1974 Chevy C10 LS-Powered Muscle Truck

1974 Chevrolet C-10 Description

Yes, this is the Muscle Truck from the Roadkill show on YouTube. This auction is being conducted by a private party and not by Roadkill, Motor Trend, or The Enthusiast Network. The truck is a 1974 Chevy C10 shortbed stepside that you can see in Roadkill episodes 18, 28, 36, and 50, and in Hot Rod Garage episode 5. It was also in an issue of Hot Rod magazine. The truck is powered by an aluminum-block LS6 crate engine that's stock other than a small Crane cam, roller rockers, BBK intake, MSD Atomic EFI, Milodon oil pan, and headers. There's a nitrous plate and solenoids on the engine, but no other nitrous components. The trans is a full-manual-valvebody Turbo 400 from Winters with a Hurst Quarter Stick, and it has a Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. The rearend is a Ford 9-inch with 5.13 gears and a spool. The front suspension has Ridetech air bags and control arms, but no sway bar. The rear suspension has stock leafs with a flip kit, CalTracs bars, and Rancho RS9000 shocks on custom mounts with a C-notch. The wheels are Cragar 17x9 Soft 8s with Toyo tires. The truck is famous for a wicked exhaust sound through DynoMax race bullet mufflers. The truck had a full rollcage at one time; it has been cut out of the cab, but there are cab-to-frame supports under the truck and base plates still mounted to the floor. The fuel system is a rear-mounted cell with an Aeromotive A1000 pump and regulator. THE GOOD: Despite the body being patched together from a couple different trucks, it's very straight and rust-free. The underside of the truck and cab is very clean, with the frame having been sandblasted and painted. The truck can be driven anywhere right now (I once drove it from Los Angeles to Memphis and back). THE BAD: The engine has a leanout problem at high rpm that causes it to nose over—perhaps fuel starvation, I have not bothered to troubleshoot it. The tach does not work. The rear suspension fabrication is not that good. The spool in the rearend is pretty annoying to drive around on the street. The rear axle is from a '78 F100 and still has the brakes from that truck, and they barely work at all. Both window regulators have the crank-handle splines wrecked by Vise Grips. The windshield is pocked by chop-saw sparks. OVERALL: this thing is probably about what you'd expect from seeing the show. Super fun, super loud, fairly quick, and lots of good parts that could be even better with some attention to neatening things up.