Hotchkis Updates Its 1967-72 C10 Total Vehicle System Suspension

The second-generation C10 continues to turn heads and drop gavels at auction, and if you’ve got a line on one of these Nixon-era beauties, you’d do well to get it outfitted with a TVS suspension kit from Hotchkis Sport Suspension. Get your classic half-ton’s handling in check with better weight distribution, front and rear sway bar support, and a tough powder coat.

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The Chevrolet and GMC C10 pickup truck has quickly become one of the most popular pickups on the market among performance enthusiasts, and for good reason. Not only can you put any GM engine ever made into it, but the truck-arm suspension of the two-wheel-drive models perfectly complements a lowered stance. But as the popularity of the short wheel base variants of these trucks has grown, so have their prices. Thankfully though, long wheel base C10s have remained quite affordable and now Hotchkis is offering its legendary TVS suspension kits to enhance not only the looks of these trucks, but also their handling.

The foundation for the C10’s handling package is a set of Hotchkis Sport Coil Springs that lower the truck four inches in the front and six inches in the rear that lower the trucks center of gravity, improves the front-to-rear weight distribution and delivers a sportier ride with their higher performance spring rates of 1,100 lbs/in up front and 380 lbs/in out back. Keeping body roll in check is the job of the new front and rear Sport Sway Bars. The kit includes a lightweight, tubular 1 7/16-inch front bar and an adjustable, ¾-inch blade-style rear bar.

Factory C10 front A-arms were obviously never designed for handling, and as such were not built with the geometry necessary for proper handling. A direct bolt-in replacement for the factory units, the new Hotchkis geometry-corrected front upper and lower A-arms increase caster and wheelbase, allow for more camber adjustments and are designed with anti-dive geometry to reduce front-end dive during hard braking. Working with this new suspension geometry, an upgraded steering center link is also included to help avoid unwanted bumpsteer.

Out back, the C10 utilizes a unique truck arm suspension that is still used to this day by NASCAR Sprint Cup cars. To get the most out of this setup, the Hotchkis TVS package includes rear anti-squat brackets for the truck arms to help control excess weight transfer during acceleration as well as an adjustable panhard rod with new upper and lower brackets to precisely locate the rear end. Finally, a set of Hotchkis-Tuned monotube shocks by Fox are included to keep the truck planted and controlled over bumps and during quick transitions.

For C10 owners that have already lowered their trucks with drop spindles, Hotchkis now also offers a TVS kit designed with drop spindle-friendly front sport springs that lower the truck only an additional two inches, maintaining proper suspension travel and geometry (Part #80392).

Like all Hotchkis Performance suspension products, the ’67-’72 C10 Total Vehicle System components are manufactured in the USA, come with all necessary hardware, feature greaseable polyurethane bushings and are finished in durable powder coat. These upgrades can transform your C10 in a single afternoon are the ultimate way to unlock your truck’s true potential.

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