2001 Chevy Silverado - Leid Out

Traction is important because there is no fuel-injected 5.3L under the hood. Going old school on his project, Allan installed an AR Racing 350ci V-8 crate engine in front of the shaved firewall. Sitting on top of the painted block are polished Edelbrock heads, a polished Edelbrock aluminum intake, and an Edelbrock carburetor. Other shiny goods include a chrome alternator, power steering pump, polished water pump, and chrome starter. Exhausted gasses are spent through chrome headers, custom 2-1/2-inch exhaust, and Flowmaster mufflers. The rebuilt 350 tranny sends the power to a lengthened drive shaft by Driveline Specialist and turns the axles inside the powdercoated tubes. All of these performance parts add up to 427hp and 430lb-ft of torque.

Pop the remote door poppers and an interior of white and orange exposes itself from top to bottom. Todd Boatwright filled, smoothed, and then painted the stock dash and door panels. The rest of the cabin was taken care of by Upholstery Unlimited in Oklahoma City. While at the shop, the team wrapped the custom sub box that Allan built, laid new white leather flooring, installed the white leather headliner, and wrapped the Cavalier seats in white leather and orange suede. The trick Tiki steering wheel is a custom piece from B.A.D. and the pedals were one of the last sets sold by Trenz. Tunes are supplied by a Pioneer P-6500DVD head unit with a JBL 1201.1 amp pushing the JBL 12-inch sub and Infinity Kappa separates.

Debuting at Showfest, the Hoffman family was pleased with the reactions of admiration, temporarily. You see, at Showfest the dash was all white and the bed was Line-X black, with a nitrogen tank taking up much of the rear. We suggested changing the dash and bed, and two months later at Heat Wave, the dash was the same and the bed was all white with a full sheetmetal skin. Looking better, Allan and Robert had starting problems driving to the cover photo location, so we rescheduled for SEMA. Upon seeing the completed truck, we couldn't believe our eyes. The father and son combo sent the truck back down to Arizona during the three-month break and Charles Armstrong once again went paint crazy, only this time it was on the dash and inside the bed. Pictures cannot do this amazing automotive artwork justice; but trust us, the detail is insane. Now there is no rock left unturned and the couple of months helped Allan achieve the truck of his dreams. Everything worked out exactly the way it was supposed to and the Tiki truck has never looked better. Eye-catching graphics, big billets, and details galore-this truck is all leid out. Allan wanted to especially thank Todd, Bonspeed, Viair, B.A.D., Autotrendz, Cassy, and of course, mom and dad.