Resurrected from the 2018 NorCal Camp Fire in the Town of Paradise, CA

1959 Chevrolet Other Pickups it has everything you can want Additional Info:

Howdy,

The truck was just a shell when I started it, so every nut, bolt, wire, etc is new. Built in 2021 & been on the road since all over SoCal, NorCal, AZ & San Diego. Multiple magazine features & many awards won. Street Trucks, Classic Truck Performance, Goodguys Gazette, etc. I can provide the exact dates of the magazine features & trophies awarded if need be. I have pictures from pre build, during & post build of every aspect of the Apache. There are so many thought out details on this truck, you honestly should see it in person. Truck would come with a custom Cover Craft indoor cover & bag, many OE burn parts, a handful of new or used OE parts, the marketing materials for shows, etc. I would need to do a walk around the garage for all of the freebies. The truck has a clean CA title, current registration & heavily insured. Sold AS - IS & buyer assumes ALL transportation costs & arrangements (I can help when driver arrives) here is 90232. This is beyond a one of a kind truck & build, it simply can’t be duplicated & has set the bar for all Apaches.

Located in Culver City, CA 90232 / Stored inside my garage under a cover, always.

1959 Chevy Apache 3100, fleet side, short wheel base

PROJECT FIRED

#projectfired is my 1959 Chevy Apache 3100 that sadly burned down on live tv in November 2018 in NorCals Camp Fire. The Camp Fire is Californias most devastating fire to date. The town of Paradise was in its path of destruction. Everything was destroyed including lives & this Apache was also a victim. The Camp Fire is more known as the Paradise Fire now because of what was lost.

I spent a few months putting pen to paper with my design, then got busy with finding as many OE & NOS parts as possible. All the other parts I needed I ordered & started collecting. Few more months fly by & sourced my motor & trans from SoCo Auto Salon in Costa Mesa, CA. I finalize my chassis choice being a Roadster Shop SPEC chassis, slammed series & the rest is history.

I reached out to my buddy Jeff Davey, Owner of Devious Customs in Riverside & said its go time. The next day he sent out 2 flatbeds to grab the goods & 11 months later, #projectfired debuted inside at SEMA ‘21.

THE TEAM

Concept Design & Owner

- Myself, Jason Fonte

Truck Builder / Shop

- Devious Customs in Riverside, CA

Motor Builder

- SoCo Auto Salon in Costa Mesa, CA

Audio Shop

- Audio Concepts in Simi Valley, CA

CHASSIS

ROADSTER SHOP SPEC CHASSIS, SLAMMED SERIES

- Power rack & pinion steering

- RS front sway bar

- RS dual, frame mounted battery boxes

- Odyssey, dual batteries

- RS toe board panel

- RS billet swivel steering column mount

- RS LS motor mount kit

- RS polyurethane trans mount kit

- RS 20 gallon stainless gas tank with Coyote fuel Mgt system

- Custom built skid plate to protect the fuel tank

FRONT SUSPENSION

- RS UCA & LCA’S

- RS SV airbags by Fox

- Wilwood pro spindles

- QA1 adjustable shocks

REAR SUSPENSION

-RS parallel 4-bar with billet Watts link

- RS SV airbags by Fox

- shortened rear end width 57”

- QA1 adjustable rear shocks

- Ford 9” rear end with 31 spline axles

- Pro Iron case with Tru Trac post traction

- 4:11 gears

- Accuair eLeveL air mgt controls the system with custom billet mount Viair 485 Black Widow compressors (dual) hidden under custom bed, Flo Air tanks (2) 5 gallon tanks with custom billet mounts

Mods

- The entire chassis & suspension components were left to flash over with rust before sending out to powder coat. I wanted that to tie into the patina that this Apache rocks, almost like scars from a fatal battle. I loved the industrialness of the welds & color from the heat, so I decided to have a (matte clear) powder coat shot.

- All the suspension lines are (hard lined) in a muted copper color, also tying into the same color pallet.

- Accuair control panel is hard mounted inside the truck.

