Even before the floors of the Las Vegas Convention Center were cleaned following the recent SEMA Show, Kevin Aguilar/Fuelish Media was on the dry lake capturing the stunning images of the Born Vintage C10, which we’re more than honored to have as this month’s cover!
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“BIG” Things “In Store” for 2022!
aying the New Year is going to be “big” is more often than not just a form of PMA, especially in these absurdly trying times. But, after the last two years have treated us, in the grand scheme of things, it would only seem natural that things can’t get much worse. But for us here at In The Garage Media, well, we do have some very promising news!
If you’re a subscriber (sorry, prescriber!), you’ve already seen and/or held in your hands what I meant by “big” things—we’ve literally stepped up our printed paper game by increasing the physical size of the magazine. We figured since we’ve got such amazing content to fill the magazine with, why not give it the space it deserves to be seen by our readers? So, starting with last month’s Jan. ’22 issue, we’ve gone to a larger 9×10-7/8 trim format (up from 7-5/8×10-1/2), which means you’re literally getting more for your money! In today’s world of less is more, anytime you get more for less (or in this case, for the same cover price!) is a win.
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Auto Metal Direct (AMD) has completed development and now offers OE replacement cowl side air vent panels for your ’73-79 Ford F-Series truck. These all-new premium panels will save you hours of time in fit and finish over anything else available. Made just like the originals, these panels come complete with the fender bracket. This is a very common rust area where leaves and debris collect and hold water. AMD focuses on offering the best quality possible. Stamped from high-quality OE-gauge steel on all-new tooling, AMD premium Dentside panels feature the correct shape, size, bends, holes, curves, and brackets, just like the original. EDP-coated to help protect against rust and corrosion prior to installation. These OE-quality components from AMD are the perfect touch to your restoration.
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Growing up, Michael naturally had a passion for custom cars of all kinds, and that appreciation matured as he got older. “Obviously, my dad was a large influence in getting me interested in cars, but I also had friends who had hot rods, which really sparked my desire to have my own cars,” he admits. When the time came for him to finally begin a serious search for a vehicle to build he knew he had to stay true to his roots and find a truck like his dad’s old Chevy. “It was a natural choice to search for a C10 of the late-’60s era,” Michael says. “This truck was the first ‘hot rod’ that I purchased or built, and I wanted to make sure it stayed true to my taste as well as speak to my memories of my dad’s truck.”
uel injection has been around longer than most people think. In fact, in 1903 the Wright Brothers’ airplane was equipped with a crude but effective form that fed its engine. Shortly before World War II, Ed Winfield was granted a patent for mechanical fuel injection with Stuart Hilborn receiving a patent on his system shortly after the war, which was the design that quickly became the choice of race car builders.
By the ’50s, mechanical fuel injection was appearing on a variety of European cars and in 1957 General Motors’ Rochester fuel injection became available on Corvettes and Pontiac Bonnevilles. By 1958, development of electronically controlled systems began in earnest and Chrysler offered the Bendix Electrojector, but reliability issues caused virtually all of them to be replaced with carburetors under warranty.
n all my years reporting on classic trucks, I’ve rarely had the pleasure of covering trucks where the tops of the tires are visible, let alone the full suspension and chassis underpinnings! But seeing as the vintage 4×4/off-road thing is more than just a fad now, guess I better get used to it (insert winking emoji)!
I will say, however, that it’s more than just a pleasure to have the HS Customs’ ’81 K2500 be the very first “non-lowered” truck to be featured in Classic Truck Performance—she’s a beauty!
ver the last 30 years I can count how many “finished” old cars and trucks I’ve owned on one hand … with two fingers. And when I say finished, I mean completely finished: paint, interior, the whole lot. Yes … just two … in 30 years.
Regardless of what that says about my ability to keep anything for any real length of time, the reason I bring it up is because both of those completely finished vehicles each had full Dynamat insulation/sound deadening prior to the interiors being done. And, suffice it to say, my opinion of said pre-upholstery material installation is quite high. However, both prior insulation jobs were performed by someone else—someone who does that sort of thing (professionally) for a living. So …
nserting a hot GM-branded mill into a classic Blue Oval is nothing new, as these kind of engine swaps have been going on since the beginning of hot rodding as we know it. So, when Tim Shutters was whipping up his new-to-him ’60 F-100 Fleetside, the thought never crossed his mind not to use the parts and pieces he had on hand in his garage back in Fishers, Indiana.
nserting a hot GM-branded mill into a classic Blue Oval is nothing new, as these kind of engine swaps have been going on since the beginning of hot rodding as we know it. So, when Tim Shutters was whipping up his new-to-him ’60 F-100 Fleetside, the thought never crossed his mind not to use the parts and pieces he had on hand in his garage back in Fishers, Indiana.
s a fitting addendum to Ron Ceridono’s in-depth look into today’s fuel-injection options for your classic truck we thought it would be great to show all the readers with ’67-72 Chevy/GMC trucks (because we know there are a few of you out there!) just how easy it is to equip your C10 with the proper EFI pump and tank setup.
A visit to see our friend Mike at FiTech Fuel Injection in Corona, California, provided us with a few laughs, as well as their new Go Fuel (PN 50015) in-tank retrofit EFI fuel pump kit to feed their Ultra Ram EFI we’ll be using on the 454 big-block powering the ’69 currently under construction at Jimenez Bros. Air Ride & Rod Shop in Riverside, California. We still needed an actual tank to fulfill FiTech’s “in tank” aspect, so down the road a little further we traveled to see another friend, Randy, at Performance Online (POL) for a direct-fit, 19-gallon aluminum fuel tank—a powdercoated black one, no less (available at an additional charge)—for the C10.
ome things just go naturally together. Peanut butter and jelly; Starsky & Hutch; gin and tonic; hammer and nails; bacon and … well, everything! But here in the classic truck hobby there are two historic GM innovations that just needed to come together and join forces in a seemingly holy matrimony of Chevy truck drivin’ goodness: a totally rad ’68 C10 and its bitchin and blown ZL1 powerplant.
1. Every project needs a foundation, and this heavily modified (with an Art Morrison mandrel-bent IRS back-end) TCI chassis will definitely be up to the task.
ary George, who runs Gary’s Rods & Restorations in Northern California, has a long history of building outstanding vehicles. He was recently approached by Jason Souza to build a showstopping ’56 Ford F-100. This will be a “no-holds-barred” project, but they want the truck to have an elegant and refined character rather than going for shock value. Look for future articles that will include sectioning the cowl and the hood, moving the wheelwell openings in the front fenders, and scratchbuilding a new bed that matches the shape of the cab.
here aren’t a whole lot of events we cover that don’t require any sort of editorial preface—Dino’s Git Down is one of them. If you’ve had anything to do with classic GM trucks in the last half-decade alone, chances are you’re more than familiar with this now-legendary Arizona-based event.
Celebrating its 11th year and third consecutive at its current location, Glendale, Arizona’s Westgate Entertainment Center, the Git Down without exaggeration got down in 2021. Bigger and, for us at least, better than ever, Dino’s Chevy Only and LMC Truck pulled off an amazing gathering of GM trucks—and cars on Saturday—last November. On top of perfect weather conditions, a new venue layout literally packed the lots beyond capacity and brought spectators out in droves.
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