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1968 Chevrolet C-10

Motortopia Staff , 2nd December, 2022

  • 1968 Chevrolet C-10
  • 1968 Chevrolet C-10
  • 1968 Chevrolet C-10
  • 1968 Chevrolet C-10
  • 1968 Chevrolet C-10
Owner/Builder

John Schick

Specs

    ENGINE

    • Chevy 355-ci small-block bored .60 over
    • Push-button ignition
    • 500-lift camshaft
    • Ported and polished camel hump heads
    • Ferrea valves
    • Comp cams pushrods and springs
    • ARP fasteners
    • Edelbrock Air Gap intake manifold
    • Quick Fuel 650-cfm double pumper carburetor
    • Patriot Exhaust Products 1967 Camaro headers
    • Ceramic-coated 2 ¼ exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44 mufflers
    • Vintage Air Frontrunner serpentine kit
    • Aluminum radiator with dual electric fans
    • Stainless steel braided and hard lines
    • Rebuilt Turbo 400 transmission with 2,600-stall torque converter
    • Chevy 10-bolt rearend with 4.42:1 gears and Eaton Truetrac limited slip differential
    • Polished custom aluminum gas tank
    • Engine assembled by Joe Mejia
    • Wiring by Jaime Fifield of Fifield Fabrications, Brea, CA

    SUSPENSION

    • Shop: Chassis by Aaron Iha
    • Full custom narrowed frame made out of 2x4 steel with flat plate welded on the back half
    • Frame powder coated by Bubba’s Powder Coat, Desert Hot Springs, CA
    • Custom control arms
    • 1973-87 drop spindles with disc brakes
    • Rack-and-pinion steering
    • Parallel 4-link with rear cantilever
    • 1996 Impala SS rear disc brakes
    • Classic Performance Products brake booster and master cylinder
    • Painted shocks
    • Slam Specialties RE-7 and RE-8 airbags
    • All suspension and hardware chromed by the Corona brothers at So Cal Auto Body

    BODY & PAINT

    • Sheet metal work by Chassis by Aaron Iha
    • Paint by David Jameson of Little Shop of Kustoms, Desert Hot Springs, CA
    • Dupont paint mixed to match Bentley Silver Lake Blue
    • Engine-turned silver leaf on core support
    • Modified original grille with 2004 Jeep Liberty headlights with halo lights
    • Custom core support and front inner fenders
    • One-off hood hinges
    • Brothers Truck single-piece side glass with power window components
    • One Piece Window Products flush rear window
    • Grant Kustoms front roll pan and rear Cali combo skin
    • Shaved firewall, door handles, wiper cowl and gas door
    • Sheet metal inner bed with wheel tubs and chrome strips
    • Rolled pinch weld on cab
    • Flush-mount gas cap
    • LED taillights

    WHEELS & TIRES

    • 22x8 and 22x10 Intro Pentia polished billet wheels
    • 255/30R22 and 295/ 30R22 BF Goodrich tires.

    INTERIOR

    • Shop: Victor Moreno of V Custom Hotrod Interiors, Indio, CA
    • Sheet metal dash by Chassis by Aaron Iha
    • Modified Chevy C/K bench seat
    • Custom kick panels, door panels, headliner and speaker box
    • Light tan Ultraleather
    • Smoothed floor with tan Jaguar carpet
    • Billet Specialties AC vents
    • Omega gauges
    • Billet pedals
    • Colorado Customs billet steering wheel with Severed Ties logo
    • Classic Performance Products steering column
    • Vintage Air Gen IV air-conditioning unit
    • Alpine 7-inch navigation head unit
    • Alpine 6.5-inch component speakers and 8-inch Type R subwoofers
    • Alpine amplifiers
    • Odyssey battery
    • Fattmat sound deadening material
    SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “I would like to thank my wife who is my mechanic’s assistant for supporting my hobby and me. There are so many people that lent a helping hand: Jason Lightner and Marcus Smith, all the guys around my old shop, Mark Zarate, Scott Stevens, Jason Oliveira and Sixtoe for lending a big hand, Aaron Iha for the quality fabrication, the Corona brothers for helping me with some under carriage prep and hook-up on chrome, Brett Oakes for helping me out with the stereo equipment, Scott Stevens for letting me work on my truck at his shop, Josue Quiroz for all the advice and help and David Jameson for doing a bad-ass paint job and bodywork. He’s always down to stay late to help

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