GONE GREEN

Fat Fender Garage’s Juicy 1964 C10 Build

- JOHN MATA JR

SOMETIMES, TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FROM A CUSTOM TRUCK PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO DO MOST OF IT ALL OVER AGAIN. There’s nothing wrong with that. Maybe you were forced to do “this” when you should’ve done “that.” It can happen when you’re doing as many things as possible with your own hands. Having a limited bankroll oftentimes poses an issue when reaching certain goals, because let’s be real here: If money were no object, we’d all be driving the trucks of our dreams right now, wouldn’t we?

Mike Johnson of Aguanga, California, has spent his fair share with his ’64 Chevy C10, and he came to a point when he knew that a motor upgrade was in order. After hearing about and seeing the level of work coming out of Fat Fender Garage in Gilbert, Arizona, he figured he’d reach out to see if they’d be interested in the job. Little did Mike know that this would be a major turning point for his truck.

Once Jason Noel, president of FFG, began taking a closer look at Mike’s C10, the two came to an agreement on a few things. First, aside from the motor swap, a bed restyle, new interior and possibly new paint were needed. But upon a second look, Jason noticed things that could make this pickup much better in other ways, too.