Restoring an Indy 500 Pace Truck, Get ASE Certified, and More!
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January 16, 2023
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Restoring an OBS Chevy Indianapolis Pace Truck
Ty Zito of Prairieville, Louisiana, has been a fan of the Indy 500 Chevy truck for years but has always been hesitant to purchase one. These pickups are sometimes placed on the chopping block by automotive auction houses, but every now and then, one will surface on Craigslist for a steal. After years of searching, the stars aligned for Ty. An Indy truck was listed for sale in Ow-ensboro, Kentucky, at a price he was willing to pay. And while the drive was a little too far for him at that time, he lucked out when Chris Stafford of C/K Syndicate agreed to go fetch the truck on his behalf. Game on!
In the latest issue of C10 Builder’s Guide, we celebrated someone who make this scene so spe-cial—the “Big Kat” himself! That’s right, we put Dino’s mug smack dab on the cover. And here, we take a deeper dive into his personal truck build and a special look at Dino’s Git Down and how big it has become. So, we got Dino on the phone during his largest show yet and here’s what he had to say.
Are you ASE certified? If not, now’s your chance! The winter registration period for the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) for testing and recertification is now open at ASE.com. Those service professionals registering by the end of the winter testing period on March 31, 2023, will have 90 days to schedule an appointment to take their selected ASE tests.
Check out these pics from Summer Truckin’ Nationals! The 2022 show took the stage at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Open to lifted and lowered trucks, Jeeps, SXS and custom builds, this Texas show brought out some of the best of the best from around the nation. Now an annual event and concert, Summer Truckin’ Nationals features not only some of the top Chevy builds but also top performing artists and much-anticipated gathering of the nation’s fin-est truck clubs.
Designer, engineer, and mega-detail-freak Jonathan Ward started creating his Reformers se-ries of vehicles when he decided to put himself in the shoes of the original designers. If they did not have to consider scale production processes and cost, what would they have dreamed of actually offering their customers? Jonathan runs Icon Customs in Los Angeles, a boutique auto-motive company that revisits ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s iconic car designs, mixing them with top-of-the-line modern engineering. See what he did to this Ford F-250 Crew Cab!
When you need high-performance suspension and driveline products that are made in America, where do you turn? QA1, of course! We got the full tour of the Minnesota manufacturer’s 100,000-square-foot facility and took pictures aplenty of the crew at work. You gotta see this place!
