1989 Chevy C1500 - For The Memory

Inside the cockpit, you'll find a maroon and gray-tweed-covered pair of Honda Civic buckets sharing room with a hand-fabricated candy-red center console. Matching maroon and gray tweed envelopes the stock dash, headliner, and door panels. Plush maroon carpeting fills the void on the floor. Auto Motif in Marrero, Louisiana, is responsible for the needlecraft.

You can't really have a show truck without some kind of high-end audio, and Ken's truck is no exception. Alpine sends those delicious sound signals to a Rockford Fosgate PA2 equalizer to sort out the highs and lows before being routed to the Rockford Fosgate Punch amplifiers. Making the sound waves audible to the human ear is a nice pair of Boston Acoustic separates mounted in custom kick panels, and another set of Boston 4x6s make their home in the factory dash positions. Two JL Audio subs beat through a plexiglass enclosure in the bed. Just in case music wasn't enough to satisfy the hungry for more show attendant, a Sony PlayStation 2 resides in the cab to provide visual entertainment through a 6.5-inch LCD parked in the center console. Billet everything is the name of the game for Ken. The shiny aluminum stuff is splayed across the dash, foot pedals, vents, and formed into a Billet Specialties steering wheel.

Since this is his first-ever custom project, Ken entered the Chevy truck in a few shows to see what others thought about his creation. The results were overwhelming: First in Class and Best of Show at the Lake Front Tour, Best of Show at Scraping the Coast, Best Engine at Mardi Gras Nationals, and Best of Show at World of Wheels. This is quite an accomplishment for a young man who was fabricating this truck in memory of his brother. As is always the case, Ken was not alone in this undertaking. Special thanks go to Ken's father Ken Sr., Uncle Roger, Ken's mom, fianc Karen, Envious Car and Truck Club, and Intro wheels. This crew of souls created a positive outcome from a saddening event.