Truckin’ — Volume 43 Issue 11 2017

• VOLUME 43, NO. 11, [64] SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 -

Talent, Cash, and a Touch of Miracle

Inside the Build

Year/Make/Model:

1964 Chevrolet C10

Owner and City/State:

Chris Church; Oregon City, Oregon

CHASSIS

Front Suspension: Classic Performance Products tubular

control arms and knuckles, RideTech air springs, Hotchkis

anti-roll bar, Borgeson integrated-power steering box

Rear Suspension: Truck arms with RideTech air springs,

Classic Performance Products Panhard bar, bolt-in C-notch

Shocks: Ridetech

Brakes: Wilwood disc front, stock drum rear

ENGINE

GM LS 6.0, bored to 6.2. Ported LS3 heads; Chevrolet

Performance Gen 3 Hot Cam, Holley ECU, mid-rise manifold,

and 105mm throttle-body, Holley with Katech Performance,

coil-relocation kit, Doug Thorley Tri-Y; 2½-inch stainless with

Magnaflow mufflers

Transmission: GM 4L65E with Lead Foot Diesel

Performance clutches

Rearend: GM pickup 8.5 with 3.73:1 gears on an Eaton

Tru eTra c l i m ite d - s l i p g e a r c a rri e r

BODY

C10 short, wide box painted Ford Boxwood Green by

Carolina Kustoms, Portland, Oregon

INTERIOR

’98 Chevy pickup seat, black Nappa leather and square-

weave carpet by Jim’s Upholstery, Milwaukie, Oregon,

Dakota Digital VHX gauges, Budnik Beveled Sport steering

wheel, Painless Performance wiring and engine harness

Stereo: Alpine Bluetooth head unit with Rockford Fosgate

Power Series four-channel amplifier, Morel component set,

and JL Audio 10-inch subwoofers by owner

WHEELS & TIRES

Wheels: 18x8; Wheel Vintiques 12-series Smoothies

with 5-inch backspace front and 4-inch backspace rear,

Chevrolet derby caps

Tires: 245/45R18, 265/40R18; BF Goodrich G-Force T/A

But to judge this pickup against idle superlatives

is to miss the point. “I don’t do the slammed thing

because I actually drive it,” Chris says. He’s being

modest. Going from location to location, he beat the

thing like it owed him money, stepping the rear out a

time or two, and churning those healthy sized hides

into a haze more than once. It’s fast. After all that

has been done, he’s not satisfied. “The future goal is

forced induction,” Chris says giddily.

This ’64 does more than sit and look like a

badass. It is a badass. More than talk the talk, it walks

the walk. He didn’t just build it; he made it honest.

An honest-to-god brawler.