Heavily Patina’d 1967 Chevy C10 Is Packing Serious LT5 Heat Underhood
Don’t let the ratty exterior of this classic 1967 Chevy C10 fool you – it’s really a modern sports car underneath.
Patina is all the rage these days, for a variety of good reasons. Body and paintwork are obviously expensive, and many will argue that if a vehicle earned its worn appearance, why not preserve it? Regardless, many still see a patina’d vehicle and pass it off as a beater, but this 1967 Chevy C10 built by the renowned Roadster Shop proves that sometimes, beauty is more than skin deep.
Roadster Shop is famous for building some of the finest hot rods on earth, but this 1967 Chevy C10 looks more like a worn old pickup wearing aftermarket wheels and tires on the outside. It’s very unassuming, which is ironic considering the fact that it is hiding a bevy of high-dollar, modern components underneath its ratty skin.
The heart of this beastly pickup is GM’s supercharged 6.2-liter LT5 V8, which cranks out a massive 755 horsepower and 715 pound-feet of torque. That tremendous amount of power flows through a 10-speed automatic transmission to a Strange S-Trac rear differential. According to Roadster Shop, the motor can be turned up to around 900 horsepower if desired, too. But this build isn’t just about raw power – it also has the stuff required to make this vintage pickup stop and go around corners, too.
The C10 rides on a custom Roadster RideLine chassis that’s been fitted with a host of goodies including Fox shocks, a fully-independent rear suspension, and C7 Corvette ZR1-derived carbon-ceramic brakes with six-piston front calipers for good measure. The final piece of the puzzle is a set of Forgeline wheels wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires for a truly well-rounded package. When straight-line speed is the priority, the truck also has a set of drag radials ready to go on.
The beauty of all these carefully chosen parts is a truck that looks incredibly unassuming, but in reality, it hooks, corners, and accelerates like a modern sports car, in spite of its portly 4,200-pound curb weight. Couple that with the fact that you won’t have to worry about parking up front at the grocery store, and this old Chevy is a winner in our book.
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