{"id":18442,"date":"2011-12-11T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T01:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:03:30","slug":"54-chevrolet-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/","title":{"rendered":"54 Chevy Truck &#8211; 9 Years in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F54-chevrolet-pick-up%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2F54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19.jpg&amp;description=54+Chevy+Truck+%E2%80%93+9+Years+in+the+Making\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"54 Chevy Truck \u2013 9 Years in the Making\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=54 Chevy Truck \u2013 9 Years in the Making&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/54-chevrolet-pick-up\/\" data-text=\"54 Chevy Truck \u2013 9 Years in the Making\" data-desc=\"1954 Chevy Pickup -Chopped and Dropped Author and Photographer: Mike Harrington Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. A truck is a truck, right? It\u2019s meant for only one thing, to be beat to death on the local farm or sentenced to a life of hard labor. If only the\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>1954 Chevy Pickup -Chopped and Dropped<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18444 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup with bitch'n hood ornament!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"54 Chevy Pickup, 54 Chevy Truck, custom chevy trucks, hot rod pinups\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-19-575x863.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAuthor and Photographer: Mike Harrington<\/p>\n<p>Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. A truck is a truck, right? It\u2019s meant for only one thing, to be beat to death on the local farm or sentenced to a life of hard labor. If only the designers of the \u201954 Chevrolet truck could see how this one fared the test of time. They just might pass a peach pit. There\u2019s a nifty little story attached to this former hay hauler and it all began south of the border and we\u2019re not referring to the Mason Dixon line.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18444 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Sunken taillights and pinstriping on this 54 Chevy Pickup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-4.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom chevy truck, 54 Chevy Truck, 50s chevy truck\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decades ago Mateo San Martin, living in Mexico, pieced this truck together one part at a time. Almost like that Johnny Cash song and just like the hot rodders here in the USA &#8211; a scrounged part here and there over a span of time had the truck all back and working again. Only this truck wasn\u2019t built for any aesthetic reasons, it was built to handle life\u2019s daily chores and experience more hard labor. But things don\u2019t always work out the way they were intended&#8230; sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. In this story definitely for the good.<\/p>\n<p>A few decades later the truck ended up in the USA and was now in the possession of his grandson George San Martin. There were no dreams of turning it into a stocker farm truck when George was around. Hells Bells, not even close! Chopped, dropped, shaved and customized. That\u2019s all George could envision. He was still too young to drive it, but why let a technicality like that stop you?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18444 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Chopped, lowered and Shaved 54 Chevrolet Pickup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-8.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom chevy truck, 1954 Chevy Truck, 54 chevy pickup, 50s chevy truck\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The way he tells us this story, he&#8217;s had the truck for going on nine years now. Nine years of planning, nine years of collecting and saving parts. Nine years is enough time for ideas to revolve, evolve and dissolve in the minds eye. Obviously when he was still a kid the customizing work was pretty stagnate. Even in high school, the custom Chevy truck was still in the construction stages, but not many high school kids these days drive a \u201954 Chevy truck do they?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18444 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Sunset Beauty - 54 Chevy Pickup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-11.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"54 Chevy Truck, custom chevy trucks, 50's chevy trucks\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once High School was over and George settled into his career, the money situation made it easier to pursue the ideas floating in his mind. George\u2019s father and grandfather helped in the rebuild process of the 236 Chevy inline six. In his own words, the head has been \u201cmilled to the max\u201d with forged rods, stock crank, .60 over pistons and an Offy dual pot intake. Forget the Hydra-Matic transmission, a \u201967 Muncie four speed is more fun to drive, and that inline six, when properly rapped, will send the decibels out the tailpipes and modern car alarms will be howling like banshees for an entire city block.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18444 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"236 Chevy Inline Six engine neatly detailed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-14.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"54 Chevy Pickup, inline chevy six, chevy six cylinder\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course it takes an entire crew of friends when it comes to customizing any vehicle. Jim Savage, Steven Aviles, Gabriel Aviles, Sergio Nevarez, Ernie Valle and countless other helped to drop, chop, shave, weld, paint and suicide the truck.\u00a0 While George claims that the vehicle still is not entirely finished, he says its pretty close and will soon be done. Our question is: Are they really ever finished?<\/p>\n<p>Before this story comes to an end, one thing we wanted to point out is the unique interior of the truck. The dash and instruments, with a mix of Stewart Warner gauges for good measure, come from a 59 Chevy Impala, the steering wheel is a cut down \u201960 Chrysler wheel, the bucket seats are from a \u201965 Chevy Impala, and of course, the tall shifter is hand made. We can\u2019t wait to see what it will look like when George declares it \u201cfinished\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18442]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18444 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom interior of 54 Chevy Truck - That's Impala parts there!