1995 Chevy C1500 X-Cab - Hot Candy Hallett

This is a jet boat, and the water-spitter Travis hung from the transom is none other than a world-renowned Berkeley. Starting life as a 12JC, Travis contracted Jack McClure of MPD performance to convert the jet to a more powerful 12JG, making it easier to push water from the now-hard-core big-block Ford. Jack performed a stage 1-1/2 blueprint on the 12JG pump before hanging an American Turbine droop snoot and Place Diverter trim system from it. Inside the pump is an A-B blend impeller, and under the boat is an MPD jet intake shoe and ride plate. Before assembling all the pump components, Travis had friends Chris and Tyson Lloyd and AFCO of Gardena, California, powdercoat all the Berkeley gear.

Travis' water rod rides in style on a completely redone, dual-axle Allen trailer. Starting with the old paint, Travis had the frame sandblasted to remove almost 30 years of rust. Once bare metal was reached, Steve Deman spread out a new coverage of DuPont White Imron before striping the trailer rails and tongue. For shine and boat protection, 11-inch-wide stainless fenders from Fenders 'n' More keep street debris well heeled from the four 15x7-inch Weld Rodlite aluminum wheels and Toyo Proxes TPT 225/60R15 tires. Informing other drivers of the trailer's moves are LED tail and running lights from Radiantz. Custom aluminum diamond-plate trailer steps protect the shiny, painted trailer. Speaking of protection, Travis had Marcel Venable of Line-X coat his trailer bunks in the rubberized coating before Travis and his friends wrapped the bunks with fresh carpet and reinstalled them.

Pulling this hot Hallett to Travis' favorite river destinations is a '95 Chevy C1500 X-cab. Travis chose the popular prerunner style for his lifted two-wheel-drive truck, and the suspension consists of a 7-inch Fabtech lift damped by Bilstein 5100 shocks. Trailer-matching Weld 16x8-inch Rodlites roll 285/75R16 BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain tires. Bringing the rolling package down from speed are Stillen Statix calipers and rotors. Chevy chose to fit this particular truck with a tried-an-true 350ci small-block, but Travis had more powerful plans in mind: An AEM Brute Force Intake helps the 5.7L breathe in, while Gibson headers feeding a Gibson after-cat exhaust help it exhale. Traction controls for the mud tires are 4.56 gears and a Truetrac limited-slip. Outside Trav's hauler, a few items make a more standout package. Up front, behind the IMZZ Industries-built prerunner bumper and triple Hella lights is a Carriage Works billet grille and APC clear corners and turn signals. A paint-matched Gaylord's X-2000 tonneau lid covers the Line-X of Huntington Beach bedliner and keeps personal items safe and locked away, while the boat is being used to destroy water molecules. Inside the C1500 is where Travis spends most of his hours driving, so he saw the need for some big hair, rocking entertainment. Offsetting the factory blue cloth interior are Empire Motorsports billet trim panels outlining the Kenwood in-dash CD head unit. Feeding from the Kenwood are leather-clad rock-god signals that an MTX Thunder 895 amp transforms into ear-bleeding sound levels. Four-by-six-inch coaxial rear speakers fill the X-cab portion with music, while MTX Thunder 6.6 separates fill the front. Booming bass guitar effects are fed from under the rear seat from the MTX pre-fab underseat enclosure housing the MTX 10-inch sub. Nu-Image's Platinum gauge overlay lets Travis know when the music's got the best of him and he is speeding through the desert just a tad too fast.