Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2018 i Street Trucks

THE C-10 CROWD BUILDS TRUCKS IN A VARIETY OF FLAVORS; EVERYTHING FROM STOCK WITH A RESTORED LOOK AND LOWERED ON SOME CLEAN ROLLERS TO FLAT ON THE GROUND WITH LARGE DIAMETER BILLET WHEELS AND MORE BODY MODIFICATIONS THAN A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR. Undoubtedly the hottest body styles to build today are square-body trucks, which take well to an array of customizing styles. For Ronald Tarlton of Oxford, North Carolina, a performance-inspired C-10 with tire-blistering horsepower under the cowl induction hood was at the top of his build menu. We like to think of the truck as a wolf in sheep’s clothing: It will sneak up on you, and when the 700-hp 555-ci mill starts huffing and puffing, it will snatch that pink slip faster than a school teacher rips a…

“THE BODY RECEIVED A FEW MODIFICATIONS THAT DON’T CHANGE THE LOOK OF THE ORIGINAL TRUCK BUT ENHANCE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.” THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLASSICS AND LATE-MODEL TRUCKS IS HISTORY. Classics were built decades ago for a purpose, and now we strive to give them a new one. Usually they’re purchased from older people who have owned them for ages but might have neglected them for years. Sometimes they’ve been passed down to family members before someone decides to give them some love. Whatever the case may be, they all come with a backstory that makes them more special than other types of vehicles. For Sean Provost, his tale of this ’70 Chevy C-10 is especially interesting. It all started when Sean was…

VER HEARD THAT OLD SAYING E ABOUT PAINTERS NEVER HAVING THE TIME TO PAINT THE HOUSE THEY LIVE IN? They work all day on other people’s places and never have the time to tend to the peeling, fading paint covering their own pad. Most professionals tend to slack when it comes to maintaining their own environment, but when you’re busy with everyone else, there doesn’t always seem to be a lot of time to take care of your own situation. The guy we have in mind is a painter, but he doesn’t work on houses. Maybe you’re familiar with the name Frank Rechlin, and if you aren’t, then his business, IKandy Paintworks Inc. might ring a louder bell. Yeah, that’s right, Frank has been painting high-end, high-profile vehicles for years…

RAM RECENTLY REVEALED THE ALL-NEW ’19 RAM 1500 TRADESMAN MODEL, WHICH SHOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO THOSE LOOKING FOR A NEW TRUCK TO CUSTOMIZE DUE TO ITS LOW PRICE POINT. Aimed at one of the largest traditional pickup customer categories—vocational use—the new Ram 1500 Tradesman is a hard-working truck designed for small businesses, construction jobsites and commercial fleets. The ’19 Ram 1500 Tradesman is available in two cab styles and two bed lengths: Quad Cab with 6-foot, 4-inch bed; Crew Cab short-bed with 5-foot, 7-inch bed; or Crew Cab with optional 6-foot, 4-inch bed. Powertrain offerings include standard 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 with eTorque mild hybrid system, optional 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 or optional 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 eTorque. The model is available in 4x2 or 4x4. All 2019 Ram 1500 models…

EVERYONE IS SO CAUGHT UP IN THE CS AND THE Fs THESE DAYS THAT IT’S RARE TO SEE A GOOD OL’ D ON THE ROAD. Of course, we’re talking about C-10s, F-100s and their Mopar counterpart, the D-100. It’s often thought of as “the other” American pickup truck. That is until some off-center loon decides to disrupt the herd by bringing one to the party. The D-100 is a great truck and claimed more than its share of innovations within the Chrysler family. The first generation models came equipped with a generator instead of an alternator, and it boasted a three-speed automatic transmission when only a two-speed auto was available for pickups less than 10 years prior. The second gen seen here is a ’67, but it might throw off…

INSPIRATION CAN TAKE MANY FORMS, AND IT CAN SOMETIMES COME OUT OF NOWHERE. Take Cesar Navarro and his ’16 Toyota Tacoma. Cesar had already built a rad Tundra a couple of years ago after getting bitten by the lifted truck bug, and he wanted to follow it up with a smaller, yet slightly wilder version by using a new Tacoma as a base. He really wanted a theme for the truck but was drawing a blank. Then one day it hit him: Ever since he was a kid growing up in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Cesar loved watching Mexican wrestling, known as Lucha Libre. His favorite luchador was always the legendary Demonio Azul, or “Blue Demon.” Known for being a strong and capable fighter, the Blue Demon was the perfect…

