We bought a 1977 C10 350 with
We bought a 1977 C10 350 with TH350 2WD.
We used and abused the truck in ways it was not made for. A hoist on the back used to lift and haul stationary engines used for pumping irrigation water. We have carried 3,500 pounds numerous times and 3 large block engines in frames (454, 460, 534, 443) more times than we can count. Traveling down hot dusty hiways, dirt roads, and across plowed fields. Over the years we overhauled the engine 1 time and replaced the transmission with a TH400. Numerous other predictable repairs and maintenance items excluded, the service was very negligible.
When the engine needed rebuilding a 2nd time, we decided to replace the truck. Oh, it did need a speedometer as the odometer had stopped sometime after it rolled over 600,000. This was at least 2 years previously.
Not sure any other brand would have stood up to the work this truck did for us. Wish I had 2 more just like it. Long live the Bowtie.