1974 Chevrolet Stepside C-10 Hot Rod Truck Lowrider Air Ride

1974 Chevy “Flatliner”

One of the most recognized and accomplished custom trucks in existence. This is a top dollar frame off build that has resulted in multiple big show wins, major magazine coverage, and the truck being picked by magazine editors as one of the best custom trucks of all time.

1974 Chevy Stepside Show Truck nicknamed “The Flatliner”. This is absolutely one of the baddest and most decorated custom trucks around. 4 years and over $95,000 has been invested in this full frame off build in which virtually every inch and bolt has been touched creating a true one-of-a-kind show stopper. So much of this truck is the result of one-off custom fabrication that it is safe to say you will never see another truck like it and the air ride suspension allows for an almost unlimited number of looks. You can leave it lowered or almost completely slammed to the ground or leave the back slightly higher for more of a “hot rod” look (my personal favorite!) or anything in between.

The truck has been featured in dozens of publications including virtually every major truck magazine there is. A short list of some of the major magazine features include:

• Cover and feature in Classic Trucks magazine

• 6-page feature in Truckin’ Magazine

• 5-page feature in Street Trucks Magazine

• Cover and 4-page feature in Custom and Classic Trucks Magazine

• Promotional feature truck in the Boyd Coddington catalog for a number of years

• Promotional feature truck in Slam Specialties catalog for a number of years

Perhaps the most impressive accomplishment was being named to Truckin’ Magazines special 30th Anniversary Edition list of the “Top 100 Trucks of All Time”. Just making it into Truckin’ Magazine identifies your build as one of the best around so to have a truck which is not only featured, but actually stands out as one of the best trucks they have ever featured, is a tremendous accomplishment. A lot of builds claim to be one of the best but this truck has major magazine editors, who have seen only the cream of the crop for over 3 full decades, actually making that claim for it.

This truck also has show judges backing up its build quality as it has collected awards every time it has been shown including some major events. Some of its major show wins include:

• Sweep of both best in class and outstanding truck overall at the prestigious Oakland Rod and Custom Show

• First in class at the San Francisco Roadster Show

• First in class at the California Truck Jam

The reason it has won so many awards and been written about so many times is because the great attention to detail covering every inch of this truck. In fact the custom fabrication and detail on even the frame and suspension is so extensive and show worthy that they decided to build a see-through bed just to display the work.

Here is a list of the build specs on the truck:

·4 year build with over $95,000 invested

·Exterior/Body Mods/Paint

oFull frame off build with entire truck assembled back onto frame using stainless steel hardware and lines

oBillet grille

o1979 front end to allow for mechanical hood release and better fit with the billet grille

oShaved gas tank fillers, emblems, and taillights

oRemoved tailgate chains and replaced with custom machined set of 3-piece tailgate locks

oFilled and smoothed rail ends and stake pockets

o1959 El Camino mirrors

oHarley Davidson LED taillights

oCovered gas tank with stainless steel and custom gas filler cap

oHand fabricated clear side lenses

oCary Greenwood flames and pinstriping

§The late Cary Greenwood was a famous custom car painter and recognized as one of the best ever. He has been featured in numerous books on the subject including “Up in Flames: The Art of Flame Painting” which provides features on some of the best custom flame artists of all time and “Pinstriping Masters” which provides features on some of the greatest custom pinstripers ever. He is truly one of the best and most recognized flame and pinstripe artists of all time.

§Greenwood striped frame rails in blue and purple

§House of Kolor Passion Pearl Purple and Magic Blue Pearl flames

§Nick Greenwood shot the base coat while Cary Greenwood did the flames and pinstriping

§Over 275 flame tips on the truck

oCustom show bed to display all the trick one-off suspension components

§Plexiglas floor with 4.5’ pinstripe mural on it done by Cary Greenwood that probably should be hanging in a museum somewhere as it is a true work of art

§Custom machined aluminum inner bedsides to hold the show floor in place

§Raised floor 5 inches to allow room for axle to travel

·Interior/stereo

oAudio system designed, built, and installed by Ultimate Car Toys of Dublin California

§3-10” inch JL Audio subs concealed in custom built center enclosure

§2 Alpine amps, a 1500 watt and a 700 watt amp in custom built enclosures behind both bucket seats

§Hand fabricated fiberglass door panels to hold the component speakers

§Custom plexiglass enclosure between the seats showing off the cross overs with red neon lighting

oBillet Specialties steering wheel

oBillet rear view mirror

oCustom Fabricated billet dash panel

oCustom toggles and gauges for air ride suspension controls

oBillet shift and signal handles

·Drivetrain

oChevy Crate engine 350CID and TH350 transmission (Installed NEW)

oFully detailed to show winning level and covered with chrome and billet. Virtually every inch of the engine bay is gleaming

oDual Powermaster chrome 110-amp alternators with trick custom designed and fabricated brackets and tension bar w/2 premium Cat batteries

oMarch Performance Pulleys

oCustom stainless radiator, overflow and fan

oCustom stainless covering firewall

oDoug Thorley headers

oDual Flowmaster side exit exhaust under the side steps

·Suspension

oCustom fully boxed and welded frame with ladder bars

oAll holes on frame filled and entire frame powder coated gloss black and then covered with classic pinstriping done by Cary Greenwood

oStep notched rear frame rails 5.5 inches

oCustom fabricated front and rear brackets

oCustom machined billet aluminum cross member

o½” Master Image mass flow valves

oTwo ceramic coated 5-gallon tanks

oFour Thomas 317 compressors

oSlam Specialties RS72 (front) and RS82 (rear) bags

oBoyd Coddington Stingray Wheels mounted to Toyo Tires (20x8 in the front and 20x9.5 in the rear)

oChrome tubular upper control arm

oBelltech dropped spindles

o9.5” front drop and 11.5” rear drop

o4 wheel disc brakes

The truck remains in great shape today and has only been driven handful of miles total since its completion. The engine runs perfect and starts right up every time and the truck looks great. The paint is in very good condition with an awesome shine. Overall this truck remains in excellent condition and the chrome still shows excellent as well. The door locks are not hooked up so they do not function. Speedometer and fuel gauge disconnected for clean show look but easy to connect. I like to try and point out everything but overall this truck is in show ready condition and is one you would be proud to own and display.

If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to contact me or call (612-919-4185). Truck is being sold “as-is, where-is” with no warranties. I am very happy to show the truck or make it available for inspection so just get in touch to set something up. I am very easy to work with so just let me know and thanks for looking.

If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to contact me or call (612-919-4185). Truck is being sold “as-is, where-is” with no warranties. I am very happy to show the truck or make it available for inspection so just get in touch to set something up. I am very easy to work with so just let me know and thanks for looking.