ack in 1962, Jared Pharr’s grandfather, Jackie Moore, purchased a then 4-year-old ’58 Chevy Stepside. He drove it daily for years before relegating it to farm truck duties, that is until the day it quit running. From that day and for many, many to follow, the ol’ farm truck sat beneath a tree on the family’s property.

Even at an early age, young Jared dreamed of owning that truck and had many conversations with his grandpa about bringing the Chevy back to life one day. Before his death in 2003, Jackie promised his grandson that he could do just that—bring the truck back to life—and with the blessing of his grandmother, Shirley, the ’58 was brought out of its extended retirement and transported to Jared’s home. That transformation, however, would not begin for another 11 years.

It wasn’t until 2015 that Jared’s brother-in-law, Alex Huggins, saw the ’58 Chevy as the perfect opportunity to branch out on his own and open his own restoration/hot rod shop, Hub City Fab, in Idalou, Texas, just northeast of Jared’s hometown of Lubbock.