1973 Chevy C10 Custom Review - Straight Six & 3 On The Tree!

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@bobhill3941 2 ай бұрын

This truck is perfect, simple, and honest. I like the two tone and love the patina. The powertrain is all you need, and it's not ashamed of what it is.

@DanT271 3 ай бұрын

Love those old Square bodies Manuel shift a Big plus I wouldn't change a thing! Except return to original ride height

@bobhill3941 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing, it's also special that it's the first year of the new body style.

@AsteroidsDeluxe 2 ай бұрын

Always loved this platform and the evolution of it till the end. By 1991 this box body was still in Blazer form. I remember the rear shoulder seat belts being the primary update for that model year.

@mr.goodwrench8273 2 ай бұрын

Cool truck. Back when I was in high school, 1980 through 1983. I had a 1974 Chevy C-10 Custom Deluxe. It was Catalina Metallic Blue with GM Arctic White two tone trim in the mid-section along with some descent polished metal trim throughout the body. It also had a radio and blue carpet on the floor. Bone stock. It had a 250 ci in line 6 cylinder along with a three on the tree shifter. Great dependable truck. I had it until 1989. I had to sell it because I was in the US Air Force and got sent to Germany. They wouldn't let me ship anything older than a 1977 over there. I really miss that truck. However, I do own three Chevy trucks. A 1966 C-10 Custom fleet side that I am working on to put in shows and parades. I have a 1994 Chevy Blazer that I am also working on putting a new 383 stroker in it. And my newest one is a 2007 Chevy Silverado 1500 Classic short bed Z85 (towing package). Gonna keep all three of 'em.

@MikeV-97 2 ай бұрын

I own a 1974 C20 custom deluxe longbed, 454, th400, 14 bolt, factory AC. I got mine right before the squarebodys went way up in value and became collectible.

@gm12551 3 ай бұрын

This truck was sold at Ancira-Winton Chevrolet in downtown San Antonio Texas. Ancira moved 15 minutes out of downtown and has been there since 1980 or so.

@bobhill3941 2 ай бұрын

Cars had column shifter into the 90's (and they're coming back) and trucks still had them well into the 2010s❤

@kc9scott 3 ай бұрын

One of my family’s cars that I learned to drive on was a ‘74 AMC Hornet with 3-speed column shift.

@andyk6796 3 ай бұрын

Actually, my grandma had a 1977 Maverick and it had 3 on the tree. So cars still had manual transmissions on the steering columns well into the '70s.

@bwofficial1776 3 ай бұрын

Good-looking old truck. This truck looks like a nice cruiser or hardware store runner. Fun fact about 1973s, the doors don't have rain gutters above them. They added them shortly thereafter in 1974.

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

That's why 73s are very hard to find, as the rubber seals leaked, and with no drips, water would leak in during the rain. Most of them had rubber floor mats instead of carpet, so you know what happened.

@danielreigada1542 2 ай бұрын

Nice truck. If it were mine, I would not have lowered it and would have kept it at the stock height. Other than that it's perfect.

@Dankcatvacs 3 ай бұрын

4 point what? That is a 250! I love that the base model still gets wood trim

@markhealey9409 3 ай бұрын

Some American cars still had manual column shifters well into the early 70s. My friend & next door neighbour in Pennsylvania had a 1973 Olds Omega that had one. The one that was the sister of the Pontiac Ventura,if I remember correctly? GM had them for longer in some cars than Ford or Chrysler,I think. They were very common in the 50s & 60s. I also think GM had them in trucks till the very early 80s.

@bobhill3941 2 ай бұрын

And into the 2010s for trucks and late 90's for cars.

@markhealey9409 2 ай бұрын

@@bobhill3941 I was talking about MANUAL transmission column shifers,though. They started to become less common much earlier than automatic column shifters.

@bobhill3941 2 ай бұрын

@@markhealey9409 My bad, thanks.

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

You are correct. Nowadays, most young people don't know how to drive any kind of stick, so a manual trans is an anti-theft device, as most car thieves are young guys.

