Retired one-ton 1973 Chevrolet C30 pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description:
Original owner. 350 Target Master engine. Corporate 14 bolt, full floater rear. Beautiful shape. No rust. Runs and drives great. Hydraulic lift gate and metal bed rack. Original gate and bumper come with the truck. Hydraulic gate is bolted on so it can come off if so desired.The original owner had a vending machine business and his venerable 56 Ford was getting a little old in the tooth, so he purchased this Chevy pick up, new, to do a lot of the leg work. The original color was a Medium or Dark Gold. The the truck was repainted back in the 90's. The odometer shows 67K miles. Overall condition of truck shows that could be true, however, the truck was repainted and the seat appears as though it was reupholstered and it has a replacement engine. It was only driven locally, so mileage on odo could be accurate. It was a work truck every day of its life.
This truck could be a great addition to a commercial fleet and add the bit of classic truck style to the fleet, or, you can swap out the original tailgate and bumper and use as a fun cruise truck. Add some nice tires and rims, headers, pull a few leaves from the 1 ton springs and have at it. Or, just keep her completely stock, with the white rims and poverty caps.
1973 Chevrolet C30
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Smack dab in the heartland of America, Enid, Oklahoma is an exceptionally friendly small town with a triad of great car shows that occur in three consecutive weekends. The fun starts with the Boy Scouts Show, which is always the last Saturday in March, then the Corvette Expo on the first weekend of April. For 2024, there is a newcomer to Enid’s car show scene: the Shepherds Show & Shine, which lands on the second Saturday in April.
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Harold Clay, owner of Clay’s Collision Center and Harold’s Hot Rod Shop in Enid, called me at home in California and asked if I could offer our mutual friend Tom’s daughter some tips on how to put on a charity car show for her church (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School) for its first attempt. I’m in Enid several times a year, so I knew the Boy Scouts car show is traditionally held on the last Saturday in March followed by the Corvette Expo always on the first Saturday in April. I Googled to see if April 13th was okay to hold Shepherds 1st Annual Custom & Classic Car Show & Shine and it looked like the coast was clear.
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Famous last words. On January 28, 2024, I posted Shepherds Show & Shine flyer on Clay’s Collision Center’s Facebook page to help promote the new show. Immediately the proverbial poop hit the fan. Folks had misread the flyer and erroneously thought Clay’s Collision Center was the promoter of Shepherds show, so Clay’s phone started ringing off the hook with people asking for show information. Who knew Easter would fall on March 30, 2024? I couldn’t find it announced anywhere online that the Boy Scouts Show had moved their date from late March to April 13, 2024, one week after the 32nd Annual Corvette Expo came to Enid.
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The wheels were motion and it appeared that neither party would back out, so consequently both car shows were set to take place on the same day. The early morning of April 13 started out a little stressful and then as the morning progressed plenty of cars, pickups and motorcycles started rolling into Shepherds 1st Annual Custom & Classic Car Show & Shine. A great success, the Shepherds show was an absolute nostalgic time warp. St. Paul’s church was built in 1926 and the beautiful old houses in the neighborhood circa 1927 set the mood. It was a good scene, the adjacent fenced schoolyard to the car show grounds was packed with children playing and dogs on leashes were everywhere… classic rock ’n roll music filled the air.
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At 1:30pm Harold and I jumped into his chop-top ’60 Chrysler New Yorker and headed over to the Boy Scouts show that was hosted by the Enid Antique Auto Club at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center. Just like the Shepherds Show & Shine, admission for spectators at the Boy Scouts Show was free to all. Interestingly, the cars shown indoors at the Boy Scouts Show were mostly of a different style than the cars that rolled into Shepherds Show & Shine held outdoors, so the number of show cars was high at both locations. And Harold and I noticed a lot of the spectators we spotted at Shepherds were also present at the Boy Scouts Show, so apparently all that is well, ends well.
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