C20 Prepares for a New Lease on Life from the Farm
Hoonigan video editor rescues 1965 C20 from years of overgrowth on his family’s farm for $120.
The mythical barn find is the holy grail of projects. Whether it’s a C1-era Corvette, a Yenko Camaro, or a classic Suburban, there’s always hope eternal shining from the rusty, dusty engine bay. All that’s needed is some cash, a trailer, and some effort to bring the diamond in the rough out of the barn.
Or the brush. Hoonigan editor Kyle Stuart recently paid his father “$120 worth of scrap metal” for a 1965 C20 that had been in his father’s name for 35 years. All he needed to do was pull the truck out of the brush of his family’s farm in Michigan.
Stuart says the body is in “really good shape” despite the years of sitting out in the elements, though “there’s an animal or two livin’ inside” the cab, and there are “trees” growing through the bed. Stuart is ready to get the C20 back out on the road, but he’ll first need “to get it out of the woods.”
Armed with a machete, Stuart whacks away at the brush to reveal the C20 for the camera, where he finds the left side has both of its tires, and no big trees growing through the bed that would make removal more difficult. His dad soon arrives with the tractor, who suggests Stuart find a way inside the cab to turn the wheels. As for adding a tire to help things along, Dad’s not so concerned.
With the tractor in position, Dad wraps a thick chain and hook around the front bumper of the C20, then hooks the truck up to the tractor so that that latter can pull up and out. Stuart gets in the cab to help steer the truck out of the brush, while the tractor does all the work with the greatest of ease.
Now that the C20 is out of the brush, Stuart is ready to start work on getting it running again. We know what the Hoonigan crew are capable of doing, so we can’t wait to see how hardcore this build will be.
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