Look at this custom found on CL

[Blue'72]

Someone put a lot of work into this one!

http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/car/275692537.html

[paintpyro]

Now that is clean.

[cdowns]

took a classic and turned it ugly IMO

[bodydropped69]

Nice Truck.

[bagged91]

I remember about 12 years ago a chopped 67-72 Chevy cab & frame that had some of the same mod's done to the cab for sale at the Englishtown, NJ spring swap meet(raked chop, stretched). Truck was black too... Hmmm... Nice truck IMO though... Lot of hard work in it...

[jimmydean]

I like it, but the stretched cab looks funny.

[BigSky71]

Last line of the listing says "If you have a different color in mind, we can talk about it." So is he offering to re-paint this truck or what?

I am not a fan of chops on these trucks, and 5.5" in the doors is alot of stretch. I wonder what 2-3" would look like?

[72 cheyenne pdx]

It is a good looking truck. Not my taste, but they incorporated some things that I may use as inspiration.

[Rokcrln]

I went over this truck at one of the cae shows and it is nice and alot of work went into it but! For 33k it should not already be cracking at the door additions and hte rain gutters are off abit. That was about all I could see that needed attention and with it being a black vehical that tells me it is really straite! It has one slick air cleaner/engine cover on it.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[gmc1969custom]

I hope this guy doesnt hold his breath!

[Shane]

That hood is killer.

[cstm68]

i saw that truck at a goodguys show its a cool looking truck

[GREASEMONKEY72]

thats one slick ride

[bgangsta999]

ehhhhh........ It looks okay. Not worth 33k though

[see ten]

It appears to be quite an impressive truck!

[jugernot]

I know that Guy.............Nice Guy too.

[FLEET72]

It kinda reminds me of this one from the cover of Mar, 2002 Classic Trucks.

http://automotivewarehouses.com/show...A_950_8649.dat

Originally Posted by Wes Vreeland of sporttruck.com

The story of this ’68 Chevy started in the mid ’80s with a famous builder by the name of John Buttera. This new pickup started life as a Blazer and was intended as one of Buttera’s personal vehicles, so it had to be perfect.

Buttera started the project by building a complete 2x4 tubular frame. The then-new ’87 Corvette suspension was broadened to accommodate the wider track width and fully gusseted for additional strength under the heavier weight. In the front setup, Buttera ended up making his own torsion bars to obtain the correct ride height and spring rate. Out back, the ’Vette IRS was widened and tweaked as well. The quality of metalwork on the frame itself is better than most show cars and is just as shiny underneath as topside.

As you might notice, some of the body lines and features look great but not stock. Since this was originally a Blazer, it took some massaging to get the metal into the form of a truck. By the time the Chevy was ready for the body mallet, Boyd Coddington had entered the picture and the project went to Hot Rod’s by Boyd for a little collaboration. When all was said and done, Boyd’s and Buttera had grafted a ’68 cab to the Blazer body, slapped some truck doors on, and chopped the whole thing by 2 inches.

Further bodywork included shaving the door handles, the stake pockets, the gate handle, the wipers, the taillamps, and all the driprails marker lamps. On the bottom edge of the body, every pinch weld was removed and smoothed, and a full set of roll pans was welded in. After a good blocking, Boyd painted the truck, but that was back in about 1993.

As the banks loomed, Boyd started to lighten his load and had the basketcase transferred to Bob Johnson. When Johnson received the truck, it came with completed metalwork and a pretty tired and nicked paint job. To complicate things the bed was full of spare parts to the engine, drivetrain, and interior. Johnson’s hot rod shop pieced together what you see and reworked all the light body details, fully stripping the truck in the process.

Jeff Pierce and Barry Alford of Johnson’s sprayed on layer after layer of PPG to get the wet look. It’s been said that only fools and professionals have the cojones to paint a truck black; this shows Johnson’s shop to be the latter of the two.

As the paint cured, Johnson’s began to throw together the crate 502 Chevy powerhouse. The stock GM Performance motor was treated to a full array of bracketry and accessories matched to a short-style water pump via assemblies and pulleys from March Performance. Barry Grant’s 750-cfm Demon feeds the motor air while a custom set of headers made by Alan Johnson out of 15/8 tube evacuates spent gas. Coupled to a turbo 400 and cranking out 450 ponies is no joke with the suspension setup. Rather than roasting the 295/55R20 Toyo proxes, it simply goes.

On the inside, a hot rod treatment was given that rivals the exterior. Paul Atkins took to the hides and made custom seats and console, wrapping them in black Connolly leather and finishing it off with a sewn insert. The dash was completed by Boyd’s, and custom gauges from Classic Instruments inset behind bubble dome lenses. A finishing touch was added by a compliment of wool carpeting and billet accessories. With the legacy now completed, the GMC is finally driveable and handles just like a ’Vette — but faster.

[bcanini]

That truck is very nice!!! I kinda like the stretched look and definitely can appreciate the work that went into it.
The hood is very cool.

Brian

[CHYNSPR]

I have seen this one in person, it is extremely nice.

[sjarrett71]

It looks like a lot of work and money did go into that truck but I don't like it.

[Bamm]

Anybody have a pic of the air cleaner?