Archive for the ‘Epic Silverado’ Category

1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – Final Rendering

Posted on August 6th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  1 Comment »

Sammy James of MNFastlife.com finished my truck drawing.

1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – Second Rendering

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

This thing is really starting to come together and look just like what I wanted! Check out the smothness of that front roll pan and the removed & smothed turn signals beneath the headlights! Man, I cannot wait to get this truck done! Click for a larger version. See the First Rendering. Rendering done by [...]

1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – Rollpan

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

Obviously this is not a C10, but the photo made an easily Photoshopped image to show how I want my roll pan to look. Rollpan: I want LED taillights (red, not white) which match the body line on the side of the truck. Also, I do not want a license plate holder. I want to [...]

1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – First Rendering

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

Sammy James of Minnesota Fastlife has agreed to do a rendering of my truck in exchange for me helping him with his website. I am working on the site, and Sammy has already cranked out a rough draft. Click for a larger image: Click here for a HUGE image (1280×960).

1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – Front Roll Pan

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

Recently, I finally put down in text the lits of modifications I wanted to do to my 1978 Chevrolet C10 Silverado Half-Ton. Over the past 10 years I have collected a large assortment of Truckin’ pictures and internet pictures of trucks which I liked, in order to get a better visual of what my truck will [...]

Grandpa Gets a New Pump

Posted on July 10th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

Fuel Pump that is. My 1978 Silverado’s fuel pump was leaking pretty bad, so $42 later it’s got a brand new pump and rubber lines. Pump: $21 Rubber hose, Brass fittings and Clamps: $21 Pictures! Here is the pesky old fuel pump I removed which was leaking. Unfortunately the metal fuel line which connects to [...]

Up Front Emotion

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

There is something very emotional to me about the front end and body line of the 1973 to 1978 Chevrolet Pickups. I was walking by my truck this evening and just stopped to stare at the front. I would have just continued to stare at my pickup, but it was getting pretty dark… Curious about [...]

1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – Pictures of My Baby

Posted on July 2nd, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  No Comments »

Here are some pictures of my baby. They are terrible pictures as this was right after I got the truck home, and right before we tore out the engine. I just used them to send to our insurance agent to get my coverage started. New pictures with better scenery will follow soon! Soon I will [...]

Epic Chevy .com and My 1978 Silverado Restoration

Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Ellis Benus  |  1 Comment »

While surfing the web for any information about restoring a 1978 Chevrolet Silverado, I stumbled across an awesome website, EpicChevy.com After spending about an hour reading ever post written on the site, I was hooked and had to contact the site owner. We had a great conversation and determined that we might have been twins [...]