Scott's Hotrods 1956 Speedster Truck

Every year I look forward to seeing what the Grand National Roadster show throws out in terms of prizes and show cars, this year’s selection of cars on the show floor seemed to be exceptional, there has been a whole bunch of coverage elsewhere that we aren't in a position to match, check the bottom of this post for a whole load of links. We're here to talk about the winners though, but not the winning car.

I'm going to say this straight up, I wasn't that happy with the winning car for this year’s show. I'm sure on many levels it is excellent and exemplifies something that the judges were looking for, but to me it did press my buttons. You don't get to build a GNRS winner without having built a few cars before hand, so I always like to check out the history of the people that place in the big prize. Scotts Hot Rods were the winners this year and their past rides are pretty interesting, particularly this Truck Speedster.

Original a 1956 Chevy Truck the guys at Scotts had bought it to use as a shop hack, fate had other plans though. The Learning Channel was filming seasons one of its 'Rides' TV series and asked Scotts to build something, this speedster truck is the outcome. If you can find Season 1, Episode 6 of Rides you can see the full build up with the people behind it. In the mean time Scott's Hotrod and Customs website has a bunch of build up pictures, some of which you can see here.

Called Heavy Metal the truck is an all out custom job, the stock frame rails remain, but cross members, transmission, air bag suspension, brakes, and LS1 engine are all custom. The body work has been cut, smoothed and shaped into submission with the whole lot sitting on custom billet wheels, 18" at the front 20" at the rear. The whole speedster look works well on the truck a great piece of out the box thinking. Probably not the most functional pickup you will ever see, but certainly one of the most unique.