One of the first modern performance trucks, the 454 SS was C1500 turned into a tire-shredding street weapon powered by a big-block V8 that was once available on muscle car legends such as the Chevelle ...

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We love the classic Chevrolet 454 SS, but even the staunchest fans will admit that the other muscle trucks of the day—Ford's F-150 Lightning, the smaller but wilder GMC Syclone—had it beat on actual ...

The truck you see here has had a lot of history with Sport Truck magazine, especially the cover page. You see, this truck graced the January cover back in 2001 when it belonged to Brant Konopacke.

Produced by Chevrolet and GMC from 1988 to the 2000 model year, the fourth-generation C series in half-ton format doesn’t excel in any particular area. But for a short period at the beginning of the ...

The Chevrolet 454 SS has all the makings of a future collectible. It’s quirky, relatively obscure, performance-focused and has aged well thanks to its simple, straightforward design. It wouldn’t be ...

In 1990, GM threw down the gauntlet in the modern full-size muscle truck arena with the introduction of the Chevy 454 SS. It is the stuff of study hall daydreams: take the lightest full-size pickup, a ...

Chevrolet's anxiously awaited 454 SS Pickup arrives just in time to tantalize us with the promise of real muscle-truck performance at a time when the market still offers very little to enthusiasts who ...

Chevy wanted in on the emerging performance pickup game in the early 1990s, so i's engineers took off-the-shelf parts and created the bad-ass Chevy 454 SS. Based on the half-ton C1500, the 454 SS ...

As mechanics everywhere will tell you, car companies just don’t build ’em like they used to. In this case, “them” refers to pavement-pounding super trucks meant to wow the masses while still being ...

Back in 1990, General Motors stuck a 7.4-liter V8 into a 1500 chassis Chevy pickup and created an icon. The 454 SS was little more than black paint, a red logo on the side and dual exhausts rumbling ...

When you think about classic sport trucks, what comes to mind? Most likely either the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning or the Dodge Ram SRT-10. Those are two great examples, but they were preceded by the ...