I may not appreciate the plot or the acting in the Fast and Furious franchise, but I will say that part four, 2009’s Fast and Furious, was the film that finally got me interested in the cars. For the first time in an F&F franchise, I was watching for the cars, and I wasn’t just sitting there cracking jokes, either. The Grand National, the Imperial, the ’70 Chevelle, and the Torino were machines that had my attention fully, but none more so than the two trucks seen at the beginning of the flick in the middle of the fuel tanker trailer heist. The 1989 Chevy R-3500 and the 1967 Chevy flatbed were two different takes on a truck that both had me dreaming. So what that they were movie cars in a semi-reality flick doing things they normally wouldn’t do? I love me some trucks that will freaking work, and a flatbed with a major attitude issue seemed perfect.

The 1967 Chevy you see here has been in private hands since at least 2012 and deserves a few mulligans due to the reality of movie car magic. The film would have you believe that the Chevy body was plopped down onto a modified day-cab semi tractor’s chassis, that the engine was built up, and that Han was rowing through a typical Eaton box. Sorry to disappoint, but what is there isn’t that bad: a 502 Chevy mill and a three-speed automatic run out to the Michelin X One super singles that dropped jaws. Those 455/55R22.5 monsters are still there and can still be turned by the big block.

The allure of the Fast and Furious Chevy isn’t so much what it is to me…it’s what it can be. That 502 has potential by the ton, and if you must have a diesel rig, surely a built Duramax would be a solid way to go. I would find it damn hard to leave this rig alone…there’s just enough that wasn’t done up right that you could consider it a project, and just enough right that it’s not a full-blown deal. It needs at least 800 horses to the tire to justify the looks, and those stacks might as well be functional, right?

Now, if the one functioning dual-axle 1989 truck comes up for sale, then I might look at a second mortgage…but for now, this Chevy can be yours if you’ve got the coin to sink on it. Better get moving that gasoline out to the customers…

Mecum Houston 2018: Lot S177 – 1967 Chevrolet “Heist Truck” from Fast and Furious