1968 Chevrolet C-10

Motortopia Staff . 2nd December, 2022

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Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

John Schick

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year: 1968

Engine:

ENGINE

Chevy 355-ci small-block bored .60 over

Push-button ignition

500-lift camshaft

Ported and polished camel hump heads

Ferrea valves

Comp cams pushrods and springs

ARP fasteners

Edelbrock Air Gap intake manifold

Quick Fuel 650-cfm double pumper carburetor

Patriot Exhaust Products 1967 Camaro headers

Ceramic-coated 2 ¼ exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44 mufflers

Vintage Air Frontrunner serpentine kit

Aluminum radiator with dual electric fans

Stainless steel braided and hard lines

Rebuilt Turbo 400 transmission with 2,600-stall torque converter

Chevy 10-bolt rearend with 4.42:1 gears and Eaton Truetrac limited slip differential

Polished custom aluminum gas tank

Engine assembled by Joe Mejia

Wiring by Jaime Fifield of Fifield Fabrications, Brea, CA

SUSPENSION

Shop: Chassis by Aaron Iha

Full custom narrowed frame made out of 2x4 steel with flat plate welded on the back half

Frame powder coated by Bubba’s Powder Coat, Desert Hot Springs, CA

Custom control arms

1973-87 drop spindles with disc brakes

Rack-and-pinion steering

Parallel 4-link with rear cantilever

1996 Impala SS rear disc brakes

Classic Performance Products brake booster and master cylinder

Painted shocks

Slam Specialties RE-7 and RE-8 airbags

All suspension and hardware chromed by the Corona brothers at So Cal Auto Body

BODY & PAINT

Sheet metal work by Chassis by Aaron Iha

Paint by David Jameson of Little Shop of Kustoms, Desert Hot Springs, CA

Dupont paint mixed to match Bentley Silver Lake Blue

Engine-turned silver leaf on core support

Modified original grille with 2004 Jeep Liberty headlights with halo lights

Custom core support and front inner fenders

One-off hood hinges

Brothers Truck single-piece side glass with power window components

One Piece Window Products flush rear window

Grant Kustoms front roll pan and rear Cali combo skin

Shaved firewall, door handles, wiper cowl and gas door

Sheet metal inner bed with wheel tubs and chrome strips

Rolled pinch weld on cab

Flush-mount gas cap

LED taillights

Transmission:

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ENGINE

WHEELS & TIRES

22x8 and 22x10 Intro Pentia polished billet wheels

255/30R22 and 295/ 30R22 BF Goodrich tires.

INTERIOR

Shop: Victor Moreno of V Custom Hotrod Interiors, Indio, CA

Sheet metal dash by Chassis by Aaron Iha

Modified Chevy C/K bench seat

Custom kick panels, door panels, headliner and speaker box

Light tan Ultraleather

Smoothed floor with tan Jaguar carpet

Billet Specialties AC vents

Omega gauges

Billet pedals

Colorado Customs billet steering wheel with Severed Ties logo

Classic Performance Products steering column

Vintage Air Gen IV air-conditioning unit

Alpine 7-inch navigation head unit

Alpine 6.5-inch component speakers and 8-inch Type R subwoofers

Alpine amplifiers

Odyssey battery

Fattmat sound deadening material

SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “I would like to thank my wife who is my mechanic’s assistant for supporting my hobby and me. There are so many people that lent a helping hand: Jason Lightner and Marcus Smith, all the guys around my old shop, Mark Zarate, Scott Stevens, Jason Oliveira and Sixtoe for lending a big hand, Aaron Iha for the quality fabrication, the Corona brothers for helping me with some under carriage prep and hook-up on chrome, Brett Oakes for helping me out with the stereo equipment, Scott Stevens for letting me work on my truck at his shop, Josue Quiroz for all the advice and help and David Jameson for doing a bad-ass paint job and bodywork. He’s always down to stay late to help