Custom body mods include a rear roll pan in steel and a shaved tailgate. The tray itself is decked out with oak flooring. The rear of the cab has a Chevrolet bowtie pressed into it for good measure — a neat touch<\/em><\/p>\n

And then, in 2005, he suffered a workplace accident that left him paraplegic. Which, odd as it may seem, actually refired his car dreams. After months of rehab, Clint knew it was time for him to import the custom Chev he had always wanted. If his life was going to be lived on a set of wheels, he was going to find himself the sweetest set possible.<\/p>\n

“I enjoyed looking at cars online, talking to people about their cars. It was here that I discovered the C10 and got talking to its then-owner Al Ming,” he says.<\/p>\n

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Super-slammed stance wasn’t achieved by just cutting off a couple of coils — the Chev runs a Jim Meyer Racing independent front end, with a six-inch drop kit and adjustable coil-over shocks. No airbags needed!<\/em><\/p>\n
Al is the guy responsible for this gorgeous machine. He built the truck and put about 5000 miles on it before selling it to Clint.<\/p>\n
“Al helped me through the process of getting it here. I still give him updates on the car. Apparently his missus wants him to buy it back off me but ‘Greenback’ is part of the family now, so there’s no chance of that happening.”<\/p>\n
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The car came from Spokane, Washington, and as all street machiners do, Al had a few troubles in the build. Seems the Yanks have as much luck with paint shops as we do and the Chev sat gathering dust in the first shop for a year. The next shop actually painted the car but Al says it was a nasty job. Finally he came across a guy by the name of Barry Brent who put in the hours to get the Chev looking the way it does now, with the custom green paintwork and flames.<\/p>\n
“The colour and flames are my favourite aspects of the car,” Clint says. “Not many people notice the Woody Woodpecker on the bonnet that has ‘one bad pecker’ on the cigar. It’s little things like that, that give the car its character.”<\/p>\n
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The bad pecker isn’t the only mod that people overlook; there’s a mountain of custom bodywork. The rear of the truck has a steel roll pan that eliminates the bumper and fits the curves of the body so neatly that it looks factory.<\/p>\n
The Chev has also been dropped six inches all ’round. The front end was replaced with Jim Meyer Racing independent suspension that features tubular upper and lower control arms and adjustable coil-overs. To lower the rear, Al used an Early Classics six-inch drop kit, which relocates the shocks and coil mounts.<\/p>\n
The massive drop was obviously great for someone in a wheelchair — it makes access easier for Clint, whether he has his wheelchair loaded in the back, or his kids’ schoolbags when he’s on the school run. Yup, this car is a regular driver.<\/p>\n