SHEREE SILSON’S Green Gem

From an Auzzie Icon to a Tuff truck packing a 383 Chevy,

Sheree’s 1966 Long bed C10 GMC Pickup certainly adds to making the Silson’s driveway look impressive on any day!

Sheree’s dream of owning a pickup truck came to life around 6 years ago after mentioning to a friend Neil McNickle that she was after a truck. Neil being like a hound dog chasing a scent when it comes to cars and bits, found a this green machine on TradeMe and convinced Sheree and Mark to go check it out.

After declaring that she didn’t want a green truck, Mark, Neil and Stretch from Kati Fab soon convinced her this green machine could in fact be her lil gem and so the love affair began!

Mark being the petrolhead soon had the engine bay sorted with a Scat stroked 383 Chevrolet to make it feel at home next to the Monaro along with the MSD Fuel injection / carb to make it a nice driver.

But don’t think its just a cruiser tho, the Trickflow roller cam, Dougs headers and two and half inch exhaust soon let you know its going to growl at you!

This all runs back to a three speed TCI automatic transmission with a 2500rpm stall convertor to bring it to life, passing it onto the wheels via the Borg Warner diff.

Stretch soon ripped into doing his part to dress the ole truck up, with some cool panel fabrication, new paint job including adding more glitter to the metal flake roof, plus a fair bit more detailing. The truck certainly stands out in a show now.

The American Oak Bedwood deck with Stainless Steel bed strips was imported from Kentucky USA and at night, when lit up with matching green LED lights to highlight it, looks stunning.

Rhonda from Pure CNC Works / Profiles Ltd. ripped in and designed the Dash to hold the new electronic gauge cluster along with adding extra detailing to the Petrol tank cap.

The stance of the truck was be fat and low so the chassis has been C-notched and lowered suspension slipped under to hang onto the 18” BG Alloy wheels.

Power steering and decent 4 pot calliper brakes have also been added in there to keep things under control, so as a package, this lil Green gem has certainly evolved into a pretty cool unit!

I can certainly see why Sheree loves getting out on the club cruises and rolling in her truck.

If you get to check this truck out in person, definitely take your time to check out the little intricacies that have been built into it. The subtle design and machining that have been incorporated to make this truck a beautiful driver have also definitely made it show worthy.