Square-body Silverado looks like it might be in original paint, but it packs a supercharged LT4 and modern handling bits.
The video above comes to us from the Classic Car Studio YouTube channel and it features a wicked 1986 Chevrolet Silverado that serves as the shop truck for the Classic Car Studio Speed Shop. The channel has used this classic square-body as the subject of several videos, allowing us to watch as they transform this old school Chevy into a slammed street truck that performs like a muscle car.
While there might be more on the horizon, the current form of this 1986 Silverado is a very loveable street machine, looking like the perfect machine for daily driving and drag strip dominance. Today, we bring you a look at one of the coolest square-body Chevys we have seen.
The Original Look
On the outside, this 1986 Chevy pickuphas the type of two-tone paint job that was popular when this era of truck was new, with the dark grey body being broken up by a red section running down the middle. The red paint is weathered to the point of the grey showing through at some points and as you look around the outside, the grey paint is showing its age as well. There are even some parts that have been repainted with paint that doesn’t quite match, but in any case, the paint has the not-new look.
While some of the body moldings look rough, the majority of the chrome looks pretty clean while the bumpers and mirrors could be new. The truck doesn’t look bad by any means, but it clearly hasn’t been fully restored and in this case, the patina is a cool feature.
1986 Silverado Combines Modern Performance with Classic Patina continued…
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