What other Classic/Collector Cars/Trucks do you own?

[bliss]

Originally Posted by snakewench

Picked up an unmolested '69 Chevy C10 Shortie a few months back...she's at the resto shop right now for full frame-off. Hope to pick her up next month, then drop the tired 350 for an all-aluminum 427!

Pretty soon she and Aunt Bea will be out in the garage together swapping stories about the screamin' sixties!

I have a '70 Chevy CST10 Stepside - it's a driver. What's the ballpark cost for the restore that you noted on your '69, excluding the engine?

By the way, the 60's was the most recent decade that wasn't almost totally forgettable, except for the music of the 70's and early 80's.

[snakewench]

Originally Posted by bliss

I have a '70 Chevy CST10 Stepside - it's a driver. What's the ballpark cost for the restore that you noted on your '69, excluding the engine?

By the way, the 60's was the most recent decade that wasn't almost totally forgettable, except for the music of the 70's and early 80's.

Amen to that, Bliss! I was born in '60 (oh dear, I just gave up my age, didn't I?), and as far back as memory allows I have been a car fanatic. I'd always loved the 67-72 C10's; my dad took delivery of one of the first K5 Blazers in TX back in '69. He taught me to drive in that truck when I was just 9 years old...what a wonderful memory...saw my first Cobra (an original) that same year and fell in love!

As far as this truck goes, the full frame-off nut 'n bolt resto with shaved drip rail, shaved door handles, fuel tank relocation to bed, etc will run just shy of 20k. I'd love to have done some of the work myself but, sadly, I have neither the time nor the expertise. I am merely a weekend tinkerer!

[snakewench]

Well crap...follow-up to the post I entered a couple of hours ago re: '69 C10 resto...

Just got off the phone with the resto shop...seems that the shop owner died in his sleep over the weekend. I didn't know him well, but he really did look like a walking stroke, so not all that suprising. Sheesh...that poor guy was my age, 52, and the shop guys have no idea what will now become of the business. And, unfortunately, my truck is still in a million pieces. Oy veh...



I need to go drive my Cobra now so I can smell those roses!!!

[bliss]

WOW, now that's a bit of bad luck on the '69. Perhaps someone will step up within the business to take over the projects.

Anyway, $20K sounds about right + the engine. I've thought about upgrading my '70, but I've already got $6.5K in it as purchased - it's a 4X4 with working air conditioning - and purchased in CA - prices are higher here. I'm torn between fixing it up and selling/trading it for one that's been already completed. There are more than a few trucks out there in that year range that simply could not be re-built for the price.

By the way, although I'm older then you - I as well fell in love with the Cobra back in the '60's, as well as C10's in the late '60's, early '70's, but always liked the '55 Chevys as well - ending up with all of them at this time - a replica Cobra, of course.