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1958 Chevrolet Apache Fleet-side Long Beach, CA

Motortopia Staff . 9th May, 2022
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Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

Ralph Holguin

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year: 1958

Engine:

ENGINE

  • Shop: RMD Garage
  • GM LS3 crate motor from Turn Key Engine Supply, Oceanside, CA
  • Custom engine cover
  • Custom air intake
  • Energy Suspension motor mounts
  • Custom polished stainless 3-inch exhaust with Borla mufflers and custom tips
  • Matson’s custom radiator and Fanman electric fans
  • Aluminum gas tank
  • Ron Francis wiring harness
  • TREMEC six-speed manual transmission with custom shifter
  • Currie 9-inch rearend

BODY & PAINT

  • Shop: RMD Garage
  • Shaved door handles, front bumper bolts, roof gutters, mirrors, tailgate, gas cap, badges and wiper cowl with added design
  • Accentuated body lines
  • Reworked upper door frames
  • Roll pan with exhaust cut-outs
  • Deleted bed seam
  • Shaved inner bed with custom wheel tubs
  • Clear bed floor made of ½-inch translucent black acrylic
  • Single-piece side glass
  • Shaved firewall with added design
  • Custom front inner fenders
  • Eddie Motorsports hood hinges
  • Reworked hood support brackets
  • 7-inch headlights
  • United Pacific LED taillights
  • All body panels gapped for a clean finish
  • 200 hours of body work
  • Custom two-tone BASF R-M Silver and Dark Shadow Gray paint
  • 10 hours of paint work

Transmission:

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Interior Color:

Specification

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ENGINE

  • Shop: RMD Garage
  • GM LS3 crate motor from Turn Key Engine Supply, Oceanside, CA
  • Custom engine cover
  • Custom air intake
  • Energy Suspension motor mounts
  • Custom polished stainless 3-inch exhaust with Borla mufflers and custom tips
  • Matson’s custom radiator and Fanman electric fans
  • Aluminum gas tank
  • Ron Francis wiring harness
  • TREMEC six-speed manual transmission with custom shifter
  • Currie 9-inch rearend

BODY & PAINT

  • Shop: RMD Garage
  • Shaved door handles, front bumper bolts, roof gutters, mirrors, tailgate, gas cap, badges and wiper cowl with added design
  • Accentuated body lines
  • Reworked upper door frames
  • Roll pan with exhaust cut-outs
  • Deleted bed seam
  • Shaved inner bed with custom wheel tubs
  • Clear bed floor made of ½-inch translucent black acrylic
  • Single-piece side glass
  • Shaved firewall with added design
  • Custom front inner fenders
  • Eddie Motorsports hood hinges
  • Reworked hood support brackets
  • 7-inch headlights
  • United Pacific LED taillights
  • All body panels gapped for a clean finish
  • 200 hours of body work
  • Custom two-tone BASF R-M Silver and Dark Shadow Gray paint
  • 10 hours of paint work

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CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

  • Shop: RMD Garage
  • Total Cost Involved full chassis with rack-and-pinion steering, IFS, front sway bar, rear 4-link and pan-hard bar
  • Ridetech coil-overs
  • Wilwood disc brakes

WHEELS & TIRES

  • 20x8.5 and 20x10 Niche Milan wheels
  • 255/35ZR20 and 315/35ZR20 Nitto NT05 tires

INTERIOR & STEREO

  • Shop: RMD Garage
  • Shaved dash
  • Classic Instruments gauges
  • Vintage Air AC system
  • Classic Performance Products steering column
  • Raceline steering wheel
  • Custom center console
  • Lexus SC300 bucket seats with headrest cut off
  • Custom door panels
  • Lokar Performance Products door handles
  • Custom seamless headliner
  • High-grade Silver Gray and Oxford White leather upholstery
  • Kicker PXi50 head unit, 6 ¾-inch speakers, 10-inch subwoofers and 800x4 amplifier
  • Battery mounted on the frame

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