Indholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2023 i C10 Builder's Guide

THIS IS DEFINITELY my favorite issue of the year! I mean, what’s not to love about another jam-packed issue of the baddest trucks on the planet, right?! Butttttttttttt, this is also THE SEMA issue, and to top that off, we also put together something super cool to celebrate “The Big Kat” himself as sort of a tribute to what the Dino’s Git Down gathering has become. That’s right, SEMA and Dino’s Git Down all in one giant badass issue highlighting some of the coolest trucks AND PEOPLE around! Dino Battilana has been a personal friend for years, even before the “C10 craze” came back around. We go wayyyyy back! That’s what is honestly so neat about this industry. It’s a fairly small niche, and even though it seems like a…

IT’S BEEN SAID THAT ONE MAN’S trash is another man’s treasure. Located in a salvage yard right outside of Lone Grove, Oklahoma, ready to be scrapped, was the show truck Kyle Rhyne plucked from the pits of destruction. As a child, Kyle was extremely close to his grandfather Gary, who had a hobby of building and restoring rare and unique vehicles. “I always looked up to my grandfather,” Kyle says. “My favorites were his ’48 Chevy fastback and a ’53 Chevy sedan.” Trying to earn enough money for his first vehicle, Kyle got his first job cleaning an office building. He eventually found an older Celica for sale but couldn’t afford the full asking price. His grandfather stepped in to help him purchase it by paying the remainder of the…

SUMMER TRUCKIN’ NATIONALS TAKES ITS STAGE AT THE AT&T STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. OPEN TO LIFTED AND LOWERED TRUCKS, JEEPS, SXS AND CUSTOM BUILDS, THIS TEXAS SHOW BRINGS OUT SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM AROUND THE NATION. NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT AND CONCERT, SUMMER TRUCKIN’ NATIONALS FEATURES NOT ONLY SOME OF THE TOP CHEVY BUILDS BUT ALSO TOP PERFORMING ARTISTS AND MUCH-ANTICIPATED GATHERING OF THE NATION’S FINEST TRUCK CLUBS. Tickets and registration is limited and sells out year after year. Huge vendors show up in force, including American Force and some of the top wheel brands in the industry. Summer Truckin’ Nationals also hosts a Food Truck Court featuring some of the finest DFW has to offer in food favorites from the Texas regions. Going strong, this…

IT’S NO SECRET THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN JUST DOWNRIGHT WEIRD FOR OUTDOOR SHOWS, EVENTS, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR INDOOR TRADESHOWS WITH A LOT OF “PEOPLE INTERACTION.” BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SEMA 2022 WAS BACK AND KICKING IN FULL SWING! THIS YEAR WAS DEFINITELY AN AMAZING TURNOUT OF SOME OF THE BADDEST BUILDERS, PRODUCTS, CLASSICS, AND WILDEST SPECTACLES FROM ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. We were pleasantly surprised to see such a great turnout, after all of the talk of some of the “big boys” dropping out. But also pleasantly surprised as there were A TON of insane classic Chevys and some of the most high-end C10 builds on display EVER! Seemed to be “the year of the truck,” as several big C10 debuts took…

“When you’re spending only a handful of seconds behind the wheel at a time while on the track, you don’t need much as long as it keeps you safe and in control!” TIME CERTAINLY has a way of getting away from us, with days quickly turning into months, and months quickly turning into years. Before we know it, all that time we thought we had has come and gone. As Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” The father and son duo of Danny and Will Robertson had long wanted to work on a project together. With both of them loving high speed, big horsepower, and trucks, building a drag truck was the logical…

THIS ISSUE, WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE PARTS SECTION BY HIGHLIGHTING SOMETHING SUPER NEAT HERE FIRST! TOTAL COST INVOLVED RECENTLY LAUNCHED ITS NEW C10 CHASSIS LINEUP THAT SPANS SEVERAL C10 GENS AND CHASSIS OPTIONS. WE’RE GOING TO DIVE IN A LITTLE DEEPER AND SHOWCASE SOME OF THE COMPANY’S LATEST AND GREATEST FULL-CHASSIS CHEVY C10 OFFERINGS WITH A SPECIAL PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT ON THESE FULL-CHASSIS PERFORMANCE BUILDS THAT HAVE THREE LEVELS. Spanning from 1963 through the 1987 squares, TCI has been in the chassis and suspension game for decades. Over-engineering is its specialty, and that’s just what the company did with three new full-chassis solutions. Check them out! The Rundown TCI is proud to offer three new and complete 1963 through 1987 Chevrolet C10 chassis options. The…

DINO Battilana is a certified Chevy truck specialist, which is exactly what his show, Dino’s Git Down, caters to every year in Phoenix. While he gives GM-pickup enthusiasts a place to gather every year, he also makes sure to keep his garage filled with Chevy pickups of his own, with the latest of his projects being this short, dark, and handsome ’73 squarebody that he affectionately refers to as the Black Widow. Now, before your imagination wanders too far off, let’s get one thing cleared up. Dino isn’t some sort of evil Chevy warlock or anything like that (OK, maybe he is a little bit). The name of his truck came from it being totally infested with black widow spiders since the day he took ownership of it. In fact,…

