This rollback has had an interesting life, and after a fire and some other drama, this one has got a new to it engine and transmission. The fire wasn’t on this truck. The fire was on the truck that donated the engine and trans. And to make matters even better, Derek traded the labor to do the swap on this thing for the old engine and trans that was in it. There is a whole story behind it, and we’ll let Derek tell you all about it. Check it out.
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This Chevrolet squarebody has a chevron roll back bed on it. It was originally equipped with a carbureted 454 big block and a Sm465 manual transmission. It’s now been swapped for a Tonawanda TBI 454 and 4L80E automatic transmission. There’s been other improvements to the truck as well. This will be it’s first big test – hauling another vehicle for hours. We’ll either break it in, or it’ll break down. Let’s find out!