- I intentionally left the center portion of the bed exposed. I wanted people to see the art of the chassis & suspension components. Again the entire truck has exposed, hard lines for all suspension, fuel & braking, etc.

WHEELS

Colorado Customs (The Caddy)

Front - 20x9” / Rear - 20x13” (Billet) in a custom, Antiqued Bronze color

Mods

The wheels are also bespoke for the build along with the caps. The color too is bespoke which matches all the hard lines & steering wheel. Antiqued bronze is the closet description of color.

TIRES

Lexani LX Twenty

Front 245/35ZR20 / Rear 345/25ZR20

Mods

- I chose the shortened rear end from RS purposefully so that we could fit a fat 345 tire in the rear.

BRAKES

Wilwood

- Front 14” AERO 6 big brake kit, slotted & cross drilled rotors with black 6 piston calipers

- Rear Aero big brake kit, slotted & cross drilled rotors with 4 piston calipers

- Wilwood aluminum tandem master cylinder in black

- Wilwood 8” brake booster in black

- Steel braided lines front & rear

Mods

- All the brake lines were (hard lined) in exposed matte copper (where applicable)

ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN

- LQ9 6.0L V-8 out of late 2000s Escalade with a 4L80 trans (freshly rebuilt in ’21)

- Holley mid mount serpentine kit in satin black

- Everything hardline at a high show quality level throughout the truck

- Holley Performance Terminator - X power train control system

- Fast EV1 fuel injectors 48lb injectors

- Holley Performance Sniper kit

- Holley Performance throttle body

- Holley Performance intake manifold

- Honed intake ports

- BTR camshaft stage 3

- Ultimate headers 1 7/8” stainless

- Hi-torq starter

- 2 piece valve covers painted in satin black

- Aluminum radiator with 16” fan & shroud painted in satin black

- Holley Performance oil pan

- Melling oil pump

- MSD ignition

- Custom drive shaft

-Ceramic spark plug wires

- K&N Air Filter

Mods

- the motor was painted in a hot rod gold color as an omage to the old hot rodding days, but Devious added a ton of metallic flake to give it that pop. The motor, trans & driveshaft are all painted in this color.

- All wiring was hidden including all Restomod ac lines. I wanted the engine bay to be sterile & only reveal the crazy motor & patina metal.

- Devious built a custom bead rolled firewall that looks oe & the patina is nuts.

- All wiring is show quality & hard lined in a muted copper color.

- The motor was dyno tuned by Ish at Westtech Performanc, its fast, loud & reliable.

EXHAUST

- Borla sportsman racing mufflers (2) stainless steel

- Stainless steel flexible exhaust bellows 3”

- Full 3” stainless steel exhaust system

- Custom tear drop reveals on each bedside

- Custom steel trim rings with copper rivets

INTERIOR

- Snowden custom low profile bench with cupholders, bench is done in black leather with black suede inserts

- Custom door panels wrapped in black suede

- Classic Industries “Task Force” gauge cluster

- Black suede headliner

- Power windows with OE crank handles (patina to match)

- RestoMod TruMOD AC unit with Stealth AC controllers

- Customs (patina to match) grills were built for the hidden vents., which took the place of the OE ash trays on either side.

- AC knobs replaced the OE knobs on dash (3)

- Additional vents tucked under dash to keep my knees cool or warm!

- All windows are factory green tint.

- Ididit tilt column painted in satin black

- Lokar column shift linkage

- OE / rebuilt power windshield wiper box

- RS billet swivel steering column joint

- Bespoke steering wheel in clear black, rust & antiqued bronze to match rims & hardlines throughout the truck (antiqued bronze)

Mods

- The entire cab was heavily layered in dynomat & padding. High end black carpeting fills the floor & rear wall. Devious then shot the entire cab in satin black except for the dash top. I intentionally left the dash raw with no clear. I wanted the patina to be softer inside. I scrubbed the dash with water & red scotchbrite pads & the result is this crazy suede like appearance. If ya look at or touch it you would swear its crushed suede. I went with power windows & used a set of oe handles & window cranks to finish it off. They were painted to match the patina. The entirety of the cab is either satin black or patina.

