Used Car of the Day: 1983 Chevrolet S10 Sport

by Tim Healey

Published: June 11th, 2025

used car of the day 1983 chevrolet s10 sport

Today we bring you a compact pickup from the early '80s -- this 1983 Chevrolet S10 Sport.

It's a Sport with the 2.8-liter and a five-speed manual, and our seller says it runs "great."

The seller also has replaced a long list of parts and says the body is in good shape. So is the glass, and the bed has a tonneau cover. There's an Alpine stereo with a subwoofer.

Cons include a headliner that needs work, an unreliable tach, and a cracked dash.

If this truck interests you, you can click here to learn more. You can find this one for sale in Texas for $3,900.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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El scotto on Jun 11, 2025

Why Peggy, this could be Bobby's first of many trucks. Joe Jack at the propane place has a cousin who does upholstery, a dash can't be that hard. Bill has a half-empty garage, jack stands, and a whole bunch of tools. Now don't make that face, but Dale is a whiz with ECUs and that electrical stuff. Once Bobby gets a couple of beginner dents, I'll see Boomhower about God's Own Engine and put a 350 small-block Chevy in.

Kahn will call us ignorant hillbillies and Bobby's truck will be glorious. It'll even have a special rack to hold a propane tank. Luann can borrow it on Wednesday nights to go to church.

Peggy, do we have any Alamo's in the fridge?

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- Ajla on Jun 11, 2025
  
  "God's Own Engine and put a 350 small-block Chevy in."
  Ford Man Hank Hill would say this?
  
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- A Scientist on Jun 12, 2025
  
  Dale would consider ECUs in automobiles to be a communist plot to take away our guns and institute Sharia law.
  
  ....and he'd be right
  
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- Lloyd Bonified on Jun 12, 2025
  
  Hank is definitely a Ford man. It is addressed in the series.
  
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Aja8888 on Jun 12, 2025

These S-10 trucks are pieces of junk and have been since new. 😖

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