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-15.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"54 Chevy Pickup, 54 Chevy Truck, 50s chevy trucks\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the rest of Michael&#8217;s great photos including more of this lovely lady. Who is she?<\/p>\n<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-10.jpg\"\n               title=\"It\\&#039;s lowered, but not on the ground.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-10.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-10.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"781\"\n               data-title=\"Front End of Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n               data-description=\"It&#039;s lowered, but not on the ground.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"front-end-of-custom-54-chevy-pickup\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Front End of Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    alt=\"Front End of Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-10.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-6.jpg\"\n               title=\"Another great shot of the front\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-6.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-6.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"790\"\n               data-title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n               data-description=\"Another great shot of the front\"\n               data-image-slug=\"custom-54-chevy-pickup-4\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    alt=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-6.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-12.jpg\"\n               title=\"Cool from any angle!\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-12.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-12.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"782\"\n               data-title=\"54 Chevy Truck\"\n               data-description=\"Cool from any angle!\"\n               data-image-slug=\"54-chevy-truck\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    alt=\"54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-12.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-16.jpg\"\n               title=\"What\\&#039;s better looking?\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-16.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-16.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"784\"\n               data-title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n               data-description=\"What&#039;s better looking?\"\n               data-image-slug=\"hot-rod-pinups-54-chevy-truck-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    alt=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-16.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-17.jpg\"\n               title=\"I think she knows something we don\\&#039;t\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-17.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-17.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"785\"\n               data-title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n               data-description=\"I think she knows something we don&#039;t\"\n               data-image-slug=\"hot-rod-pinups-54-chevy-truck-3\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    alt=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-17.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-1.jpg\"\n               title=\"Two beauties\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"780\"\n               data-title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n               data-description=\"Two beauties\"\n               data-image-slug=\"hot-rod-pinups-54-chevy-truck\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    alt=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-18.jpg\"\n               title=\"Suicide doors on this custom Chevy pickup\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-18.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-18.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"786\"\n               data-title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n               data-description=\"Suicide doors on this custom Chevy pickup\"\n               data-image-slug=\"hot-rod-pinups-54-chevy-truck-4\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    alt=\"Hot Rod Pinups &amp; 54 Chevy Truck\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-18.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-2.jpg\"\n               title=\"Another great photo from Michael Harrington\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-2.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-2.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"787\"\n               data-title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n               data-description=\"Another great photo from Michael Harrington\"\n               data-image-slug=\"custom-54-chevy-pickup\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    alt=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-2.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-3.jpg\"\n               title=\"Side view of this smooth 54 Chevy pickup\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-3.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-3.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"788\"\n               data-title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n               data-description=\"Side view of this smooth 54 Chevy pickup\"\n               data-image-slug=\"custom-54-chevy-pickup-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    alt=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-3.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-5.jpg\"\n               title=\"From the front\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-5.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-5.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"789\"\n               data-title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n               data-description=\"From the front\"\n               data-image-slug=\"custom-54-chevy-pickup-3\"\n               class=\"shutterset_804dd7db2d604d8e02d79ea3150adfce\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    alt=\"Custom 54 Chevy Pickup\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mh-54-chevy-pickup\/thumbs\/thumbs_54-chevy-pickup-custom-truck-5.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            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