Cherry Bomb

An Explosion of Custom Truck Goodness

- Mike Self

MOST OF US WANT TO LEAVE OUR KIDS (AND THEIR KIDS) SOME SORT OF LEGACY, SOMETHING THAT WILL TELL AT LEAST PART OF OUR STORY AND SERVE AS A REMINDER TO THEM OF WHO WE WERE AND WHAT WE ENJOYED. And hey, if it brings some enjoyment to them as well, all the better!

We think Kevin Diehl had the right idea when he bought a partially restored ’68 GMC C-10 that he would eventually hand over to his son. Kevin grew up being inspired by mini-trucks, reading all of the truck rags, and dreaming of the day he could build his own custom ride. The ’68 he found had all of the right restoration stuff already done to it, but there was still enough left to do to personalize it as time allowed. The thing was, Kevin has truck buddies, and we all know what happens when a group of us get together. To cut right to the end of the story, they all pitched in and finished the whole truck in 74 days. Yeah, two and a half months, and the majority of that time was spent working on it inside a home garage.