1973 Chevy C-10

Motortopia Staff . 2nd December, 2021

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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

ENGINE

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!