A Closer Look at Goliath: Bangshift.com’s New Project 1965 C50 Truck

By now you have probably seen the photos of us dragging our handsome brute of a truck home from the woods of Maine. We’ve named the truck Goliath for obvious reasons. The thing is massive. After dragging it home we have not had a lot of time to spend with it so here’s some backstory about the truck, how we got it, and what we plan to do with it.

The truck is a 1965 Chevy C50 (we previously called it a ‘65). It has a GVW of 16,000 pounds. It is equipped with a 292ci straight six, four speed SM420 transmission, and large by huge Eaton rear end. We did some VIN decoding and discovered that the truck was ordered as a cab and chassis. It was built at the Oakland, California General Motors factory.

According to the guy we bought it from, the truck was owned by the phone company for many years and had a boom lift mounted to a flatbed. We’re on board with the phone company stuff but not sure about the lift part as there is no PTO on the truck and we’d think that a PTO would be necessary equipment to run the lift. Who knows, it may have been removed years ago. Continue reading at BangShift.com