What do you get when you cross an 82 Chevy Suburban with a 66 C10 pickup? A huge project that could take years to complete. But with lots of hard work, determination, and ingenuity, John Keysor combined the two and built this way-cool 66 Chevy truck.
Hes had plenty of practice putting vehicle bodies on different chassishis previous projects include a 39 Ford pickup on an 80 CJ-5 frame and an 84 Ford Escort wagon on another Jeep frame (demonstrating his good sense of humor). The tips and tricks he learned from these previous one-offs are apparent in his latest creation.
Most of the work required a cutting torch, a welder, and a lot of time. The job also required a fair amount of expertise, which John, a General Motors retiree, has. The project took about a year to complete from start to finish, but all the time invested has certainly paid off in this great-looking truck that works. He used all the suspension and running gear from the donor Suburban to cut down on driveline headaches, so essentially this is an 82 Suburban hiding under classy 66 sheetmetal. After the project was completed, the exterior was lit up in Torch Red.
John cruises around his hometown of Dewitt, Michigan, in his Bow-Tie, and we were able to catch up with him at the Silver Lake Dunes outside Mears, Michigan. Its rare to see vintage 4x4 sheetmetal straight and shiny in the Rustbelt, but Johns truck is wrapped in it.