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Stephen Williams’ 1964 C10 Barn Find

- LOGAN WADE

TRUE BARNYARD FINDS JUST DON’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN ANYMORE. Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more difficult to find those tucked-away gems that have been hiding away for many years. Stephen Williams of Allardt, Tennessee, got lucky. He came across a pretty unique barn find in December 2018.

Stephen has always liked older trucks and vehicles.

“I would have to attribute that to my dad and my papa Clyde,” Stephen says. “I actually have a couple of Polaroid photos of the trucks they used to have. They were ’64- ’66 body styles. They were always trading them and always had one around.”

Fortunately, Stephen was fortunate enough to save this ’64 Chevrolet C10 from being destroyed.

He had been searching for a truck to build for quite some time. He attended Dino’s Git Down in November 2018, which motivated him to build an old truck. One day, Stephen came across a ’64 C10 when he was scrolling through the Kansas Craigslist, and it was the perfect barn find. The truck had been stored untouched for several years, and the owners were ready to get rid of it. Stephen immediately got a plan together to pick up the C10, and before he knew it, a car hauler was headed to Kansas to bring the truck home.

As soon as Stephen got the truck in his garage, they hit the ground running.

“We took our time on this build,” he says. “We blew it completely apart all the way down to the frame and built it back up from there.”