R oss Frick out of Columbia Station, Ohio, has owned a Chevy pickup since 1972 and he bought this fine ’62 Chevy C10 in 1987 as a super-sano stocker with six-banger power. The old hauler was great the way it was, but ultimately Ross had a plan to build a simple driver with big-block power, three-pedals, and no high-tech crud—your basic truck for looking good, cruising, embarrassing any imports, and driving cross-country! I fell in love with the truck when it pulled into the Nationals North Host Hotel parking lot on Thursday (in Kalamazoo 2024) covered in road grime sounding like a rumbling rocket. All covered in dirt, she looked like a great driver with four-wheel independent sus-
pension, just right stance on coilovers, the wild front bumper, the oversized cowl-induction hood, and to be honest, I’m a big fan of widened fenders on step- side pickups (my ’40 is the same). What I had was no idea on how super fine this ride would be once all the dirt, mud and rain streaks were cleaned off. Ross teamed up with Pakkala Hot Rods to get all the details right and they started with a reinforced frame outfitted with Corvette suspension. The front suspension is a C4 unit with RideTech coilovers, forged aluminum control arms, rack and pinion steer- ing from a T-bird, 14-inch Wilwood disc brakes actuat- ed by a Wilwood power master cylinder, and a cus- tom anti-roll bar. The rear suspension is also C4-based
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