Dropped & Dependable

Not Every Beautiful Truck You See At Shows Was Built To Be A Barely Driven Trailer Queen.

- Jon Hansen

When Joe Nasworthy of Jacksonville, Florida, decided he wanted to build a fully functional and reliable version of a brand-new ’14 GMC Sierra, he knew no one could do it better than Little Shop MFG. “We wanted to keep the look of what GM would build if they were building an air-ride-equipped sport truck,” Joe said. So after he decided which vehicle features he did and did not want, he purchased a brand-new Sierra and drove it from his home in Florida directly to Little Shop headquarters in Tennessee.

Originally, Joe and the Little Shop crew had talked about body-dropping the truck on 26-inch wheels; however, after some deliberation, they decided to ’bag it without bodying it and spend the extra time and effort on other details. Some of these details were choosing 26-inch wheels that were three-piece instead of one-piece, adding a supercharger to the brand-new motor, and throwing on a huge set of big brakes all around instead of keeping the factory setup.