
1958 Chevrolet Apache Fleet-side Long Beach, CA
Owner/Builder
Specs
ENGINE
- Shop: RMD Garage
- GM LS3 crate motor from Turn Key Engine Supply, Oceanside, CA
- Custom engine cover
- Custom air intake
- Energy Suspension motor mounts
- Custom polished stainless 3-inch exhaust with Borla mufflers and custom tips
- Matson’s custom radiator and Fanman electric fans
- Aluminum gas tank
- Ron Francis wiring harness
- TREMEC six-speed manual transmission with custom shifter
- Currie 9-inch rearend
BODY & PAINT
- Shop: RMD Garage
- Shaved door handles, front bumper bolts, roof gutters, mirrors, tailgate, gas cap, badges and wiper cowl with added design
- Accentuated body lines
- Reworked upper door frames
- Roll pan with exhaust cut-outs
- Deleted bed seam
- Shaved inner bed with custom wheel tubs
- Clear bed floor made of ½-inch translucent black acrylic
- Single-piece side glass
- Shaved firewall with added design
- Custom front inner fenders
- Eddie Motorsports hood hinges
- Reworked hood support brackets
- 7-inch headlights
- United Pacific LED taillights
- All body panels gapped for a clean finish
- 200 hours of body work
- Custom two-tone BASF R-M Silver and Dark Shadow Gray paint
- 10 hours of paint work
CHASSIS & SUSPENSION
- Shop: RMD Garage
- Total Cost Involved full chassis with rack-and-pinion steering, IFS, front sway bar, rear 4-link and pan-hard bar
- Ridetech coil-overs
- Wilwood disc brakes
WHEELS & TIRES
- 20×8.5 and 20×10 Niche Milan wheels
- 255/35ZR20 and 315/35ZR20 Nitto NT05 tires
INTERIOR & STEREO
- Shop: RMD Garage
- Shaved dash
- Classic Instruments gauges
- Vintage Air AC system
- Classic Performance Products steering column
- Raceline steering wheel
- Custom center console
- Lexus SC300 bucket seats with headrest cut off
- Custom door panels
- Lokar Performance Products door handles
- Custom seamless headliner
- High-grade Silver Gray and Oxford White leather upholstery
- Kicker PXi50 head unit, 6 ¾-inch speakers, 10-inch subwoofers and 800×4 amplifier
- Battery mounted on the frame