Wonder what the guys would say if I showed up with this at the local Friday night cruise-in?
“What’s that?” “A ’73 Chevy C10”. “Right…”
This Brazilian C10 was posted at the Cohort by Diego Torres Silvestre, and he left this comment:
Ok, I’m a Ford guy, but I can’t resist a good classic like this ’73 Chevy C14 pickup truck parked in front of a store in my hometown, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Designed in Brazil by a team leaded by Luther Whitmore Stier, this pickup truck is different than the American C/K trucks of the same era, and is powered by the venerable 261 ‘Stovebolt’ inline-six. It’s always nice to see a classic car being used like a normal car, and not an ‘over-restored’ trailer-queen.
Here’s more on these trucks and the “Suburban” version (“Vareneio”)
There’s a little bit of a ’64-’66 C10 Custom in the grill, the windshield and the top of the cab. Do you suppose they recycled more than just the Stovebolt?
The mid 60’s C10 cues are what jump out to me too, but I’m guessing it was more inspiration than anything concrete.
I believe these trucks are similar to the ’64-’66 chassis-wise, but not identical. Some were built with the 153 4 cylinder. I think this body style lasted until sometime around 1982, when it was replaced with a restyled version the 1973 Chevy light duty truck.
The cab looks copied directly from the Studebaker Champion truck.
Kinda what I thought too.
Reminds me of a movie from the 1980s that featured a customised ridiculously fast pickup racing on the highways out in Nevada, Utah or similar.
It has a bit of Chevy LUV (1st gen) look to me.
Really nice. In the old days these C10 and D10 (same truck, but with diesel engines) were everywhere in Brazil. Real Trucks they were.
Reminds me of a mid-60’s Datsun 520.
I thought it was a mutant Chevy Luv at first.
That vintage Fiat on the wall with dual exhausts is interesting too.
Happy Motoring, Mark
I like it although I think the previous Brazilian Chevy trucks looked better .
-Nate
Im trying to find out what windshield would fit. I have one in the Usa thats got a.crack. Thinking a 66 chevy will fit in my 75.
It might, but I wouldn’t bet on it. I’d recommend Googling some more to see if anyone else has made that swap.