This is a '58 Chevy truck that my boss and I are building for a customer. Motor is a cammed 327 ci with a TPI that we tricked out a bit.

We're not finished with it yet, still have some wiring and misc. fabrication to do........

 

Awesome truck!! I always liked the old Apache pick up's (especially 58's). The carbon fiber treatment on the runner and upper plenum looks really trick actually for being just a stock tpi set up! What did you use to pull that off? Personally I would want a little more carbon fiber under the hood (maybe valve covers?) after seeing how that tpi looks, but its stellar as is. Good work!

Nick

 

Thanks! Keep in mind, we're not done yet..........

The truck is actually a Cameo, not Apache (different beds). Carbon fiber is painted on with a pattern.

 

That looks awsome how much is that worth

 

The carbon fiber painted onto the intake manifold looks really nice.
I wish I had the will and patience to make my engine bay even half as clean as that truck!

 

freakin Beast!

 

Another pic showing the Cameo bed...

 

And that is your job making custom jobs in a shop

 

One of my jobs, yes.

 

Now THATS what I call a stealth Throttle Body! Totally invisible!

 

I have the throttle body apart right now because I'm either going to paint it or polish it. I'm going to use an LT-1 throttle body because it utilizes the correct sensors to plug into the harness/ECM that we're using (MEFI 4 ram-jet harness/ECM).

 

I would like to do that that is why i am going to mechanic and electrical and body shop classes right now in high school
Their is a trans am right now i want to buy for $600 and i have a 350 tpi from iroc can i just swap the engine and it will work or you dont recommend me to get that trans am

 

I've been building cars for about 13 or 14 years, just sorta had the knack for it I guess......

As far as the Trans-AM, if you like the car and it's fixable without a whole lot of rust or body/frame damage, then I say go for it!

 

Im diggin' the carbon fiber.. Great job guys!

 

We may end up changing the valve covers for carbon fiber as well. I will probably end up painting the throttle body.

 

Yea the car is fixable and has no rust and all it needs is just the inke to run
And also i would like to know were you get that carbon fiber parts i would like that on my car

 

The carbon fiber parts are stock TPI parts that were painted with a pattern.

 

I had a request for an interior shot...... here ya go!

 

This truck is sweet! Great Job!

 

Thanks! We think the owner will feel the same when he see's it!

I'll have some updated pics this weekend or so.

We had to use a modified '93 LT-1 throttle body which is installed now and the computer is mounted, air filter installed, and coil mounted....

Still need to finish up the wiring, make and the run the braided fuel lines, make a hard line for PCV to throttle body and some other little stuff....

 

Still not finished yet, but we made some more progress....

 

How do you happen to paint it like that

 

She's runnin' and on the road. We changed to the new style SVO injectors and went ahead with the carbon fiber valve covers and breathers, plus a couple of other misc. mods.....

 

that truck looks really nice but man those headers are going to RUST and take away from the whole engine bay

 

if the engine bay was the roomy is all third gens we would all have headers lol.....sweeeett truck though

 

where did you get the pattern for the carbon fiber look? this truck is too f*ing sweet!!!

 

Pattern was done by spraying base coat and then pattern place on top of base coat in darker color.

Headers are jet-hot coated like the rest of the custom dual exhaust that we built. They wont rust....

 

ttt- so that a friend of mine can see the pics without having to search....