1995 Body dropped, bagged, blueprinted, balanced, Stage 2 heads, roller rockers

Location: Albuquerque NM

The Pumpkin Truck.

I named the truck that because when I brought it home in October of 2003, it leaked air so bad, that it shortly was sitting on the garage floor looking like, a giant pumpkin.

This is a 1995 Chevy C1500 that is a lot of fun to drive. 88,000 original miles. No rust. Stored winters in Wisconsin. Dependable. I have had it to Nebraska, Mississippi, Georgia.

Just pulled a 2009 Sonata at 70 to ABQ; 1,394 mi. Got 12.5 mpg. No issues.

Decent fuel mileage; 13 city, 17 highway. I bought it at 68,000. Motor has approx. 10,000 mi.

Body mods: Approx. $15,000

4" body drop *

Body smoothed (all handles, emblems, removed)

Smoothie front bumper

Rear roll pan w/hidden class 3 hitch

Keyless entry w/door poppers

Relocated tailgate handle, filled stake pockets

Smoothed and painted dash

Lamborghini tangelo; pearl base coat, clear coat.

Bed is flat w/Rhino liner

Flush fiberglass/aluminum tonneau cover

GMC grill w/billet insert

Custom built front fenders w/raised wheel wells

* Note: A body drop is where the entire body, front to back, is tucked over the frame by cutting out the floor and all body/bumper mounts; moving them up, and re-welding the works.

Interior mods: Approx. $2,600

Billet dash dress up kit

Shadow flamed glove box door

Deep tint, three sides

Pioneer satellite radio w/CD, 10" sub, 250 kicker

Clifford security system

Power windows, steering, tilt, cruise, AC, intermittent wipers

Custom speaker enclosures

Programmable 4 speed automatic transmission

Custom console w/air gauges, 10 switch show control, air comp. switch, dual DC power

Custom seat mounts

1999 Chevy truck seats w/integrated seat belts

Gray carpet/tweed interior

Two tone Bad Boy electric air horn

Shaved antenna, hidden

95mm, 10 color, 10 grand tach with shift light

Chassis mods: Approx. $7,600

C-sectioned rear frame

KRZ Customs tube A arms and sway bar links

Chrome 5-link

Custom rear bag, bed, and shock mounts

New brakes/painted calipers

Custom "nerf" bar to protect the roll pan/jack point

Chrome front shocks

4-dual 3/8" port Slam Bags. Only 1 port used.

12-gal. air tank Hand-build, dual valves per bag: bubble tight

Oasis electric air compressor

Relocated battery in battery box to truck bed

Dual electric radiator fans

Accessory air quick disconnect on tank

Rear 1" Hellwig sway bar

Corners like a 5,000lb Corvette;-)

Custom over axle exhaust

High flow Cat. 3" Flowmaster 1 in 2 out muffler

Stainless exhaust ports

Custom through fender exhaust, both sides

Auburn Posi rear end 3:73s Installed by Chevy Dealer

Engine Mods: Approx. $10,500

Chevy 355 c.i. Dynoed 396hp

* Accel DFI GEN 7(direct fuel injection)

Brodix Race Ready 180 heads

Custom ground Crane cam w/hyd roller rockers

ARP engine bolts package

Edelbrock dropped truck tubular exhaust

Windage tray, custom pistons

4-bolt blueprinted and balanced block/crank

Chassis dynoed

Aluminum, painted, powder coated or polished

Painted engine house

TCI transmission controller

LAM Engines built the motor (Russ 262-eight five nine-3137)

Speedlab1.com did the chassis dyno (Robert Payton 815-six seven five-1326)

* Accel DFI included a 1000cfm throttle body, single plane intake, sequential port injection, 8 injectors, rails, fuel pump, ECM (Engine Control Module), sequential distributor, coil and spark control, electric fuel pump.

With a bigger cam and injectors, the motor will make 500hp.

Cost of purchasing the truck: $18,000

So, the cost of the truck is almost offset by the body mods.

I have over $40K invested. Asking $22,500

See more at www.HillJean.com

Enjoy!