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project retro chevy

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:19 pm
by towerace1
So I wen by my dads friends house to find a new truck in the drive way. This was one of the first trucks built for prerunning only. It has a sbc motor, hand layed custome made glass built in the 80's. It currently has 3 fox 2.0 shocks on each side (coming through the hood!) and in the rear it has 4 fox 2.0's per side with custome made leaf packs. The truck is the same as it was when built in the 80's. It was built by walker evans racing when the geiser bros first started to work there. Note the sweet jet boat paint job. I have ridden in this truck many times in my child hood and thought it was lost forever. He found it in the gargae of the og owner. Purchased for 6k! I will have better pics up later this week. I just thought some of you old schoolers would like it!
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Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:31 pm
by ChaseTruck754
NICE!!!!!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:49 pm
by bajascott
thats rad! old is cool

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:30 pm
by towerace1
It is going to the dunes next weekend! We took this truck years ago throught the big mexican dunes in elgolfo and it went through everything the 4x4's did. He got some of the bfg project paddles and walker evens rims for it. I cant wait to see how it does it does out there!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:16 pm
by yikes
Bada$$!! Shocks through the hood was my dream when I was youngererer. Always loved those trucks.

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:31 am
by PBR
LOVE IT!

the old skool chevy's are some of my favorite trucks from back in the day! they are getting harder and harder to come by since most of them get cut up by hacks that want to make them long travel trucks and it just never seems to work. my brother has a blazer that he is going to restore that is the same era and i think it needs the jet boat paint job!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:38 am
by gr8brnc
Really cool!

It is amazing how much the technology has changed :D

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:33 am
by campbbg
That paint job is out of control!!! Love it!!!!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:40 pm
by towerace1
Thanks! I am sure the owner will like all the replies! And yes the old school Chevys are the shiznit! Also pbr you have to go with the jet boat paint! It's not truly old school with out it!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:59 pm
by baja-chris
NORRA 1000 truck!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:48 pm
by SteveG
It reminds me of the unfinished Walker Evans prerunner that was on Craigslist for $1000... and sold for $500!

Cool truck. Old iron rules.

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:13 pm
by toddz69
Wow - nice find! I have a lot of great memories of those trucks from back in the '80s. Let me guess - it was in a garage in the Parker area somewhere?

Todd Z.

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:30 am
by towerace1
No it was in his garage in Troon.. AZ

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:09 pm
by toddz69
towerace1 wrote:No it was in his garage in Troon.. AZ
Wow, not far away.

Todd Z.

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:38 pm
by 7D6F250
hell yea my friend, f'n sweet!! don't change a thing !!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:18 am
by towerace1
7D6F250 wrote:hell yea my friend, f'n sweet!! don't change a thing !!
Thanks we dont plan on changing a thing.

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:30 am
by Dust
towerace1 wrote:
7D6F250 wrote:hell yea my friend, f'n sweet!! don't change a thing !!
Thanks we dont plan on changing a thing.
Could we get a bunch more pictures?
I have a customer/friend that is talking about building a replica of a 70's/80's C8 Truck rather then a street rod.
Looking to steal the look and certainly a bunch of the performance.

Thanks!!!

Re: project retro chevy

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:53 am
by towerace1
Sorry i have not been on in a while. What pics are you looking for? I can go get a bunch. Let me know...