1989 Chevrolet S10 Pickup
Presenting as a wolf in wolf's clothing, this truck is anything but fuel efficient, nor does it even have a thought as to the Arab oil embargo! This truck can be used on the street or the strip and is a far cry from its humble beginnings as a light duty hauler. Coming to our Hallowed Halls after a 2022 frame off restoration and showing 108,055 non-actual miles on the odometer, sporting a newer 3-speed automatic, an Andy Jensen built and dynoed 355ci V8 with a who's who list of speed parts, new paint, new exhaust and like new wheel and tires. Presently poised for takeoff in our South Mallway, this truck is ready to haul a lot of things, but mostly ass.
Due to modifications of the emissions control devices installed by the manufacturer, please check your local, state, and federal laws to determine if this vehicle is applicable for use on public highways in your area.*
Exterior
Let's start upfront, a very good place to start, where we see a simplified horizontal and vertical ribbed grille with chrome trimmings, single flanking headlights, a shiny front bumper in chrome, twin tow hooks and a black chin spoiler. Things are already looking sinister. A fiberglass cowled hood with a cut out for the big catcher scoop, straight steel fenders and doors with miles of nearly perfect orange paint and a pink to fuschia to purple to blue highlighting stripe at the lower beltline which dresses the lower 3/4 of the entire truck adds some extra pizazz. Gaps are all well minded, and the windows are lightly tinted. A black tonneau cover is on the bed which is more orange steel and a trap door for gassing up the fuel cell. Weld Racing wheels are wrapped in the back with Hoosier 31x18.50R15's and skinny Weld Racing wheels and rubber on the front in 26x7.50 form from Mickey Thompson. A clean tailgate is flanked on either side by the lightly smoked Euro style tail lights and down below is a molded in roll pan sans bumper with blingy chrome wheelie bars hanging out for the world to see.
Interior
This truck retains most of its stock charm and utilitarian style with black and blue plastic and vinyl panels throughout the interior. The door panels are as stock as they come and look showroom new with a mix of black plastic and tuck and roll vinyl. Turning our attention to the inside, we see the original bench seat firmly wrapped in black tuck and roll vinyl trimmings with blue seat belts and belt covers. A bowtie badged 3 spoke rally style steering wheel sits proudly atop the original column and an attached aftermarket speedometer is right in front of the driver. Helping to keep the driver aware of all the vitals is a full gamut of AutoMeter gauges on top of the dash. In the center of the blue factory plastic and padded vinyl dash is an aftermarket AM/FM/CD stereo hanging directly above a storage cubby with fire extinguisher and the B&M ratchet style shifter setup floating in a sea of black carpet. Now the party is really rollin'. Last one in the pool with a suit on is a rotten egg!
Drivetrain
In keeping with the unique and the straight line go fast theme, under the hood we note a new Andy Jensen built 355ci V8 making a dyno proven 659hp. All this power comes from a Comp Cams Part # 12-771-8 camshaft with Brodix 18 degree 70cc aluminum cylinder heads, a Weiand 6-71 supercharger and a pair of Holley 4-barrel carburetors atop. A TCI TH400 3-speed automatic is on back. The rear axle is a Ford 9" design with a spool, Strange axles and a 4.10 gear set. The engine is shiny and bright with nearly everything polished to the nines and we note woven stainless hoses for fuel delivery ensure plenty of fossils feed the engine.
Undercarriage
All is black and orange and all solid underneath with the frame and floor pans are structurally sound and only minor surface rust on the usual suspects. Wilwood disc brakes are on the front and rear axles and work with a QA1 independent coilover suspension in the front and ladder bars and more coilovers in the back. Seen are long tube headers and clean new dual Purple Hornie muffler equipped exhaust system to ensure you will be not only seen but heard.
Drive-Ability
In a word...fast and loud, but that was two words, and I digress.... This custom S10 smoked the test track and the tires and worked all just swimmingly. All functions save for the reverse lights and heater blower were working as they should, and it was an exciting test drive, which when finished, left us with a smile on our faces. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your purchase.
A party for your right foot, and your eyes in the overall presentation with its clean showroom appearance. Great paint and wonderful rodded custom looker and cooker. Pass the "dutchie" to the left-hand side...Party on Garth!
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