck project to outgrow all the limits first put in front of it. For example, Tyler Moss of Liberty, West Virginia, had only planned to build his ’84 C10 to be a run-of-the-mill, classic daily driver, which is totally fine. There’s no reason to have to ask for more, obviously, because who doesn’t enjoy seeing a cool “old” 40-year-old truck still cruising around? Even though that end result is not quite what Tyler got, he kept on working toward achieving a goal that…

FAMILY—‘OHANA IN HAWAIIAN—is something we can all relate to in one way or another. Many of us are fortunate enough to have those special people who believed in us even when the rest of the world had turned their backs. Many of us also have that crazy grandpa or uncle who wouldn’t hesitate to grab the chainsaw and help you cut a rotted old GMC out of a field in the middle of nowhere Alabama. Matt Barnes has his ‘ohana, and thus begins their story. Matt and Caitlan Barnes own Gauge Customs in Huntsville, Alabama. It’s a family business and custom automotive paint shop that has turned out some slick restorations for clients all over the country. But as the saying goes, “The shoemaker’s daughter goes barefoot.” They’ve built many…

FOLLOWING UP ON OUR QA1 Suspension installation on this 1985 Chevy squarebody, we need to ensure that the brakes are as dependable and perform as well as our new coilover suspension. For its first outing, we will be driving this truck to Holley Performance Products and back with a competition along the way. Following a hopefully successful trip, we plan to pump this truck all around the country on the Hot Rod Power Tour along with some other event road trips. With a plan like that, we need parts that we can count on. So, we turned to our industry partners and leaders for performance braking. Wilwood Engineering has been winning races and bringing home best of show trophies for many years, and our experience with the company has been…

LIKE MANY OF US, Dave Seeney dreamed of one day building his very own custom truck to share with his family and friends. While at a car show in Kansas City back in 2001, Dave noticed the growing popularity of custom 1967-’72 Chevy C10 pickups and knew instantly that he wanted one. A truck from the show that really piqued his interest was a “Chop-Top” C10, and it inspired him to build his own someday. Well, that “someday” came sooner than Dave had planned for. He got word about a project truck that had been sitting in a garage for some time, and the owner had lost interest in it. So, Dave contacted the trucks owner and set up a time to go see just what kind of a “project”…