Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2021 i Street Trucks

ANOTHER TOUGH CHOICE FOR THIS YEAR’S BEST OF AWARDS CAME DOWN TO THE LIFTED TRUCK SELECTION. We didn’t feature too many lifted trucks last year, which we will address this year. The level of  build quality we demand in a lifted truck is hard to attain, so you know the best of the best has to be unbelievable. We feel we made the right choice, but we promise some of you probably disagree. Either way, we present the Street Trucks 2020 Lifted Truck of the Year, Aim High. Growing up 30 years ago was a lot different than it is today. Without cell phones and social media, the younger generation was harder to influence. You had to do big things to get small reactions back then, and creating a memorable…

THE ONLY WAY STREET TRUCKS CAN CAPTURE THE MANY MOVING PARTS OF THIS WILD INDUSTRY WE ALL CRAVE IS WITH A TEAM OF ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE EAGER FOR CONTENT. Aside from travel restrictions and schedule conflicts, hundreds of things can keep us away from every event. Obviously, 2020 was no cake walk for anyone trying to travel the country to all the best events, but luckily, our man Victor Lopez was already on the books for Dino’s Git Down and ready to get in front of some trucks. Like in the past, the event was stacked with top quality, national award-winning builds from end to end. With the world-famous SEMA show cancelled in 2020, Dino’s Git Down had the unique opportunity of hosting multiple truck build reveals from some of…

FOR 2021, STREET TRUCKS MAGAZINE IS COMMITTED TO LIVESTREAMING 16 SEPARATE EVENTS FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY STRAIGHT TO YOUR LIVING ROOM OR MOBILE DEVICE FOR FREE! With so many people unable to travel right now due to COVID restrictions or other reasons, we will stream 16 national custom truck show events directly to our online digital audience in 2021—including three of our own unique, hosted events. The Street Trucks Showoff Series includes three hosted events where we are calling out trucks to claim the title and the cash—a total of $15,000 in prize money. Each event will be limited to 350 trucks to keep things simple and high quality. STAGE 1 The first in the Showoff Series will be held April 24 at the Sacramento Speedway. We are hosting…

Nissan NEXT Promise Fulfilled: 10 NEW MODELS IN 20 MONTHS NISSAN celebrated the global debut of two of its most iconic models in the U.S.: the all-new 2022 Frontier mid-size pickup and all-new 2022 Pathfinder SUV. These new entries in two growing vehicle segments are an important next step in Nissan NEXT, the company’s global plan to transform its product lineup as well as its business and company culture. Both vehicles will go on sale this summer. “Under the Nissan NEXT plan, we promised to introduce 10 new models over 20 months for the U.S. market,” said Allyson Witherspoon, Nissan U.S. vice president and chief marketing officer. “Today, we’re completing that promise with two of Nissan’s most iconic nameplates, the Pathfinder and Frontier. I’m proud to say that…

THE TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE BIGGEST HONOR IN OUR INDUSTRY—STREET TRUCK’S TRUCK OF THE YEAR! With an online voter turnout that we have never seen before, Alex Martinez’s ’68 Chevy K5 Blazer received the most votes to take home the win. Did you vote? Do you agree? What are your thoughts? We want to hear them! When opportunity knocks, you can’t ignore it. Two years ago, Alex Martinez had the opportunity of a lifetime: to own one of the best K5s out there. The measurement tech from Edinburg, Texas, learned the 1968 Chevrolet K5 Blazer was for sale, and he jumped at the chance to call it his own. “I bought the truck built in late 2018,” Alex says. “Even though it’s frowned upon to buy a built truck,…

ARE YOU A MINI-TRUCK FAN? We are too! With so many minis in the scene, it was hard to pick our favorite, but we did it anyway. No online votes and no reader influences—this is our choice, and we feel we made the right one. An incredible story, some unbelievable photos and an extremely well-written article gave this Chevy LUV all the checkmarks it needed to win. Did you vote? Do you agree? What are your thoughts? We want to hear them! “My love for the lowered scene started when I was 13 years old and helped my cousin drop his Nissan Hardbody. As soon as I saw it hit the ground, I was hooked! After that, I scraped up every dime I could to build model trucks and lowriders…

FELLOW TRUCK OWNERS KEPT ASKING IF I HAD DONE ANY PERFORMANCE UPGRADES TO MY TRUCK YET. It was still completely stock, so I began the search for good, reliable improvements that would produce both improved horsepower and fuel economy. It didn’t take long to find information about tuning the factory computer to give the motor more horsepower and torque. Since the late ’90s, I have always used Hypertech’s products in my vehicles for added horsepower through the company’s computer programming technology. So, when I heard about its latest tuner, I had to check it out. After a month of putting Max Energy Spectrum Power Programmer to the test, I can only say wow, this is what my truck needed from day one. Plus, the programming installs in less than 15…

TURN ON THE A/C THE VINTAGE AIR BIG-BLOCK COMPRESSOR, POWER-STEERING ADD-ON AND ALTERNATOR BRACKET KITS ARE A DIRECT-FIT SOLUTION FOR ADDING AIR CONDITIONING TO CLASSIC FORDS. Six new bracket kits for big-block Ford 351M-400 and 429-460 engines are now available, and these kits include compressor brackets OEM, Saginaw and T.C. (Type II) power-steering add-on brackets. An alternator low mount bracket kit for 429-460 big-block Ford engines is also available. All Ford bracket kits come with all necessary hardware. It’s recommended to measure all pulleys to get the proper length V-belt for your application due to the wide range of accessory options and pulley diameters available. Vintage Air bracket kits are proudly made in the USA, come with all parts necessary for a complete installation and include a three-year warranty against…

A DRIVER. Every custom truck enthusiast must have one. The driver is the truck that gets mobbed on the daily work commute and usually gets put through the paces on the weekend hauling the  “show truck” around. The driver is never left alone for long, however. It always starts out innocent enough with a drop kit or airbag suspension setup, wheels and tires, and maybe some upgraded audio and simple exterior bolt-ons, but that only lasts so long. Pretty soon, the custom truck freak’s desire to take the build further and further takes over, and what was once the driver becomes yet another show truck. So much for self-restraint! Mike Barcia out of Tampa, Florida, bought a driver back in January 2001 to tow his full custom Isuzu show truck.…

ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS WE HAD TO MAKE IN THIS YEAR’S “BEST-OF” AWARDS WAS CHOOSING THE BEST C10 OF THE YEAR. We feature so many amazing C10 trucks that picking just one was almost impossible. This immaculate C10, however, not only deserves the spot for best C10, but it nearly won the overall vote for best truck of the year. This is a story you have to read! Sometimes, to get exactly what you want from a custom truck project, you have to do most of it all over again. There’s nothing wrong with that. Maybe you were forced to do “this” when you should’ve done “that.” It can happen when you’re doing as many things as possible with your own hands. Having a limited bankroll oftentimes poses an…

IT WASN’T THE BEST YEAR FOR THE SHOW SCENE. We were going to pick a “Best Event” for 2020, but after some discussion and back-and-forth debate, we felt it just wouldn’t be fair to pick a winner. Some shows were cancelled, and others were postponed due to the pandemic that slowly seems to be retreating, but not all were shut down and forced into the dark. We want to commend the shows that were able to avoid a reschedule and keep the gates open to the public. We know it wasn’t easy, but you did it! We were able to travel to a few events around the country, including a one-on-one private event at the only Formula 1 track in the country, Circuits of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Our…