Roadside Find: A Laid Out 1998 Chevy TruckBy Brian Lohnes Posted 11/10/09
The weekend before we headed off to the SEMA show, we were running errands on a Sunday morning and crossed paths with this bad ass, totally laid out Chevy truck. We're thinking it is a 1998 as the 1999s were restyled. There's a bunch of subtle stuff going on here that makes us think that this truck was a professional build.
One of the neat things that we missed at first is the removal of the stock body line that runs from the front to the rear on the sides of the truck. The slab sided look is cool, and the flat blue paint is cool and different. Flat black is pretty well played out, but this flat blue is working its mojo on us.
The work to close up the bed around the re-worked wheel wells and kicked up frame is clean and professional, beating the tar out of lots of trucks running around with gaping holes back there. This is not a typical East Coast lowered truck, it screams So Cal and if it did come from there, it is about as far away as it can get, about 10 miles due west of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Written by Brian Lohnes
Nov 11 2009
HA!
I've nearly pulled Rockfords with the whole family loaded up before to zap roadside finds.... :D
Written by Rebeldryver Nov 10 2009
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Correct!
It was sitting in the North school (my elementary school) lot when I drove by and went...woah!
Brian
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I bet a trip to the store takes you days to get done. "Where's Brian?" "He's probably somewhere in a field looking at a rusty crane." ::)
Written by trukluvr Nov 10 2009
That thing is just sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. :P
Written by FIREBALLMONZA
Nov 10 2009
Yea it belongs to a kid name Alex he lives across the street from the school. I got some buddies that are in that club with him
Written by Brian Lohnes
Nov 10 2009
Correct!
It was sitting in the North school (my elementary school) lot when I drove by and went...woah!
Brian
Written by Hamar
Nov 10 2009
From what I understand, The Fella who owns this truck in in the Coast Guard. He was transfered out this way a year or so ago. If I remember correctly, Its parked over on RT 58 in Abington by the tracks........
Written by ford141
Nov 10 2009
Nicely done and very clean. I like the flat blue, gives it a soft texture. I'd like to see it with some steelies with caps and trim rings...
Written by NITMARE
Nov 10 2009
Looks to be pretty well done. The wheels are about 8-10 years out of style and the blue bulbs in the headlights scream APC....but the substance of the truck looks to be quality. Pre 99 bagged Chevy's are everywhere around here. The difference being a lack of bed floor and usually rolling on stock wheels.
Written by squirrel
Nov 10 2009
somebody stole his springs!
By what I see of the dash i think its a 95-96, looks nice :)