Tag: vintage trucks

Pickups

PHOTOS: The best vintage trucks of SEMA 2018

Enjoy this collection of some of the top vintage trucks from SEMA 2018.

November 23, 2018

Pickups

PHOTOS: The showstopping custom vintage trucks of SEMA 2017

Over the last several years we’ve seen pickups slowly take over more and more floor space at the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. And this year it felt like we saw more vintage trucks than in years past. In the gallery below I’ve collected my favorite classic truck builds from SEMA 2017. If you […]

November 15, 2017

Vocational

The Duke is a ’72 Chevy C50 transformed into one bad work pickup

As I walked across the central show floor at SEMA earlier this month, I heard something from behind that made me turn around as I stepped into the Chevrolet booth. “F***ing awesome,” said a random guy out of my line of sight. The phrase was said at a volume that indicated not so much someone […]

November 14, 2017

Pickups

Chevy rebuilt a ’67 C/10 with a 405-hp ZZ6 to celebrate 100 years of truck making

Chevrolet’s 2018 truck models are pretty special to the company as they mark a full century since the autommaker debuted its first truck models: the 1918 half-ton Light Delivery and the One-Ton trucks. In the time since, Chevy has built 85 million trucks. To celebrate, the automaker took a look back—not all the way to […]

November 8, 2017

Trucks

This ’39 Ford Woodie truck packs a 400-hp Chevy V8

While going back through materials for our Year in Review roundup a few weeks back, I came across this classic truck that we spotted while visiting Shell’s exhibit at this year’s SEMA show and wanted to share it before year’s end. This 1939 Ford Woodie is a classic surfer’s vehicle and was restored for the The Barn Find Hunter series […]

December 28, 2016

Pickups

Behold the 1966 Stout 1900: Toyota’s first pickup model had a whopping 85 HP

In our coverage of Toyota’s super-fast Land Speed Cruiser SUV unveiled at last week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, we mentioned that the Japanese automaker’s booth was full of first generation models from each of their product lineups. And just a few feet away from the 2,000-horsepower Land Speed Cruiser, was a pickup with about […]

November 10, 2016

Pickups

Production of 1950s Chevy NAPCO, the Bowtie’s first 4×4, resurrected by Legacy Trucks (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Legacy Trucks in Wyoming continues to attract attention for its restored and customized classic American pickups. Though it’s best known for restoring early Dodge Power Wagons, the company continues to take on new projects, including more recently General Motor’s first commercially produced 4×4 pickups. Not long after Dodge Power Wagons blazed a successful path in […]

September 23, 2016

Trucks

Restored ’74 Toyota FJ45 pickup a drool-worthy vintage beast (PHOTOS)

One word pops into mind upon seeing the truck above: “Gimme.” And though it’s $87,000 price tag is a bit hard to swallow, if one had the cash, one could imagine quickly rationalizing parting with said figure for a truck this well restored. Just look at that interior. A beautiful lack of plastic. Listed on eBay […]

June 1, 2016

Construction Equipment

This 1956 Ford F-100 is pickup on the outside, Corvette on the inside (PHOTOS)

When we happened upon this beautiful vintage pickup at the SEMA show last week, it was the look of the thing that drew us in.  The ’56 Ford F-100 is a beautiful truck even without a nice coat of paint, but this one, magnificently restored with its striking Porsche “Platinsilber” coating and wood plank truck bed […]

November 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > The best vintage pickups and truck rods from SEMA 2015

While the latest models and concept trucks are certainly our primary attraction to the SEMA show, the scores of beautifully-restored (and some less-so) trucks on the show floor are always an amazing bonus. In the gallery above, we’ve collected some of our favorite vintage trucks from this year’s show. There’s everything from hot rods, original […]

November 10, 2015

Construction Equipment

GEAR: Blue Collar Benches are made from vintage pickup tailgates

Got a spare tailgate from an old pickup lying around? Why not let Roque Castro turn it into a pretty cool piece of furniture for you? According to the website for Castro’s company Yesterday Reclaimed, his Blue Collar Benches were inspired by “memories of sitting on the tailgate of my grandpa’s old pickup truck sipping […]

September 16, 2013

Construction Equipment

Trace the 100-year evolution of Chevrolet’s ‘bowtie’ logo and the vehicles it has adorned (GALLERY)

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its famous “bowtie” logo, Chevrolet has released a cool graphic and a ton of photos charting the symbol’s evolution, along with a bit of official history. According to the automaker, the Chevy bowtie was introduced in 1913 by co-founder William C. Durant on the 1914 Chevrolet H-2 Royal Mail […]

July 29, 2013