C10 Builder's Guide

BUILD SPECS

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OWNER

JUSTIN SHORT

1969 Chevy K5 Blazer Tullahoma, Tennessee

ENGINE

 1969 Chevy 350

 Steel crank

 Speed Pro 10:1 Pistons

 High-volume oil pump

 Comp Big Mutha Thumpa cam

 Cloyes gear drive

 Comp retro fit roller lifters

 Holly Street Avenger 670

carburetor

 Profession­al Products polished

aluminum intake

 GM HEI ignition

 Stainless Block Hugger headers

 Summit electric cutouts

 Flowmaster 40-series mu ers

 Billet Specialtie­s engine pulleys

 Aluminum water pump

 Dual electric fans

 Champion radiator

 GM 100 amp alternator

 GM TH400 transmissi­on

 Jeg’s 2800 RPM stall converter

 Transgo shift kit

 Transmissi­on work by Rodney Hall of Rodney’s Body Shop in Tullahoma, TN

SUSPENSION

 Frame was boxed, notched, Z’d,

smoothed, and painted.

 GM truck power rack and pinion

steering with GM disc brakes

 2.5-inch Mcgaughy’s drop

spindles.

 Triangulat­ed Thorbecke 4-link

 GM 12-bolt rear, 3.73 gears and

Auburn Locker

 Disk brakes on all four wheels

 Ride Tech shocks on all four

wheels

 Firestone 2600 pound bags on

all four wheels

 Dual Viair 480 compressor­s

 Big Red valves

 Steel braided 3/8-inch lines

 5-gallon reserve tank

WHEELS & TIRES

 Red Hipnotic Roxstar rims, 20 x

8.5 in front, 22 x 9.5 in the rear

 Nitto 255/35-R20 front, 265/35

R22 rear

BODY & PAINT

 Full-time roadster

 Windshield chopped three

inches

 Sheet metal caps on the doors

 Tilt-forward hood

 Custom grille and smooth pan

 Rounded rear corners

 Louvers in the welded tailgate

 ’39 Ford-style Devil Face

taillights.

 PPG base/clear, Scarlet Red and

White Diamond

INTERIOR & STEREO

 Shop: Tullahoma Seat Cover

and owner

 Two custom buckets, rear bench seat, and matching door panels

 Black vinyl with white ostrich

inserts

 Custom center console with Dakota Digital gauges in a chrome surround

 Billet Specialtie­s wheel on a

Flaming River column

 Pioneer AVH-P4200 DVD head

unit

 Two Massive Audio amps

 Four 6.5-inch Cerwin-vega

component sets

 Two Pioneer Champion Series

10-inch subs.

 Two Optima Red Top batteries

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