Scene in SoCal: Classic Chevy C10 Is a Perfect ’10’
Vintage, ’60s-era Chevrolet C10 truck spotted in WeHo is unpretentiously perfect.
It’s not easy coming across a natural beauty anywhere near Hollywood, the land of fake reality TV and surgically-enhanced celebrities. So, when we were rolling through West Hollywood’s Melrose Avenue neighborhood recently, this stellar natural beauty of a vintage Chevy C10 truck instantly caught our attention.
Everything about this attention-grabbing rolling relic is impressive from bumper to bumper. And it’s the seamless way that the Chevy’s style melds some modern polish with the original aesthetic that really makes this ’60s-era ride rock, as do the laying frame and those incredible rims! Also, the smooth, shiny chrome bumpers and glossy wood floorboard in the bed add a sophisticated, unpretentious sparkle and provide a perfect balance to the gorgeously gritty edginess of the many scratches, scrapes and splotches of faded paint. The base of the bed floor looks like it was lifted so that the truck could be lowered all the way down to its frame, and the wood floorboard is
Another uniquely cool aspect of this low-riding beast that initially caught our attention is the Mickey Mouse antenna ball that proudly announces that this beat-up beauty calls SoCal home.
