1974 Chevy Stepside - One Low '74

Before the bed could be united with the frame, Justin decided to add Harley-Davidson LED lights to the panel below the tailgate. While he was at it, the bedrail ends and stake pockets were filled. The entire exterior was then repainted with the same Platinum gray paint by Nick and Cary Greenwood, from Vogues Custom Creations in San Leandro, California, who are responsible for all of the paint and stripe work on the truck. This time around, they flamed the truck in House of Kolor Shimrin Pearls in blue and purple. At this point, the only area that had not yet received a "twice over" was the bed. A floor was made from plexiglass, and bedsides were machined from aluminum.

As a final touch to his masterpiece, Justin installed a set of custom-made clear side lenses. This was exactly four years after he turned the first wrench on the truck and exactly one hour before check-in time at the Oakland Rod and Custom show. There he won the Mild truck class as well as Outstanding truck overall. Soon, we caught up with Justin as his '74 was in the process of winning its class at the Spring Cal Truck Jam. Justin has since started a side business performing suspension mods and fabricating one-off parts, Flatline Fabrications. Now Justin's truck is the centerpiece in someone else's wishbook.