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PHOTOGRAPHY BY Grant Coxwentysome years ago, when Oklahoman Jess Steele was in high school, he was fortunate enough to own and drive a 1971 C10. Having parted ways with that truck is something he’s strongly regretted for the past two decades.
Now married and well into a career as an electrical contractor, Jess found himself in the position to get himself back behind the wheel of a 1967-1972 C10. But rather than reconstruct his high school ride from scratch, he took the higher road and instead searched out one that had already been done—or as it turned out, done … with room for improvements to better suit his personal tastes.
Jess also told us that his father always had a true love for classic cars. He sadly died when Jess was only five weeks old, so along with this being a nod to his long-lost high school hauler, it’s definitely in honor of the dad he was so terribly robbed of knowing. He hopes to pass his inherited automotive passion along to his son and daughter, a sentiment we couldn’t agree with more.
