The 411
Owner/hometown:
Robert Wallace / Cleveland, North Carolina
Year/make/model:
'68 Chevy C10 Stepside
Engine/drivetrain:
350 four-bolt main / bored 0.030 over / Crane 296 two-grind cam, solid lifters, and 1.5 Gold Race Extruded rockers / Dyers aluminum intake manifold, with 6-71 blower / two Holley 750-cfm double-pumper chrome carburetors / Hilborn-style scoop / Billet Specialties valve covers / Manley forged rods / Hedman Hedders headers / Speed Pro forged pistons / Melling H.V. oil system / Moroso chrome oil pan / MSD ignition, distributor, and retard selector / billet pulleys, alternator, and braided lines / '85 700-R4 three-speed with overdrive transmission / Hurst shifter / Hays HD Flexplate / TCI 3,000-stall converter and transmission cooler / Corvette servo unit / B&M Shift Improver Kit / Painless Wiring kit
By: Robert Wallace / Gary Lomax / City Transmission
Rims:
Front: 15x6-inch Weld Racing
Rear: 15x17-inch Weld Racing
Tires:
Front: 195/60R15 Road Hugger GT
Rear: 33x21.5-15 M/T Sportsman
Suspension:
Front: '76 Chevy 1/2-ton front suspension, disc brakes, and tilt steering column / Belltech 4-inch drop spindles and 3-inch coil springs / Speedway short shocks
Rear: '76 Ford 9-inch narrowed 43 inches / 4.56 Richmond gears / Art Morrison ladder and track bars / Carrera 1,650-pound coilovers / '76 Ford rear disc brakes
Chassis: 2x6x1/4-inch custom back half
By: Robert Wallace / stepbrother, Dean
Body Mods:
Tilt bed / rear roll pan / custom rear wing / 3-inch body channeling / raised bed floor / frenched antenna and foglights / custom cowl hood / front grille modified for turn signals / Tri Bar front headlights / polished aluminum bed floor and stainless steel bed-strip kit
By: Dean Custom Paint and Body
Custom Paint:
DuPont Chroma basecoat / Sea Green with Dark Green and Spectra Master Green flames
By: Dean Custom Paint and Body / Robert Wallace
Interior:
Custom three-way electric bucket seats and door panels, wrapped in light- and dark-tan leather / painted dash with tan-dyed dashpad / tan leather-wrapped Weld Racing steering wheel / '87 Chevy Camaro center console / Auto Meter water, oil, amp, blower pressure, and vacuum boost gauges / tan loop pile carpet
By: One Stop Custom Shop, in Cleveland, North Carolina
Audio/Video:
JVC cassette head unit / JVC 6-inch and 6x9-inch speakers
By: Robert Wallace
Special Thanks:
His wife, Pam, stepbrother, Dean, Gary Lomax, and all his friends who helped him along the way