Cummins-Powered 1963 Chevy C10 Pickup Is A Seriously Cool Shop Truck: Video
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When most people hear the words “shop truck” they probably think of a base model Chevy Silverado 1500 or Silverado HD with some wear and tear, and perhaps a little bit of rust here and there. The guys over at South County Auto Salon have a different idea of a shop truck, though. Instead of a tired old work truck, the Costa Mesa-based company’s shop truck is a slammed 1963 Chevy C10 with air ride suspension, 24-inch wheels and a 12V Cummins engine swap.
South County Auto Salon’s unique shop truck was the subject of a recent video put together by the AutotopiaLA channel on YouTube. Nick, one of the shop’s reps, says the truck started out life as a regular 1963 C10, but they later removed the body from the C10 frame and dropped it over a stock Chevy C30 chassis from the 1980s. The truck also features full air ride suspension and staggered wheel sizes measuring 22 inches in the front and a massive 24 inches in the rear.
Power in this unique shop truck comes from a 5.9L 12V Cummins inline-six lifted from an early 1990s Dodge Ram, which sends power to the dually rear axle through a stock five-speed manual transmission. This setup provides more than enough thrust for picking up or delivering parts, or even towing the shop’s large loaded-up flatbed trailer to and from local car shows and events. There are plans to upgrade the Cummins engine at some point in the future, but for now, the factory output of this sturdy American diesel motor does just fine.
Check out the video embedded below to see more of South County Auto Salon’s slammed 1963 Chevy C10 shop truck.
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Not something I’m into, but it’s Very nice! It Is noticeable, the hood looks to have been painted on a different day. And one question, What’s up with the Dome light?
This truck looks like a ’64 or newer to me. It does not have the “knee banger” windshield. Also I believe the grill should have “Chevrolet” on the bottom bar.
the emblem on the fender is a 64 emblem. And the cab is a 64-66 cab.
Nice. Cummins diesels saved Dodge ( now RAM ) trucks. Pre Cummins, Dodge trucks were at approx. 85K units a year. After Cummins engine option Dodge trucks hit over a million units per year. Huge winner for Chrysler. People were buying Dodge trucks solely to get the Cummins diesel. Cummins rocks.
The vintage and superb Cummins 5.9 is the best engine in this series. The 5.9 block was bored out to to create the 6.6 to meet emission requirements. Lots of emission control add ons are now restricting diesel engine life and performance. And now we have crazy DEF.
The vintage Caterpillar diesels from years ago were the best on the planet for life and performance. Stellar vehicular and industrial diesels: D343, 1693, 3406E, 3304, 3306, D342, D353, to cite a few examples. Then Uncle Sam got involved with emission requirements and screwed everything up. Due to Uncle’s meddling Caterpillar exited the on highway truck engine business and Cummins picked up on this huge void. Cat had 40+% of the North American on highway diesel business and growing, in their on highway diesel engine heyday
The second generation Clessie Cummins P/T ( pressure – time ), mechanical diesel fuel delivery system and the Caterpillar scroll metering diesel delivery system were the best on the planet. All mechanical. Now we have electronic black boxes loaded with Asian chips delivering diesel fuel to meet emission requirements.
The carbon sucking vast corn, wheat and sowbean crops of the world’s most productive grain belt need suspended carbon to produce the crops to feed the world and provide energy fuel ( bio fuels ).
We are in need to get back to pragmatic scientific analysis in the United States.
Very nice build, but after all that money spent I cant understand the choice of using an old school C 5.9. A 6.6 would be a sweet mill for that ride. Nice mild tune on the 6.6 and that truck would dance and not sound like a farm tractor from motha Russia…..