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1952 GMC Pickup Riverside, CA

Motortopia Staff , 7th July, 2022

  • 1952 GMC Pickup Riverside, CA
  • 1952 GMC Pickup Riverside, CA
  • 1952 GMC Pickup Riverside, CA
  • 1952 GMC Pickup Riverside, CA
  • 1952 GMC Pickup Riverside, CA
Owner/Builder

Chris and America Burgess

Specs

    ENGINE

    • Work performed by Matt Burns, Riverside, CA
    • 383 V-8 Chevy stroker
    • Chino Hills Transmission 700r4 transmission
    • Inland Driveshaft custom two-piece driveshaft
    • Edelbrock rods and pistons, heads, valves and covers, intake manifold and 650 carb
    • High-volume oil pump
    • Electric cooling fan
    • High-output one-wire alternator
    • Custom aluminum radiator
    • March pulleys
    • Painless wiring
    • Engine painted chocolate brown with gold ice pearl
    • Taylor Vertex magnetos ignition
    • Gibson 3-inch exhaust and muffler

    CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

    • Shop: Devious Customs, Riverside, CA
    • Front drop spindles
    • Total Cost Involved front-end system
    • Mustang II setup with rack-and-pinion steering
    • ididit steering column
    • Total Cost Involved rear ladder bar 4-link
    • Rear of frame step notched
    • Firestone ’bags all around
    • Bilstein shocks
    • Jeep Cherokee rearend
    • 22-gallon fuel tank
    • Kinetik battery located under bed
    • Entire chassis powder-coated by Ludikris Fabrication
    • Accuair E-Level

    WHEELS & TIRES

    • 20x8 and 20x10 Rocket Racing wheels Booster series, custom black finish
    • 255/30R20 and 245/40R20 Nitto tires

     PAINT & BODY

    • Shop: Bodywork by Devious Customs, Riverside, CA
    • Custom-mixed House of Kolor Brown with Gold Ice pearl painted by Robert Currel in Los Angeles
    • Gold leafing by Wild Bill of Riverside, CA
    • Stock grille shell and insert
    • Front custom 1963 C-10 bumper
    • Grant Kustoms rear roll pan
    • Shaved door handles, taillights, fresh air vent
    • Hidden tailgate latches
    • AVS smooth LED lights in roll pan
    • Rain gutters removed
    • Custom wink mirrors
    • One-piece window glass
    • Custom Harley-Davidson gas cap in bed

    INTERIOR & STEREO

    • Shop: Radi’s Custom Upholstery in Garden Grove, CA
    • Accuair TouchPad
    • Black- and tan-colored upholstery material
    • Glide Engineering seats
    • Custom suede headliner
    • Dashboard shaved and painted
    • Shortened glove box
    • Custom AC vents on dash
    • Dakota Digital gauges
    • Colorado Customs steering wheel
    • Lokar handles
    • Power windows
    • Old Air AC system
    • Hidden gun safe
    • Shop: Define Concepts, La Habra, CA
    • JVC double-DIN head unit
    • CT Sounds amp and speakers
    • Kick panels behind seats
    SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “I can’t thank everyone enough, but thank you to my bestfriend/wife, America, and my daughter, Andrea, my family and my new friends Jeff and Shannon Davy. This truck has brought me in touch with some great people and for that I am thankful.”

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