1971 Chevy C-10

Motortopia Staff . 29th August, 2022

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Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

JD ARTHURS

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year: 1971

Engine:

ENGINE

Work performed by Laid Back Recreations and R&P Machine

2007 6.0L LQ engine

317 casting cylinder heads

Texas Speed 224R camshaft

Texas Speed valves, lifters and pushrods

Power Master alternator

Magnuson TVS2300 supercharger

Ceramic-coated Sanderson headers

Flowmaster mufflers with custom piping

Griffin aluminum radiator

SPAL cooling fans

Chevy script valve covers

Concept One front-runner pulley drive system

Painless Performance wiring

RPM Stage 6 4L65E transmission

Yank 3,000-rpm stall torque converter

Stock shifter modified with Lokar components

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

Work performed by Laid Back Recreations

Porterbuilt front and rear air ride Extreme Dropmembers

Porterbuilt upper and lower control arms

KYB shocks front and rear

CPP drop spindles

AccuAir e-Level air management system

Wilwood front and rear big brake kits

Wilwood master cylinder

Boyd Welding fuel tank

Narrowed GM 12-bolt rearend

Transmission:

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Specification

ENGINE

WHEELS & TIRES

20x8.5 and 22x12 Intro Retro billet wheels

245/35ZR20 and 315/30ZR22 Durun F/1 tires

BODY & PAINT

Work performed by Laid Back Recreations

1-inch body drop

Bed floor raised 11 inches

LED taillights

Smoothed firewall

Hills Hot Rods inner fenderwells

Precision glass and weather-stripping

Engine compartment painted satin blue and black

INTERIOR

Work performed by Laid Back Recreations

Interior metal painted satin blue

Factory bench seat lowered 1 inch

Seat covered in hound’s-tooth pattern and blue vinyl

Dynamat sound deadening material throughout cab

Medium blue carpet

Dakota Digital VHX gauges

Vintage Air kit with custom one-off controls

SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “Special thanks to my wife for allowing me to build Elwood and for naming the truck after Elwood Blues, and to Kyle for bringing Elwood to life. Thanks to Precision for all the glass and weather-stripping.”