Nostalgia and Trends Merge in This ’84 Chevy C10
Nothing soothes more than a good dose of nostalgia. For Derrick Ramsey of Heber Springs, Arkansas, nostalgia came from his childhood of riding with his grandfather in a Chevy Squarebody.
My youngest memories were standing on a bench seat of an old farm truck. My grandfather and I went everywhere together. It was a huge part of my childhood.
“My youngest memories were standing on a bench seat of an old farm truck,” Derrick says. “My grandfather and I went everywhere together. It was a huge part of my childhood.”
Decades later, Derrick was conversing with a friend and shared his farm-truck memories. His friend told him that he knew of an ’84 Chevy C10 for sale for only $1,500. At that price, it was a no-brainer to scoop up the truck. Luckily, it was only one town over.
When Derrick arrived, he was shocked at how clean it was.
“It was mint, not a single speck of rust anywhere,” Derrick says.
This Brian Tooley-built ’01 5.3L LS engine has a few upgrades including a truck cam, Holley Script coil pack covers, a shaved stock intake that is painted to match, and Taylor spark plug wires.
The tail shaft was broken so it wouldn’t drive, but that…
