With the C10 laid on the ground, Rich shifted to handling and installed P-S-T sway bars in the front and rear, which will help keep the truck upright in the turns. With the chassis complete, it was time to add the final parts. Instead of sticking with the OEM brakes, Childers ordered 13-inch Baer brakes for the '75's corners. Resting in front of the Baer brakes are Colorado Custom Laser billet rollers. Up front Rich went with 18x7-inch rims with a 3-inch offset. Dunlop 225/45/18 tires surround the Colorado Custom rims. Out back Rich upped the ante and installed 20x9.5-inch rollers with a 5-inch offset wrapped in Dunlop 295/40/20 rubber.
As if the bagged and slammed longbed C10 with a rad paintjob wasn't enough, Childers went one step further. The truck originally came with a 350 Chevy engine, which is nothing special. Instead of rebuilding the 350 and throwing on some chrome and polished accessories, Rich wanted to really set his motor apart from the rest of the 350 small-blocks out there, so he took the 350 to Richard Meditte, who pulled the motor apart and rebuilt it to what it is today. Meditte built the 350 with JE 9:1 pistons, Hellfire rings, and Dart heads. Then the motor was topped with a Motown intake manifold and a Holley 650 carburetor. Spark is made via an MSD ignition system, and sound echoes through JBA headers and FlowMaster mufflers.
So far so good, but that isn't where this book ends. Rich had Meditte install a ProCharger P1SC centrifugal supercharger with an intercooler. In the end the motor cranked out 512 horsepower on the dyno. A 700-R4 with a B&M shifter and a Moroso trans cooler backs the small-block huffer.
The last thing on the agenda was the interior. The '75's original interior was yanked and tossed. From there Rich pirated two bucket seats from a Z24 Cavalier and handbuilt the center console that flows between the seats. The seats, along with the dash and door panels, were covered in Enduratex Dove gray material, and all the metal in the cab was painted PPG Blue Pearl. The dash also received billet inserts and Auto Meter gauges. Behind the seats sits a custom-built speaker box that houses two Kenwood 10-inch subwoofers. Rich also used Kenwood speakers and a Kenwood CD player.
Rich's area might see longbed trucks as workhorses, but we don't think there's one soul around there who isn't going to say his '75 C-10 is one bad mofo, even if it is an oddball.