Well as I expected the team decided on a retro-mod build. It will look very much original from the outside right down to the Ocean green paint and white grill. SBC engine in front of a TH350 automatic, front discs, front and rear sway bars and a rear end geared somewhere between 3.08:1 and 3.79:1 hopefully with a positrac, power steering, under bed spare tire and gas tank.
The interior will have a retro look modern radio, AC, and new gauge panel. OCean green inside with the original bench seat covered in white vinyl with green accents. The same with the door panels. The headliner will be padded white with an ocean green Chevy emblem in the center.
The winning design was from a Navy vet here in Nampa. The coolest design wasn't something we thought would work for this project was to make it into a true Idaho truck by putting it on a modern 4X4 running gear and frame. The young man htat submitted that had a lot of cool details in it, but it also entailed a lot of fabrication.
