Chip Foose is a gift to the hot-rodding community that keeps on giving year after year. Any custom build that leaves his shop is bound to have a flair and an heir of quality to it that only a handful of fabricators anywhere in the world could ever hope to match. But what happens when Chip Foose decides he wants to customize one of his own cars? Well, he applies his trademark maverick personality that he blesses all of his customer's cars with, with some added ingenuity to match.
Come on now, a classic 1967 Chevy C10 with the drivetrain out of a first-gen Camaro is the kind of restomod truck that most people could only dream of. As per Chip Foose's own explanation, he searched high and low for the right truck to place this amazing engine into. Five years came and went before Foose stumbled upon this all-original, numbers matching Chevy C/10 that fit all the criteria of what he wanted out of the project. With freshly-added recessed indicator lights and custom-fitted Camaro bumpers, Chip Foose made sure this custom truck had all the tools it needed to succeed.
From the factory, the second-generation Chevy C/K left one of nine different factories in North America sporting a number of various six and eight-cylinder engines ranging from 250 to 402 cubic inches (4.1-6.6 L). Well, whichever engine Chip Foose's example came with stock is long gone. In its place is a 302-cubic-inch (5.0-L) V8 from not just any old Camaro but a 1967 Z/28. The engine was built by Bostick Racing Engines of Yuma, Arizona, and features aftermarket goodies like a 30/30 camshaft from a Corvette, a Holley 780 cfm carburetor, ram horn exhaust manifolds, and camelback heads that come together to jet 405 horsepower to the tires.
Even by modern standards, that's a fair chunk of power, especially compared to what this truck made from the factory. The engine is paired lovingly to a Bowler Tremec five-speed manual transmission, which connects via the drive shaft to a 12-bold rear end geared in 3.08 with an aftermarket limited-slip differential. As for everything underneath the truck besides the drivetrain, this truck is riding on a custom chassis from Foose's own shop. While a Hotchkis suspension system, which lowered the truck's ride height at least an inch, ensures this truck's stanced more like a well-sorted sports coupe than your average classic truck.
Add on a wicked set of grey-painted alloy wheels that are also from Chip Foose's own collection, and you have a recipe for one of the most awesome custom pickup restomod projects that we've seen in a very long time. Check out Chip's walkaround of this truck in the show notes down below.
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