THE LAST WEEKEND of February is highly anticipated by almost every serious truck enthusiast in the scene. Coming from near and far, builders of all types of trucks and vehicles have begun to use Lone Star Throwdown (LST) as the place to debut their newest builds or revamps of builds that have already shown. It’s the new standard that all hotels within a 30-minute drive of the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, sell out nearly a year in advance. The best advice we can give you is when you check out during your current stay, you might as well book for next year because you won’t want to miss out once you’ve experienced LST. The best part of the show is that it gets more exciting and fun with…

THERE COMES A TIME IN ALMOST EVERY MAN’S LIFE WHEN HE CHOOSES TO SETTLE DOWN WITH THE ONE WOMAN HE REALLY CARES ABOUT, LEAVING EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE PAST. When Joel Buchanan of Jacksonville, Illinois, hit this point in life, it was game over. Yet, when something ends, something else always begins, and that’s where Joel’s F-150 comes into play. Just a few weeks before getting married, he purchased the truck from a local Ford dealer, 1 of only 4,726 Ford produced that year. The truck, an ’02 F-150 SVT Lightning, was nicely optioned from the get-go, but Joel could not leave the SVT alone. What started as small mods began to snowball into larger scale changes, which led to where the truck, appropriately named Game Over, sits today. From…

ANOTHER UNIQUE TRUCK BY SQUAREBODY SPECIALISTS IS APPROACHING COMPLETION, AND THIS TIME IT’S AN OFTEN-IGNORED LONG-BED. Longbed Larry, an ’83 C-10, has a great deal of sentimental value to its owner. Given to him by his father when he was 15, Steven Hullinger’s dad passed away soon after, making this truck that much more important to him. Through the years, Steven drove the truck on his first date, his prom, his honeymoon and home from the hospital after the birth of both of his kids. As you can guess, it’ll never leave Steven’s family. The C-10 has been going through a lot of restomodding, which includes saving just about all of the original sheet metal. Squarebody Specialists is going the extra mile to preserve the truck’s history while adding a…

ONE OF THE easiest upgrades with the most visual impact that you can make to your truck is to swap the boring stock bumpers for more aggressive versions. At the same time, you can also upgrade the lighting to make nighttime driving easier. The truck we picked for this installation was our ’15 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Crewmax 4WD that we have used for other installations. The truck had already been lifted, so the new bumpers further improved its look. We wanted to custom-order a bumper to fit the brand and size of the lights we planned to install, so we contacted the crew at Fusion Bumpers. We also made a call to Offroad LED Bars (OLB) and ordered both sets of lights, front and rear, that we wanted for…

NICK SINIORIS IS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. Chances are you’ve never met him before, and you might never make it out his way. But if you do find yourself at Hubcaps Hot Rod and Custom in Phoenix, you’ll soon discover that the guy usually found wearing a Baltimore Orioles hat and a black T-shirt is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. The combination of a guy who cares about his work and the quality his shop produces is what Hubcaps Hotrod and Custom is all about. Nick spent the first part of his career in the autobody field. He worked on the production line, tearing apart one wrecked ride after another, learning the ins and outs of metal finishing and bodywork. That all changed in 2013 when he…

WHEN SHOPPING FOR a vintage truck there are always a few parts you can expect to be thrashed. The bench seat is likely at the top of that list. Think about it: For a truck that was used on a daily basis for even a third of its 50-plus years on and off the road, chances are the upholstery, foam and frame will be so far blasted, the only thing that could possibly serve as a quick fix would be a trusty, old Mexican blanket. OK, so maybe the blanket won’t really fix anything, but it will do a decent job of masking the true condition of the beat-down bench. There is only so much masking one can be expected to endure when restoring an old truck, though, especially one…

A Born Classic THIS ’72 CHEVROLET C-10 STEP-SIDE HAS BEEN PART OF SPENCER GIBBER’S LIFE SINCE HIS PARENTS BROUGHT HIM HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS BORN. Previously owned by his grandfather, the C-10 has belonged to Spencer for the past four years. When he turned 17 his grandfather handed down the truck to him with only minor modifications, including a shaved gas door, new mirrors, steel wheels and a yellow paint job. Since getting his hands on the ’72 Chevy, Spencer has been working hard to put his own spin on the classic. He painted the base of the body black, making the Chevy look slender and setting off the yellow exterior in sharp contrast. The engine compartment complements the two-tone color scheme even as the custom-built, forward-tilting…