A TRUCK YOU CAN HANG YOUR HAT ON

Square body Syndicate Hosts a One-day Party to Get Their Engines Running

JOE YEZZI OF SQUARE BODY SYNDICATE IS AN interesting guy. There’s the obvious obsession with 1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks (specifically ‘73s), as well as his desire to put hidden cameras inside of magnetic monkeys (It’s a long story, but definitely ask him sometime). And so when he gets an idea to do something different, he does it. And sometimes that thing is really outside the box.

Take this truck, for example. When he bought the crew-cab long bed square he knew that he wanted to use it for towing. And really, what better engine is there to put into a truck for that than a Cummins diesel? Then there was the length. That was a long tow pig, and he wanted to cut it down a bit. So he took it to Kyle at Metalox Fabrications

and had him do some crazy work. First, Kyle added 3.5 inches to the back of the cab. Then he took 8 inches out of the front of the bed, two from the rear, and lopped 4.5 inches from the wheelbase. That math all works out to giving Joe a truck with roughly the same setup as a 2019 crew cab.

But there was still a lot left to do. Joe wanted to put in a rear bench seat from a van that would fold flat, like a bed. And the engine needed to be wired up. And the interior needed help. What better way to get all that done than the help of a few buddies? And that’s when the next in the series of One ’N’ Dones was started.

For the uninitiated, the One ’N’ Done is a one-day event (naturally) where a bunch of car guys goes to one location and tears into a truck. Past builds include Dino’s daughter Rio’s square-body Chevy, Joe’s SS01 chassis, and another square build for Rob Beasley. They’re a great way to see a truck go from nothing to something in a few hours, plus a good old time for the guys and girls involved.

So with that in mind, Joe took his freshly painted truck with a Cummins installed and let the One ’N’ Done have at it. This is their story.