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1973 Chevy C-10

Motortopia Staff . 2nd December, 2021
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  • 1973 Chevy C-10
  • 1973 Chevy C-10
  • 1973 Chevy C-10
  • 1973 Chevy C-10
  • 1973 Chevy C-10

Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

PRESTON FOLKESTAD

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year: 1973

Engine:

ENGINE

  • 355-ci small-block Chevrolet
  • Machined by Automotive Machine Shop Services
  • Assembled by Mike Six Sr.
  • 500 hp
  • 450 f t-lbs
  • Forged crank and rods
  • JE pistons
  • Ported and polished aluminum cylinder heads
  • Stainless CV Products valves, springs and pushrods
  • COMP Cams camshaft
  • COMP Cams lifters
  • ARP assembly hardware
  • Scorpion shaft roller rockers
  • Tuff Stuff water pump
  • Fluidyne radiator
  • Energy Suspension motor mounts
  • Edelbrock Victor intake manifold
  • Custom stainless works headers by 515 Fabrication
  • Custom stainless mandrel-bent exhaust by 515 Fabrication
  • Tuff Stuff  a  lternator
  • GC Cooling electric cooling fans
  • FITech Mean Street EFI system
  • Magnaflow 3-inch mufflers
  • Custom valve covers, All American Billet pulleys
  • 700R4 transmission, B&M 3,200-stall Ed Slivka/Fast Shafts

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

  • Notched and shortened rear frame
  • Quick Performance 4.10-geared rear differential
  • No Limit front K-member with rack-and-pinion
  • No Limit drop spindles
  • Ridetech front coil-overs
  • Wilwood six-piston front calipers, 14-inch front rotors
  • Ridetech mono-leaf springs, 2-inch All-Star Billet lowering blocks
  • Ridetech rear coil-overs
  • Wilwood rear brakes
  • Wilwood master cylinder

Transmission:

Exterior Color:

Interior Color:

Specification

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ENGINE

  • 355-ci small-block Chevrolet
  • Machined by Automotive Machine Shop Services
  • Assembled by Mike Six Sr.
  • 500 hp
  • 450 f t-lbs
  • Forged crank and rods
  • JE pistons
  • Ported and polished aluminum cylinder heads
  • Stainless CV Products valves, springs and pushrods
  • COMP Cams camshaft
  • COMP Cams lifters
  • ARP assembly hardware
  • Scorpion shaft roller rockers
  • Tuff Stuff water pump
  • Fluidyne radiator
  • Energy Suspension motor mounts
  • Edelbrock Victor intake manifold
  • Custom stainless works headers by 515 Fabrication
  • Custom stainless mandrel-bent exhaust by 515 Fabrication
  • Tuff Stuff  a  lternator
  • GC Cooling electric cooling fans
  • FITech Mean Street EFI system
  • Magnaflow 3-inch mufflers
  • Custom valve covers, All American Billet pulleys
  • 700R4 transmission, B&M 3,200-stall Ed Slivka/Fast Shafts

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

  • Notched and shortened rear frame
  • Quick Performance 4.10-geared rear differential
  • No Limit front K-member with rack-and-pinion
  • No Limit drop spindles
  • Ridetech front coil-overs
  • Wilwood six-piston front calipers, 14-inch front rotors
  • Ridetech mono-leaf springs, 2-inch All-Star Billet lowering blocks
  • Ridetech rear coil-overs
  • Wilwood rear brakes
  • Wilwood master cylinder

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WHEELS & TIRES

  • 20-inch US Mag Rambler
  • Textured gray with diamond-cut lip
  • Nitto NT05S P255/35ZR20 front and NT05S P315/35ZR20 rear

BODY & PAINT

  • Shaved bumper bolts, stake pocket holes, key holes, drip rails, cab seams, emblems, marker lights, semi-smoothed firewall
  • House of Kolor Kandy Tangerine, Orion Silver and Kandy Black
  • Paint by Chris Cope
  • Bodywork by Chris Cope and Preston Folkestad
  • Cowl-induction hood
  • Custom-airbrushed carbon-fiber stripe
  • United Pacific headlights and taillights
  • Delmo’s door handles

INTERIOR & STEREO

  • Leather and suede pattern designed by owner
  • Custom leather-wrapped dash with carbon-fiber insert
  • Billet Specialties steering wheel
  • Sparco seat belts
  • Dakota Digital HDX gauges
  • Custom door panels and arm rests
  • Vintage Air climate control
  • Black cut-pile carpeting
  • Interior by Steve Pearson, Preston Folkestad, Deluxe Custom Upholstery and Upholstery Unlimited
  • Alpine CDE-HD 164BT head unit
  • Alpine Type R SPR-50C speakers
  • Alpine MRV M1200/MRV F300 amplifiers
  • Alpine Type R SWR-T10 subwoofers
  • Stinger wiring
  • Dynamat sound deadener
SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “Fluidyne, GC Cooling, Dakota Digital, Delmo’s, Chris Cope for painting and putting in serious hard work, Dale’s Tire for great service and advice on the wheel and tire combination, Bitter End Old School Choppers for helping build the matching motorcycle and Great-Grandpa Maurice “Buck” Heckart, the truck’s original owner.” Check out more Chevrolet vehicle profiles!

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