Justin Heath’s 1970 Chevrolet C10 Pickup
Meet the Heroes of Power Tour! Justin Heath, Clarksville, TN and his 1970 Chevrolet C10 pickup.
While at the final stop of the 2008 HOT ROD Power Tour® in Madison, Wisconsin we had a chance to meet Earl Branson, Justin Heath’s stepfather. In December Justin had a seizure that led doctors to discover a cancerous tumor in Justin’s brain. A glioma was found, which is similar to the tumor that Senator Ted Kennedy is undergoing treatment for. In Justin’s case the cancer has reached Stage 4.
Earl and Justin have been working on his pickup together since Justin dragged it out of a field. In some places “the rust was so bad you could see through the metal,” Earl told us. Justin and Earl did the bodywork, and Justin painted the truck himself. Under the hood is a 305 TBI V-8 out of a Caprice, backed by a 700-R4 automatic overdrive transmission.
Justin had a long-time dream to travel the Power Tour in his truck, and with Earl’s help, they were able to make it happen. The pair long-hauled from Little Rock, Arkansas, which made the fulfillment of this dream all the more poignant for Earl, who was in or near tears the whole time he was telling Drew Hardin and Arvid Svendsen about Justin and the work he did on his truck.
The Heroes of Power Tour® is an honor that the HOT ROD staff is proud to have the opportunity to share. HOT ROD has identified the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center as a honorable charity in the state of Tennessee where Justin lives. Help stop cancer and help those who need treatment in Tennessee by clicking here. – Link https://webapp-a.mis.vanderbilt.edu/olga/?appealCode=A07W0
Photo Credit: Arvid Svendsen. Special thanks to Muscle Car Review Editor Drew Hardin for sharing Justin’s story.
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