1973 Chevy Cheyenne Super 10 – Harlan K.

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I bought my ’73 Chevy C20 Super Cheyenne 454 pickup for $450. My mom helped me pay for it. She told the owner he would not recognize it in 6 months.

I worked at a car dealer at the time. I worked in the service department from 7-6 and then would head to the body shop, which was at the dealer and worked on the truck usually all night, and then go back to work at 7. Sometimes, no one knew I was still working and they would set the alarm, and when I would walk out of the paint booth with my mask on, the cops were there waiting for me!

The body shop manager taught me all about bodywork so that helped a lot. This was my first complete paint job, the box was a take off from a then new ’86 Chevy. The body shop guys tried to talk me into putting on the new sheet metal with the front side marker horizontally instead of vertically, but I kept it original. Before it was done and still without a box and a seat, I would still use the truck to get back and forth to work – about a 15 mile drive.

One day, I decided to try a burnout around a corner not realizing how much the seat held you in place. I was tossed about in the cab and the door popped open but I still managed a pretty nice burn out.