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BASE MODELUnited States

K10 / K20 (1960–72)

Chevrolet’s first factory four-wheel-drive pick-ups: the K10 half-ton and K20 three-quarter-ton of the 1960 C/K series (K = four-wheel drive), replacing the NAPCO Powr-Pak conversions of 1955–59, with a ladder frame, leaf-sprung solid axles, the 235 and 292 sixes and the 283 and 327 V8s, through the 1967–72 “Action Line” redesign.

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Sources & evidence
MODEL LINEK-series and Silverado 4x4BUILT BYChevrolet (General Motors)PRODUCED1960–72PRODUCTIONNot published for 4x4 aloneLAYOUT4 wheels · 115″

The record

NAPCO of Minneapolis converted Chevrolet trucks to four-wheel drive from 1955 and Chevrolet sold the conversion through its dealers until 1959; the 1960 C/K series made four-wheel drive a factory build with the K prefix and Chevrolet’s own transfer case and Dana front axle. The K-series took the 1967 body and the 1971 front disc brakes and was the base of the 1969 K5 Blazer.

Specification

MANUFACTURERChevrolet (General Motors) ↗
Flint and other plants
MANUFACTURED1960–72
ENGINE3.9 and 4.8-litre 235/292 sixes; 4.6 and 5.4-litre 283/327 V8s; 5.7-litre 350 (1969–72)Chevrolet 235 six · Chevrolet small-block V8
PRODUCTION RUNNot published for 4x4 alone
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
STATUSreplaced by the 1973 K-series
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEK-series and Silverado 4x4
FAMILYK-series and Silverado 4x4
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE115″
BODY STYLEFleetside pick-up
VARIANTS3

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • Summit White
  • Polar White
  • White
  • Frost White
  • Silver Metallic
  • Silver Metallic
  • Silver Metallic
  • Dark Gray Metallic
  • Medium Graystone Metallic
  • Light Blue
  • Pastel Blue
  • Light Blue Metallic
  • Ultramarine Blue Metallic
  • Frost Blue
  • Dark Blue Metallic
  • Midnight Blue Metallic
  • Dark Blue Metallic
  • Medium Blue Metallic
  • Light Green Metallic
  • Medium Green Metallic
  • Dark Green Metallic
  • Dark Green
  • Dark Blue Green Metallic
  • Rallye Green Metallic
  • Yellow
  • Light Yellow
  • Wheatland Yellow
  • Omaha Orange
  • Frost Beige
  • Camel Tan Metallic
  • Buckskin
  • Saddle Metallic
  • Brown Metallic

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Sources

  1. 1Chevrolet C/K ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE
  2. 2NAPCO ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched