We don’t often feature a lot of truck-heavy content on ChevyHardcore.com. However, in the case of Andy Sanchez and his “Green Tea” we think you’d agree, this little truck is bad to the bone…

Quite often in the auto enthusiast press do we see clean, Chevy pickups like this “Green Tea” C10, belonging to South Florida local, Andy Sanchez. Rarely, however, do we see a super clean resto project with a significant philosophy behind it.

In Andy Sanchez’ case, this philosophy proved to be therapeutic for both him and the C10 pickup that he has spent the last ten years building and restoring to perfection.The build process had taken on a completely new meaning in Andy’s life. It calmed his nerves and allowed him to reinvent himself during his hardest times, in work and life.

Sanchez found tranquility in working on his ’70 C10, where even the most die-hard enthusiasts would be usually frayed with cutting out wheel wells and making other modifications for such accessories as air bag suspension components.

Since Sanchez’ C10 truck has been therapeutic to his well-being, both in construction and completion, the ’70 has earned itself the nickname, “Green Tea.” Anyone who has ever built a full-blown custom from the ground up can clearly tell you just how much of a chore that can be, but as you can see from Andy Sanchez’ finished product, “Green Tea” has brought him more than abundant joy and satisfaction.

In fact, when Sanchez bought the truck in 2002, he really didn’t know too much about it. He did have an intuition, however, and the ’70 Chevy C10 pickup would become Sanchez’ investment of the decade. Daily Detergent blogger, Jasper Ash explains, “For the past decade, Andy poured gallons of blood, sweat, and more sweat into this truck. He cut no corners, and no fine detail was overlooked.”

All image credit: Daily Detergent

Sanchez, in fact, has used one of the most unique paint schemes that we’ve seen on a street custom: a light green, OEM paint color from the Honda CR-V with a green-flaked, black paint that combined, forms an outrageous, two-tone color scheme.

In order to make the C10 pickup squat to the ground on its massive, 22″ wheels, Sanchez custom fabricated the truck’s bed, rear frame and wheel wells.

“Green Tea” also makes use of a 355 small-block under the hood, as well as a molded tailgate and roll pan with shaved door handles and side markers.

The real essence of “Green Tea,” however, is in its complete air ride system, which was also custom built by Sanchez.

Many however, who know of the green tea from China and the soothing effect that it has on the soul would probably argue that this is the true essence of Andy Sanchez’ pickup project. Green Tea, anyone?