It's no secret that the desirable trucks are getting harder and harder to find, let alone pick up for a bargain. The going rate for a short bed C10 in the worst of shape seems to be north of $6-8k.

Having lived most of my life in the high-performance hot rod industry, I was a little miffed the first time I heard the term square-body truck some years ago. That's strange, I thought. Kind of like ...