
1956 Chevy
Owner/Builder
Specs
ENGINE
- Shop: Retro Rod Ent. Inc., owner and friends
- GM Performance 350-ci small-block V-8 crate engine with flat tappet camshaft
- Edelbrock 600-cfm carburetor
- Edelbrock high-flow water pump
- Hedman headers
- Cal Custom valve covers and air cleaner
- 2.5-inch exhaust with Magnaflow mufflers
- Champion aluminum radiator
- Cooling Concepts electric fan
- Rocky Hinge V-belt front accessory drive
- Aluminum gas tank
- TCI Street Fighter TH350 transmission
- 10-bolt rearend with 3.73 gears
BODY & PAINT
- Shop: Retro Rod Ent. Inc., owner and friends
- Smoothed and chromed front bumper
- Brothers Truck Parts oak wood bed floor
- Brothers Truck Parts roll pan
- Shaved badges, stake pockets, firewall and tailgate chains
- Brothers Truck Parts tailgate latches
- LED third brake light
- Orion Silver and Coyote Red paint sprayed by Jose Lacosta
- Pinstriping and tailgate lettering by Lil Louie
- Paint cut and buffed by Al Albainie
WHEELS & TIRES
- 18×8 and 20×9.9 Ridler 695
- 225/50R18 and 255/45R20 Falken
CHASSIS & SUSPENSION
- Shop: Retro Rod Ent. Inc., owner and friends, John Coute
- 1974 Camaro front clip with disc brakes
- Lowered rear leaf springs
- CPP nitrogen gas shocks
- Chrome master cylinder
- Notched rear frame
INTERIOR & STEREO
- Shop: Retro Rod Ent. Inc.,Cal Upholstery, Burlingame, CA, owner and friends
- Smoothed dash painted to match exterior
- Late-model Chevy S-10 seats reshaped
- Custom door panels
- Vinyl upholstery
- Red loop pile carpet
- Dolphin gauges
- Chevy Astro van steering column
- LeCarra Mark 8 steering wheel
- Lokar Performance Products pedals and door handles
- Vintage Air AC
- Kenwood KDC-152 head unit
- Pioneer 8-inch speakers in front and rear
- Hush Mat sound deadening material
- Optima battery mounted under cab
SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “Bob Robinson, Bobby Espudo, Ron Kelly, Denny Box, Doug Thompson, Reb Smith, Chuck Rhoades, Al Albanie, Dale Sampson, My son RJ and my wife Teri.”