@eddiefalcon8316 3 ай бұрын

Zack I too would like to see the computer and wind tunnel from the 70s 😂

@effend446 Ай бұрын

2:05 Actually, some cars in the late 70’s still offered the 3 on the tree. But they did get phased out by the 80’s. The Chevy Nova comes to mind when it was discontinued after 1979. As far as trucks, Ford stopped offering the 3 on the tree on its F-150 after 1986. Chevy stopped offering it on the C-10 after 1987. Not sure when Dodge stopped offering it. I believe after 1980?

@andyk2763 2 ай бұрын

When you think about it, a production run from '73 to '91 isn't really that long. The GM full size vans were new in '96 and despite numerous updates, the same basic van is still in production to this very day.

@bazilwreckerloughead 3 ай бұрын

My father used to have a 1973 Ford van with '3 on the tree', then he got a 1978 Ford truck with '3 on the tree'. I herd that to *celebrate* Chevy's longest running body style; this Christmas Chevy is releasing a 2025 Cheve square body!

@GoofyCarVideos 3 ай бұрын

that would be nice especialy if they would offer manual

@RobsNeighbor 3 ай бұрын

The truck for so many years!

@TheIncredibleJumpman 3 ай бұрын

GM still uses the "Mark of Excellence" slogan but as a title of recognition for dealership employees who meet yearly training quotas

@hermyherm365 2 ай бұрын

I love this rig

@OmarDenarzi 3 ай бұрын

More videos like this one please Zack ❤.

@77silverado 3 ай бұрын

awesome truck, thought about submitting my truck since i noticed you didnt have any 70s squarebodys on the channel, ig i was just a little late lol

@WildWildWeasel 3 ай бұрын

Is that truck's patina lacquered over though?

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

Looks the same colors as my 73 GMC!

@davidp2888 3 ай бұрын

My favorite is the 1972 C-10.

@doug6191 2 ай бұрын

I love restomods of these. The original powertrain is terrible, as is the interior, but the look of these is fantastic. On a related note, I remember people complained when the GMT900 Silverado debuted with squared-off wheel openings. Look at this C10 - it has squared-off wheel openings, and people loved it!! Same for the GMT400s and GMT800s. 🤷‍♂️

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

SCREW RESTOMODS! You are destroying history when you butcher an old vehicle like that. The 73 and 74 don't have catalytic converters and don't have to be smog checked, so you can convert the engines to late 60s specs and have PLENTY of power, and better gas mileage on top of that. A win-win if you ask me.

@dave11686 3 ай бұрын

So sweet

@JarmelSingsKaraoke 3 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

Not good to coast in Neutral. Hard on your brakes. Stay in gear until you feel the engine pushing against the brakes. You will have shorter stopping distances and longer brake lining life.

@Foxonian 3 ай бұрын

3 on the tree shift was available on most passenger cars in the US well into the late 1970's. Plymouth offered it on the Volare as late as 1977.

@לואיסבןזאב-ר4פ 3 ай бұрын

I wish you review honfa deĺ sol ❤

@anthonyrowland9072 3 ай бұрын

It seems wrong seeing one of those trucks with a 6 cylinder...

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

Lots of them had a 6. Many people didn't buy trucks for speed, they bought them for utility. A 6 was all you need.

@anthonyrowland9072 2 ай бұрын

@@jamesbosworth4191 I never saw in one person in my life.

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

@@anthonyrowland9072 I own one, a 73 GMC and used to own an 81 Chevy, both 6 cyl., and my brother almost bought an 87 GMC with a 262 V6, and in my last year of High School, the first year these came out, one of my teachers bought one and loved it. It was a 6 cylinder.

@gregoryblair9810 Ай бұрын

@@anthonyrowland9072 having been driving legally since 1970, and being raised in Montana, most of these had straight 6's. Only when people try to "soup them up" do they get 350's etc.

@anthonyrowland9072 Ай бұрын

@@gregoryblair9810 I guess they sent all them to Montana because it Tennessee it's literally nothing but V8s. Y'all can keep them Paw Paw motors...

@Yourmission9 3 ай бұрын

If the owner is watching this video and reading comments don’t change your truck, it’s perfect as is, the stance looks great too. If you want to customize a car buy another one because that one’s complete