This ProTouring 1969 “Orange Rush” Chevy C-10 Truck Is a Corner-Shredding Monster

With the hood roughed out, it was on to mounting the bedsides and tailgate. Bob didn’t plan to have a floor in the bed, so the sides had to be hung from the roll bars and frame. Once the bedsides where installed, Bob sent the truck to RPM Hot Rods in Pittsburgh so that the dash and console could be fabricated.
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Next it was time for bodywork. Bob put in 60-80 hours a week on bodywork with some help from his friend Rick DeSalvo and his maintenance man Shayne Smeltzer from A Plus Powder Coaters, Inc. It took seven weeks to get the bodywork straight enough to suit him. While doing the bodywork, Bob spent some time mixing different BASF oranges until he came up with the perfect color, Orange Rush Orange.

Back at Bob’s home shop, Shayne started the wiring while Bob started assembling the truck. The Kurt Urban Performance LS7 was installed, which dyno’d at 648 hp at the flywheel. It was mated to a dual-disc carbon clutch with an LS hydraulic throw-out bearing. This was coupled to a Tremec T-56 magnum that Mark at Bowler Performance had upgraded and tinkered with.

To help this C-10 stop, Bob installed Baer 6R 14-inch brakes and plumbed the lines. He also installed the JRI adjustable shocks with hydraulic lift cylinders. This would allow to truck to be raised 2 inches to get into a trailer or to fit a jack underneath without affecting the performance of the coil-over.

Most of the truck was built in Bob’s garage at home because he likes to do as much of the work himself as he can. The truck took 18 months to build with a little more than 3,000 hours in it.

Check out the pick up truck in action below and prepare yourself to be amused!