AUDIO

- Custom built fiberglass box that houses 2 pro series JL flat 10’s

- Custom sub box wrapped in black leather with custom logo insert behind the bench

- JL HD900/5 amp

- Custom kick panels wrapped in black leather with trim ring in black suede which are housing Focal Flax Evo seperates

- Custom door panels wrapped in black leather with trim ring in black suede which are housing Focal Flax Evo separates

- Stealth bluetooth head unit to control the insanely loud party (phone controlled)

BED

- The bed was designed to look old & weathered & show off the center sections. The bed wood was distressed, beat up & stained multiple times to achieve the finished result. The bed strips are also distressed to match the patina look. The bed floor is also raised a bit to house the compressors & let the massive exhaust slide by.

- The wheel tubs are OE except for the 5” strips to widen them. I have yet to clear them or even hide the weld seam. I want people to see the patina & how much wider we went.They continue to rust.

- The actual bedsides are where Devious used the OE foot holds to port the exhaust with a killer, tear dropped reveal. Devious then created killer trim rings with copper rivets. Again, I left the trim rings raw so they could rust over.

EXTERIOR

-The process for what you see is that I diluted CLR with water & scrubbed the entire truck down with red scotchbrite pads. Once the metal was mostly smooth I then shot 3 coats of matte clear on the entire truck, inside of the bed as well. The badges are all OE, but not from this truck obviously. Devious scuffed the badges up then patina’d them to match. The exterior mirrors were painted in satin black to match the interior. This particular truck was optioned with reverse lights & amazingly the bezels survived the fire to a degree, along with the turn signal bezels. The colors that are in these bezels are shades of oxidized, green, copper, gold & brown. These bezels are what I based the whole build & color pallet on. The windows tie in the oxidized green & so on. The truck was purposefully designed well in advance to the actual build. Honestly I am still amazed it worked out.

Thank you for looking & feel free to ask any question.

Clean CA title, heavily insured & current CA registration.

Comes with a ton of OE parts, some new parts & 2 complete sets of bedside trim pieces. Custom fit Covercraft indoor truck cover, multiple marketing plaques for shows, 2 sets of keys, Ill toss is the Club for security measures :)…. I will do a walk around in the garage to find all the other misc items included in sale. You will need another vehicle to grab all the items that go with the sale.

The license plates (CEOSLED) do NOT come with the sale, they can be purchased separately for $1000

Truck is sold AS-IS, NO warranty is given or implied.

I will provide you with the builder’s information as they know more of the technical build questions / answers then I will.

Located in Los Angeles, CA

I advise you to come experience the truck in person if possible

Featured in / at / online

Street Trucks Magazine & cover

Classic Truck Performance Magazine

Goodguys Gazzette

The Ridge Journal Newspaper

Grand National Truck Show

Grand National Hot Rod Show

SEMA 2021, inside south hall for the CUB Group

C10 Intervention

Dino’s Git Down 2021 & 2022

Venice Classics Show

Goodguys Del Mar Nationals

Street Trucks Magazine interview & shoot

In the Garage Media shoot

AutotopiaLA

Grindertv

SEMA 2021

Fuel Curve Magazine

The ReUnion Show

------Multiple Awards won at every show attended, featured in many sponsor booths at The Reunion Show, Dinos Git Down, Goodguys Del Mar, SEMA 2021, Grand National Truck Show, Culver City Classics, LASD Charity show, Quarantine Cruise, Killer Shrimp show, Venice Classics Show, etc…. There is a ton of social media on this Apache, search out online #ceosled #projectfired #paradisefiretruck #fontecustom, etc……..

More build pics can be sent or feel free to scour my IG page for even more pics at “roccosdad”

Must Watch------

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNTbyotRpWs

Asking $139,999- oBo,

$2000- immediate deposit required if a deal is made / NON Refundable deposit if you back out of deal

Thank you looking & Happy Holidays