Street Trucks

You see back in the days, when it was all about bass, there wasn’t a lean truck craze that focused on hating to get praise. We just went low, the lowest we could go, we just want to cruise down the road while we clip reflectors as we go. So it’s time to look back and highlight a pack, of mini-truck lovin’ hardcores who sat back and didn’t talk smack. Even if their friend had a cooler ride, watching them cruise to high school with pride, we just sat back and tried to hide, inside some beater our parent’s bought in the classified. Like the owner of this sweet dime, it’s an S-10 with an ultimate shine, It’s owned by the kind of truck guy who reminds me of you and I. Just the simple…

TOYOTA 4RUNNER CELEBRATES HISTORIC RUN WITH 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION FORTY candles. The big “four-0.” The Toyota 4Runner will reach the 40-year mark with the 2023 model year … and, to celebrate, Toyota is offering a distinctive 4WD-only 2023 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition. Appropriately, Toyota will make 4,040 of these special editions available for the US market. Over the past four decades, 4Runner has amassed more than 4 million cumulative sales while carving out its place as the ready-for-anything SUV that’s equally at home on pavement or trail. The 2023 Toyota 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition is based on the SR5 Premium grade and will be available in three colors: White, Midnight Black Metallic, and Barcelona Red Metallic. It will stand out from the lineup thanks to bronze-colored 17-inch alloy wheels,…

TRANS-DAPT SWAP-IN-A-BOX SUMMIT RACING OFFERS TRANS-DAPT SWAP-IN-A-BOX COMPLETE ENGINE SWAP KITS FOR GM LS, SMALL BLOCK CHEVY, AND SMALL BLOCK FORD ENGINES. There are 72 kits just for LS engine swaps alone, and 42 kits for plopping a small block Chevy in a Chevy or GMC S-series truck based on engine year and header choice. GM • 1982-2005 Chevy S-10 pickup and Blazer Ford • 1983-’97 Ranger pickup 2WD SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT 800-230-3030 www.summitracing.com S-10 CAB CORNERS WHEN RUST COMES TO VISIT YOUR PICKUP, ONE OF ITS FAVORITE PLACES TO STAY IS IN THE CAB CORNERS. Coast to Coast International stamps its cab corners from heavy-gauge steel and gives them an EDP coating to protect against rust until you weld them in. Current Applications • 1982-’93 Chevy/GMC S-10 and S-15 SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT800-230-3030 www.summitracing.com BLACKHEART MANIFOLDS FOR LS SWAPED…

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THE TRUE MINI-TRUCK WE ONCE KNEW AND LOVED DIDN’T SURVIVE TO SEE OUR CURRENT STATE OF AVAILABLE PICKUP OPTIONS. Long gone are the days of production compact trucks from Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, and GM, just to name a few. Replacing these cult favorite minis are today’s Chevy Colorado and 3rd-gen Tacoma, which are really just midsize pickups ... which is fine. We’ve all gotten used to the extra cab and bed space these slightly larger pickups have to offer. However—let’s just be honest. While today’s “smaller” truck offerings do deliver increased legroom and cargo space compared to their predecessors, they just don’t have that same appeal that made the classic models so popular—not to mention being more accessible and affordable. While we will most likely never…

AFTER CUTTING HIS TEETH ON A CHEVY LUV AS A YOUNGSTER IN SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, JOEY WHITBY WAS FOREVER HOOKED ON MINI-TRUCKS AND THE ACCOMPANYING LIFESTYLE THAT OFTEN GOES WITH THEM. As long as it was low, it was right up Joey’s alley and worthy of his attention! Over the years, he would take inspiration from different iconic trucks in the scene, both in magazines and in person at truck shows. It was at one particular show (Art of Noize, way back in 2000) that Joey first laid eyes on a Tacoma (known as “Relaxed Taco”) that would become a longtime obsession for him. He would eventually start a double cab Tacoma project of his own, but with Covid hitting the world hard in 2020, work on the truck stalled as…

THIS PAST APRIL, ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST ANTICIPATED SHOWS OF THE YEAR CELEBRATED ITS 28TH ANNIVERSARY—THE SOUTHEAST MINI-TRUCKIN NATIONALS IN MAGGIE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA. As soon as we arrived in Maggie Valley, we knew we were getting close to the show grounds. Trucks were cruising up and down the strip while cops and firefighters sat outside their stations watching everyone have a good time and making sure they were safe. Cruising the strip is what everyone looks forward to every year! More than 750 vehicles and attendees from all over the US arrived for the weekend show and packed the fairgrounds. I spent hours shooting photos and catching up with friends I hadn’t seen in a while. The show grounds had everything—old school minis to full size trucks and everything…