Cream of the Custom Crop

It’s always a tough task to se- lect each year’s top trucks. We have 12 issues per year, meaning 12 cover trucks and an average of six feature trucks per issue, which creates a selection pool of 80 trucks to whit- tle down. We try to select those that pushed the envelope, were talked about and helped set trends.

The resto-mod trend continued into 2012 and evolved into the modern patina trend. Taking vintage, beat-up farm trucks and exchanging the motor and suspension for all modern, custom components, and then driving the hell out of them has become a popular trend that is still growing. Autocross and trucks that are built to perform and handle also gained popularity in 2012.

Here are the Top 5 Street Trucks of 2012, in no particular order, of course.

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Miller Deluxe

George Poteet’s Detailed 32 Ford Hot Rod Pickup

WITH RIDLER AND AMBR AWARD WINS UNDER GEORGE POTEET’S BELT, WE KNEW THAT HIS MILLER RACE CAR-INSPIRED TRUCK WAS GOING TO BE A SIGHT TO SEE. THE DETAIL WORK AND CRAFTSMANSHIP ON, IN AND UNDER THE ’32 FORD IS BEYOND REPROACH.

Comeback

A Street Rod-Inspired Silverado Years in the Making

JUSTIN MCCRARY’S SILVERADO WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT THE FINAL PRODUCT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. THE TRUCK FEATURES A PURE STREET ROD INTERIOR, CLEAN CUSTOM PAINT AND A CARB’D SBC UNDER THE HOOD IN PLACE OF THE TIRED LS.

Blue Steel

One Clean Tacoma With All the Right Moves

MIKE ALEXANDER STARTED WITH A GOAL TO BUILD A CLEAN, CUSTOM, YET FULLY DRIVEABLE MINI WITH THE BLUE STEEL TACOMA. THE END RESULT WAS JUST THAT, AND MIKE WASN’T AFRAID TO DRIVE THE MINI ACROSS COUNTRY MULTIPLE TIMES TO ATTEND SHOWS. SADLY, A FEW MONTHS AFTER IT WAS SOLD, IT WAS TOTALED AS THE NEW OWNER WAS DRIVING IT TO ANOTHER SHOW.

Tito’s ’53

A Tribute Build for a legend

HOLDING A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS IS COURTNEY HALOWELL’S ‘53 CHEVROLET PICKUP BUILT IN MEMORIUM THROUGHOUT A FEW SHORT MONTHS. THE COMING TOGETHER OF DOZENS OF FRIENDS AND BUILDERS HELPED BRING THE SCENE AND INDUSTRY A LITTLE CLOSER TOGETHER. THE TRUCK BLENDS TRADITIONAL HOT ROD STYLING WITH MINI-TRUCK TECHNIQUES AND A LOT OF LOVE.

Hello boy 

No Limit’s Street-Legal Autocross C-10

THE AUTOCROSS TRUCK SCENE HAS BEEN BLOWING UP RECENTLY, AND ONE OF THE TOP TRUCKS IS ROB MACGREGOR’S HELLBOY C-10, BUILT NOT ONLY FOR THE TRACK, BUT STREET DRIVING, AS WELL. THE TRUCK FEATURES A UNIBODY CHASSIS, LS POWER PLANT AND WEIGHS THE SAME AS ITS MUSCLE CAR COUNTERPARTS.

PATINA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HOTTEST TRUCK TRENDS THIS YEAR. BUT DON’T LET THE WEATHER-BEATEN, WORN EXTERIOR FOOL YOU. THE TREND INCLUDES REVAMPING THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION, MOTOR AND INTERIOR SO THAT ONE HAS A RELIABLE, CUSTOM TRUCK WITH ALL THE MODERN FEATURES WRAPPED UP INSIDE A MOTTLED PACKAGE. KEITH STEPHENS’ HAZEL C-10 WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS. KEITH IS A HOT ROD BUILDER WHO BUILT THIS TRUCK ON HIS OWN IN HIS DRIVEWAY. HE FOCUSED ON THE CHASSIS WITH ALL-NEW PORTERBUILT SUSPENSION PARTS, DISC BRAKES AND A REBUILT MOTOR WITH TONS OF DETAIL WORK. THE INSIDE WAS FULLY RESTORED FOR COMFORT. THE TRUCK ALSO SAW A LOT OF ATTENTION AT SHOWS AND ONLINE, MAKING IT OUR STREET TRUCKS TRUCK OF THE YEAR FOR 2012!

Hazel

A Race C-10 With Plenty of Character and Detail

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