Vehicle Description
Fully custom 1959 Chevrolet Apache custom pickup on a Fat Man
Fabrications chassis complete with independent front suspension,
coilovers at all four corners, and 13-inch six-piston Wilwood front
disc brakes with 10-inch units in the rear. The rear end sports
3.73 gears and 32-spline axles. The truck rolls on 20-inch Billet
Specialties wheels in the rear with 18-inchers up front, all clad
in BF Goodrich rubber. Body modifications from front to back
include frenched headlights and taillights, shaved outside mirrors,
smoothed bumpers and the stake holes as well as tailgate were all
closed up to give it a seamless appearance. Aftermarket motorcycle
taillights were frenched into the custom roll pan with side-exit
exhaust plumbed into the rear fenders. The doors were shaved and
given remote bear-claw latches, drip rails removed, and the
original sun visor was cut down about 4 inches and molded into the
roofline. Hickory bed wood from LMC Truck was stained to complement
the DuPont Torch Red and custom black paint. The firewall was
recessed to accommodate the potent Ram Jet fuel-injected 502ci V8.
The V8 features a Vintage Air serpentine system with custom
air-induction system and channels power through a 700R4
transmission automatic transmission. Spent gasses are pumped
through Sanderson Headers and custom stainless exhaust system. The
interior is actually wood-grained airbrushing that is so impressive
it's easy to be fooled. The dash was refabricated to move the
Classic Instruments cluster to the center directly above the custom
console with a Pioneer head unit/DVD player and Vintage Air
controls. Also, inside is a Billet Specialties wheel and tilt
column with a custom mold for the fiberglass headliner, with Wise
Guys seats stitched up in black leather with ostrich inserts.
Painted in DuPont Torch Red and custom black with red pearl, it was
chosen as Builders Choice Award at Goodguys 11th Midwestern
Nationals and was one of the finalists for 2011 Truck of the Year
at Goodguys Southwest Nationals event.
