G A R A G E | S H O T S
Darrell wanted to build a truck
with the kind of space that wasn't
offered in '65, so a second body
was needed to gra into it to
build a back row of sea ng . From
there, the body mods kept on
coming. Every car builder wishes
they had an English Wheel, but
Darrell actually does, and he used
that to hammer out many custom
pieces for the truck, including his
front and rear roll pans. Darrell
has another secret to great body
work: a brother who is a body
man. Unfortunately he's also
a brother who felt his brother
should do the work. (He joked that
his brother mostly drank his beer
and gave him advice, laughing.)
Maybe to keep the brotherly
peace, Darrell adds that his
brother did help out. "The two of
us spent almost 14 hours masking
out those flames to get them just
the way we wanted." To keep in
the old school spirit, the truck was
rolled over to his buddy Dale's
place and painted in the garage.
"He had the room and away we
went. No fans, no nothing."
What's the best way to get your
hands on a killer power train
on the cheap? Go to Medicine
Hat and buy a prac cally brand
new cop car that a few vandals
destroyed the body on.
The Interceptor supplied the
chassis, the power train, engine
management, exhaust, interior
and even the airbags for the truck.
Yup, it's a '65 Merc with airbags.
He basically swapped in the whole
interior out of the donor too,
but the rear bench was chopped
pre y radically to fit in.
