Street Trucks April 2022

MEET THE CREW FOR 2022 S O, WITH OUR BRANDS ALL ON THE RISE AND WITH OUR INDUSTRY BEING A BETTER PLACE THAN IT’S BEEN IN YEARS, THE TIME HAS COME TO SPREAD OUR WINGS AND EMBRACE SOME ASSISTANCE FROM INDUSTRY INSIDERS WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE. Each individual brings their own unique talents, which will, in turn, help the development for all of our titles. Each book will still be overseen and reviewed with my own eyes before heading to print, which will guarantee the standard level we currently strive for. High quality, accurate, and dependable journalism will always be our core values—something that each features editor knows, appreciates and follows. FEATURES EDITORIAL CREW MIKE ALEXANDER C10 Builder’s Guide Leading the charge at C10 Builder’s Guide is our resident…

TOYOTA auctioned two of the first i-FORCE MAX Tundras at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, Arizona, over the weekend, resulting in more than $1.2 million going to benefit the Toyota U.S. Paralympic Fund. The 2022 Toyota Tundra Capstone with VIN 001 sold for $700,000. The Toyota TRD Pro with VIN 002 sold for $550,000. The Toyota U.S. Paralympic Fund is a first-of-its-kind program launched by the company to support Team USA’s Paralympic athletes as they pursue their sport dreams. To date, more than 430 U.S. Paralympic athletes and hopefuls have received direct support from the Fund, with contributions from across the country, including from Toyota dealerships. With proceeds from the Toyota auctions at Barrett-Jackson, the Toyota U.S. Paralympic Fund has now raised more than $4.9 million. U.S. Paralympian Kaitlyn Verfuerth, who received…

FORD hit an all-time record for both new retail vehicle orders and for filling retail orders in January. Ford took in over 90,000 new vehicle orders in January—up 71,000 from a year ago and up 20,000 from December 2021. Vehicles are moving off dealer lots at a record pace, as 37% of Ford’s retail sales in January came from previously placed customer orders. Ford began the year with F-Series, Ranger and Maverick pickups outselling GM’s combined pickup sales in January. January sales mark 40 million F-Series pickups sold since 1948. Ford’s all-new Maverick totals 6,513 sales, with 3,549 of these trucks sold as hybrids. Overall, Ford pickup sales are up 1.5%.…

SEMA introduced a new program to make it possible for automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers to meet the legal requirement for emissions compliance under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tampering Policy. The program, called SEMA Certified-Emissions (SC-E), gives manufacturers the ability to verify that a product meets the EPA’s “reasonable basis” criteria and is therefore legal for sale in 49 states. For the first time ever, manufacturers have a clear, accelerated path to compliance and can begin selling products legally in 49 states prior to receiving a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Order (EO), which is still a requirement for selling products in all 50 states. Since 2014, the SEMA Garage has been instrumental in helping automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers obtain CARB EOs. With state-of-the-art CARB-recognized testing equipment and dedicated…

ULTRASONIC CLEANERS WHO KNEW ALL IT TOOK TO GET SUPER CLEAN CAR PARTS IS A TOUCH OF HEAT AND SOME ULTRASONIC SOUND WAVES? Allstar Performance Ultrasonic Cleaners are available in 1- and 5-gallon models. They are ideal for cleaning everything from oily and greasy parts and tools to items with tiny holes and crevices like carburetors and fuel injectors. You can even use them to clean other things around the house like bicycle and mower parts, jewelry, watches, and much more. Other features include heat dissipation holes to eliminate overheating, double fuse protection, and a drainage system for removing dirty cleaning solutions. SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT 800-230-3030 www.summitracing.com WASTEGATE HEAT SHIELD REDUCE UNDER-HOOD TEMPERATURES AND THE CHANCE OF GETTING BURNED WHILE WORKING ON A HOT ENGINE WITH THE NEW WASTEGATE HEAT…

PROJECTS OFTEN MIMIC LIFE. When I look back on things, I can associate builds to stages of life; this is usually something that comes with age. If you are too young to have a build portfolio, just pay attention to your progress and what you build now compared to your future plans. Maybe it’s progression and current trends, maybe its experience, or maybe it’s a combination of things, and then we call that wisdom. Either way, a correlation exists in a person’s life span between their projects and their existence. Often, we refer to an older generation as the craftsmen of our time, however I feel it is more a measure of experience rather than just age. Craftsmanship has been described as executing something to its fullest, even when you…