ATON OF SHOWS ARE HELD throughout the year in the Sunshine State, but Slamfest is one of Florida’s all-time favorites and its longest-running custom truck show. Going strong for the last 31 years, the gathering of rides from all over the coast becomes bigger and better each and every year. The crew and families who throw the show are proud of the fact that it’s the longest-running custom car and truck show in the state and also will soon be the last standing, longest-running in the U.S. Constantly refined by the MiniMadness club members, there are now second-generation members working alongside their parents. How cool is that?! The event always packs a wealth of entertainment into the Fall weekend get-together, making it truly an East Coast treasure with fun for…

WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL SHOP gathering and BBQ for close friends and family has turned into a national event and one of the nation’s largest gatherings of classic Chevy trucks. Dino’s Git Down is officially a household name now (at least in the C10 community, ha ha). This year was the biggest and best iteration yet; with more than 5,000 Chevy trucks in attendance, it was a spectacle to say the least. Dino, Teri, and the entire crew really went above and beyond to create an event and a weekend that feels less like your average truck show and more like one giant family reunion. That is the key to the success of this event. Besides being put on by some great people, it really truly felt like a…

WE ARE RACING DOWN THE HOME stretch on Project Last Chance. In the last issue of C10 Builder’s Guide (Issue 28, Winter 2022), we took this 1967 Chevy C10 restomod build from a bare frame with a motor and transmission to a fully assembled body with all the major systems installed. Our goal is to take this truck on the world-famous 2,000-mile-long Hot Rod Power Tour. This year’s tour route passes close to my home, and we decided it would be the perfect first event for the build. If you complete the entire Power Tour from start to finish you are deemed a Long Hauler. In Phase 2 we are going to throw out the original suspension components for a much better coilover setup, spice up the motor, and throw…

“‘I wasn’t positive what I wanted at the time,’ Kenny says, ‘but I knew it was going to be a Chevy.’” SOME PEOPLE have ideas, and some people have contacts—and others have BOTH! Enter Triple C, which stands for Custom Car Consulting, and its mission is to be the bridge between the owner and the builders to help bring those wild ideas to fruition. Kenny Johnson started Triple C back in 2017 and it has flourished with time. Kenny’s connections help him connect the dots for many clients who sometimes don’t even know where to begin. Back in the mid-1980s, Kenny first got the taste for custom vehicles from his father, Holand “Skipper” Baker, who built a showstopping 1957 Chevy truck. When Kenny decided to purchase a vehicle to show…

THERE’S A CERTAIN ADVANTAGE TO growing up around automotive shops. The knowledge gained from being around shops can possibly be an overload at an early age and might steer you away from the family business, but on the other hand, if you embrace it, it can propel you to learn and go further than you ever thought you could. Jason Froelich’s parents started Classic Collision back in 2000 in Canton, Ohio. As Jason got older, he became the collision repairman and his brother Chad was the painter. With Jason’s parents in the process of retiring soon, Jason and Chad will be taking over the shop and thrust into taking over the business. Of course, when you spend your childhood and teenage years working on vehicles for other people, you get…

WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF street rods, thoughts of ’32 Fords, pre- and post-World War II lead sleds, and wild customs come to mind. However, more and more trucks have joined the crazy trail mix in the past few years, including the ’73-’87 Chevrolet C10 and its squarebody brethren. And why not? They’re the perfect platform for all the same custom tricks used to build street rods to this day. Not too long ago, C10 Builders Guide witnessed this first-hand on a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, the home of Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, and—on the first weekend of August for 25 consecutive years (28 years overall) as of 2022—the National Street Rod Association Street Rod Nationals. Now in its 53rd overall year, the Nationals attracts tens of thousands of…

AS YOU CAN see, we did something a little different with this issue. We wanted to celebrate some of the people who make this scene so special, and who better to start with than the “Big Kat” himself! That’s right, we put Dino’s mug smack dab on the cover. And here, we take a deeper dive into his personal truck build and a special look at Dino’s Git Down and how big it has become. So, we got Dino on the phone during his largest show yet and here’s what he had to say: C10BG: When did you get started with custom trucks? Dino: Since I was 13 years old, I have never NOT had a C10 truck, and I’m now 61! You do the math, and that’s for real!…

STARTING A NEW TRUCK project is always an exciting time, but some builds are just a little more meaningful than others. Billy Lane and his son Billy Lane Jr. of Marrero, Louisiana, started on their ’66 Chevy C10 soon after they purchased it back in October 2017. The two looked at the truck as a good opportunity to spend some quality father/son time together, but little did they know just what would end up fueling them to get the truck finished as quickly as they could. In August 2018, Billy Sr.’s mother, Marilyn, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. With so many things up in the air for her during this time, one of her wishes was for her son and grandson to complete the truck project they had…