JackalopeCheyenne
Junior Member
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2019
- Posts
- 10
- Reaction score
- 19
- Location
- Washington
- First Name
- Jon
- Truck Year
- 1973
- Truck Model
- K10 Cheyenne
- Engine Size
- 350
Well, where to start. I'm a F@#D guy. I know, I know...that's a curse word in these parts, but here's the story.
Sitting in a bar, my buddy and I would always argue the Ford vs Chevy fight and we all know where that goes. He has a 71 Chevy C20 Camper Special and I had a 01 Ford F-150. Any how, our arguing over what is better ended one day when he bought an 03 Ford Explorer. I laughed and laughed.
Down the road, my fiance and I went to an RV show and bought a Micro Winnie travel trailer. Well, my old Ford could haul it, but it was pushing 300k miles. The old rig was getting tired and brought up reliability issues. So a new truck was in order.
Secretly, I had a passion for the old squarebody Chevy's, but I knew the ol' lady wouldn't go for it, but something happened. We found a truck at the Chevy dealer...and we fell in love with it. It is a 2018 Chevy Silverado converted to have that old school Cheyenne Super 10 (Big 10) look. We bought it off the lot after it was there over a year (and got a good deal on it too).
As time went by, I was still looking for that old truck to restore. I was in the Navy for 20 years, and had an old 81 Bronco, but had to sell it, unfortunately, when I was stationed in Hawaii. Now I'm retired from that and still wanted an old resto project.
I searched Craigslist and all the other want ads online, but only could find 2WD models. I wanted a 4WD. Then it happened. There it was. Canyon City, Oregon...A blue 1973 Chevy Cheyenne K10. Shortbed, some heavy rust spots, but not too much (mainly surface rust), interior...not so great. Seat deteriorated, headliner shot, a bullet hole in the door (PO story...interior shot...Had me in stitches). I wanted it, but the only thing was it was 295 miles away...UGH!
Finally, my fiance said it...okay, lets go. I was ecstatic. So we loaded up "Big Red" rented a car hauler trailer and 5 hours later...a quick test drive...$3000 dollars, I have a rusted up ol' pickup truck.
Well, that is my long winded story of how I got "The Jackalope" also affectionately called "Ol' Blue" (but everybody with old blue trucks are call it that). I call it "The Jackalope" because they are awesome critters from Wyoming that have an affinity for whiskey, and I figure it would be a fitting name for it being a Cheyenne which is also a place in Wyoming and I still, to this day, want to go to Wyoming to pay my tributes to Chris Ledoux, my favorite country artist of all time. God Bless Chris Ledoux.
Oh yeah, and my buddy, remember him? He's extremely jealous because I have two Chevys to his one. And, I'll post pics soon. My other laptop took a fall and I need to transfer stuff to the new one still...
Sitting in a bar, my buddy and I would always argue the Ford vs Chevy fight and we all know where that goes. He has a 71 Chevy C20 Camper Special and I had a 01 Ford F-150. Any how, our arguing over what is better ended one day when he bought an 03 Ford Explorer. I laughed and laughed.
Down the road, my fiance and I went to an RV show and bought a Micro Winnie travel trailer. Well, my old Ford could haul it, but it was pushing 300k miles. The old rig was getting tired and brought up reliability issues. So a new truck was in order.
Secretly, I had a passion for the old squarebody Chevy's, but I knew the ol' lady wouldn't go for it, but something happened. We found a truck at the Chevy dealer...and we fell in love with it. It is a 2018 Chevy Silverado converted to have that old school Cheyenne Super 10 (Big 10) look. We bought it off the lot after it was there over a year (and got a good deal on it too).
As time went by, I was still looking for that old truck to restore. I was in the Navy for 20 years, and had an old 81 Bronco, but had to sell it, unfortunately, when I was stationed in Hawaii. Now I'm retired from that and still wanted an old resto project.
I searched Craigslist and all the other want ads online, but only could find 2WD models. I wanted a 4WD. Then it happened. There it was. Canyon City, Oregon...A blue 1973 Chevy Cheyenne K10. Shortbed, some heavy rust spots, but not too much (mainly surface rust), interior...not so great. Seat deteriorated, headliner shot, a bullet hole in the door (PO story...interior shot...Had me in stitches). I wanted it, but the only thing was it was 295 miles away...UGH!
Finally, my fiance said it...okay, lets go. I was ecstatic. So we loaded up "Big Red" rented a car hauler trailer and 5 hours later...a quick test drive...$3000 dollars, I have a rusted up ol' pickup truck.
Well, that is my long winded story of how I got "The Jackalope" also affectionately called "Ol' Blue" (but everybody with old blue trucks are call it that). I call it "The Jackalope" because they are awesome critters from Wyoming that have an affinity for whiskey, and I figure it would be a fitting name for it being a Cheyenne which is also a place in Wyoming and I still, to this day, want to go to Wyoming to pay my tributes to Chris Ledoux, my favorite country artist of all time. God Bless Chris Ledoux.
Oh yeah, and my buddy, remember him? He's extremely jealous because I have two Chevys to his one. And, I'll post pics soon. My other laptop took a fall and I need to transfer stuff to the new one still...
