IF YOU ARE A LOYAL READER OR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER TO STREET TRUCKS MAGAZINE, YOU REMEMBER THAT IN THE LAST ISSUE WE HEADED OVER TO AVERAGE JOE’S GARAGE IN OUR NEWLY ACQUIRED ’08 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ TO REMOVE THE 13-YEAR-OLD WORN-OUT SUSPENSION. We replaced

OK, LET’S JUST GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST AND FOREMOST. We know this is an F-1 and not an F-100 body, but come on now—just look at it! The Weaver Customs team left no stone unturned when building this insanely clean yet very custom Ford F-1 classi

IF YOU’VE NEVER ATTENDED SLAMFEST, YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING SHOWS IN THE COUNTRY! Being in its 29th year, Slamfest has been around longer than most of us have even been driving. Hell, Slamfest is older than some of the new gen

MOST TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS DAYDREAM ABOUT METAL GRINDING AND TIG WELDING ON CUSTOM HOTRODS. The reality TV shows tease a fantasy life of doing what you love on some of the sweetest trucks on the planet, but we all know that most of us will never reach th

THE K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. During the virtual event, Chevrolet Performance will survey SEMA members interested

THE IGNITION COILS ON YOUR LS3 ENGINE DO A GREAT JOB MAKING SPARKS, BUT THEY WON’T WIN ANY AWARDS IN THE LOOKS DEPARTMENT. Fortunately, you can dress them up with Eddie Motorsports Coil Covers. Made in the USA from quarter-inch thick billet aluminum,

WHEN THINGS WORK OUT IN YOUR FAVOR, YOU CAN EITHER RUN WITH IT OR DROP THE BALL. Darrell Poe from Bluefield, West Virginia, found out that a very special truck—one that he spent hours working on to perform the perfect body drop— was only a phone call

EVER SINCE HE CAN REMEMBER, JEFF POPIOLEK HAS BEEN CALIFORNIA DREAMING. Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up fantasizing about the West Coast lifestyle. “I really don’t know what it was exactly that I was so attracted to about life in SoCal,” Je

AFTER 25 SUCCESSFUL YEARS HOSTING THE NATION’S LARGEST WEEKEND-LONG, MINI-TRUCK INSPIRED SHOW AND SHINE STYLE EVENT, COVID-19 PUT THE BRAKES ON THE 26TH ANNUAL MINI TRUCKIN’ NATIONALS—BUT THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG THANKS TO A HARD-WORKING TEAM OF DEDICAT

YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH KEVIN TETZ’S NAME, BUT IF IT DOESN’T RING A BELL, YOU’D MORE THAN LIKELY RECOGNIZE HIS FACE OR THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE. Kevin has hosted and been a guest on many automotive how-to shows on regular TV, digital TV, YouTube, podc

BRAND ALLEGIANCE IS SOMETHING THAT RUNS VERY DEEP WITHIN BUILDERS IN THE CUSTOM COMMUNITY. Chevy folks usually descend from generations of Bowtie owners, and the same  goes for Ford fans like Alex Dekadokh of Agoura Hills, California. His last custom

USING GSI MACHINE AND FABRICATION’S COMPLETE BACK HALF IS A NO BRAINER WHEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ONE OR BOTH TASKS OF BAGGING YOUR ’60-’87 C10 WHILE CONVERTING IT FROM LONGBED TO SHORTBED AT THE SAME TIME. The GSI back half is a fully fabricated, wel

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MOST EVERYONE READING THIS MAGAZINE UNDERSTANDS WHAT A BATTLE BUILDING A FULL CUSTOM TRUCK CAN TRULY BE. The constant snowball effect, the nickel and diming of every little part, the late nights and early mornings, the missed birthday parties and fa

GROWING UP AROUND THE LOWRIDER AND MINI-TRUCK SCENE, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL FOR JEFF BASEY TO BLEND SOME OF THE STYLES OF EACH WITH HIS OWN BUILDS. The longer you stare at his trucks, the more custom lowrider and mini-truck styling you can identify and