Chevy C1500 Extracab Pickup

My wife Julie named it because first I ended up buying it on her 21st birthday and sometimes it does get a little more attention than her at times.

Ron Mckinnis

My dad had bought the first year of that body style 87-88 when I was in junior high and putting together my 81 Chevy luv long bed. Even though I was totally into mini trucks that was the truck it had the perfect lines nice and classic kind of reminded me of the 67-72 era. So about a decade later after one of my good friends bought one I sold the Luv and bought the 98 brand new off the lot.

The original build took about 3 years to build from stock to lowered to bagged to bagged and body dropped the old fashioned way of course. Then we started shaving pretty much everything except the gas door and painting it Orange in 2001. Then as wheel choices started getting bigger and bigger the suspension had to change as well. So even though the truck has always looked the same it still has always evolved to keep up with the ever changing times.

I started in about 1993-1994 with the 1981 Chevy LUV which was the first truck I ever owned and was my dads hand me down work truck which we fixed up together and again after I wrecked it which then that truck turned into my first show truck.

I've been apart of the Oregon chapter of Relaxed Atmosphere for the last 7 years.

Not sure on the next build my wife wants something old like a c10 or 3100 which would be kind of fun. I really like the CKs so maybe I can talk her into one of those.

This was the first truck I ever bought brand new. At first I was just going to lower it wheels and tires something to tow the skis to the river. Of course still showing it things went from there so we notched the frame bigger and bagged it. then it still wasn't low enough then came the body drop still able to tow the skis to the river. Then came all the shaving and LED taillights and orange paint. The orange was actually not my first choice in colors. My close friends Corey Pentecost and Jason Light just happened to paint at the same body shop together and came up with this crazy Lamborghini Tricoat color. I was like um ok! They did the spray out and I brought it home to Julie which she wasn't super excited about the color. But when she saw the color on the truck it was all good!

My wife Julie for the last 20 years for the support, Corey Pentecost for helping on paint and body, Ron Perkins, Eric Bryant and Brian Arnold for helping with suspension, Shawn Altermott for wheels and tires, John Shaffer for keeping it running.

My very first truck that I built was the Chevy LUV which not only hauled my jet ski to the river was also featured in MiniTruckin magazine and of course the one went on my first date in with Julie.

305

stock

Airraid intake

stock

10 bolt out of a mid 90s Chevrolet Caprice

Stock 3:73

Lowered frame horns, narrowed stock control arms, notched for tirod, frame sectioned behind control arms for clearance for lower control arm, custom back half with built in trailer hitch. Custom 2 link with watts link, custom front shock tower and custom shock mounts to front swaybar.

Myself, Ron Perkins and Eric Bryant

Belltech

Belltech

Belltech 2in drop spindles

2 Viair 480C Compressors

with

2-5 Gallon Chrome Tank

Parker vales

Front

Slam Specialties SS-8

and HE8s over the axel out back

Helo chrome with black inserts

Helo chrome with black inserts

24x9.5

26x9.5

275/25/24

305/30/26

Lamborghini Orange Pearl

Sikkens OrangePPG Clear

Corey Pentecost

stock

stock with color matched billet insert with billet bowtie

smooth front bumper

40x40 sliding ragtop LED light bar between roll pan and tailgate and smooth Gem Top tanno.

antenna, door handles, third brake light, stake pockets, roll pan with frenched license plate, shaved tailgate and taillights.

Myself and Corey Pentecost

Stock dyed charcoal grey with painted orange accents

APC white faced gauges with painted billet overlay

Colorado Customs all billet Flame with custom milled horn button Relaxed Atmosphere

Stock smoothed and painted

Pioneer double den touch screen

extant

Boston mids and tweets and Diamond 12" sub

Two front bucket seats are from a Stearling upholstered in charcoal leather with orange stitching in a flame pattern the stock rear bench was done in the same design.

All 5 windows were done in 15%

The bed was tubbed to accommodate for the 26in wheel and tire combo which measured out to about 32.5 in tall then body worked and bed lined

Charcoal carpet with charcoal leather seats stitched in orange with a flame pattern on both buckets and the rear bench. the interior plastic was painted to match the outside and the headliner was covered in charcoal suede with Billet Specialties third brakelight

Robs Upholstery in Portland Oregon