Mini Truckin’ Magazine
Feature Information
Personal Info
Full Name
: Scott Stephenson Nickname : Scooter
Vehicle (year, make, and model)
: 1997 Isuzu Hombre
City
: Orange State : TX
Zip
Code : 77630 Email : CCScotty06@netscape.net Age : 20
Background Information
Did you name the vehicle
: Yes, its name is Bessie
License Plate
: Date Purchased : August 9, 2003
Original Cost
: $7,000 Cost to Build : $9,000
How long have you been into mini-trucks and how did you get started?
I’ve been in the scene for 5 years. It started when I bought the truck with a 2/4 drop and a crazy tribal graphic layout on it already. Started out with air shocks, then bagged it, and never looked back from there.
Reason for Building
: to finish something I start, and to show people my creative thoughts and personality by building something.
Previous customs bu
ilt : None
Club Affiliation
: Damage Inc.
Sponsors
: NONE!!
History of Buildup
What interesting things happened throughout the build?
I was backed into sitting in a drive-thru at Mcdonalds in my hometown after Turkey Drag (where I got a 2 page spread in Mini Truckin’ Magazine to introduce the show coverage). She didnt want to wait and she was the next person to order, and threw it into reverse without looking behind her, and smashed my entire front end, almost totaled the truck out.
What did you Learn?
To not go through Drive-Thru restaurants anymore.
What was the best part?
getting a new paint job and cussing the lady out. Also getting a brand new Altima as a rental for a month and a half.
What was the worst part?
seeing my truck in peices and trying to make it home without my hood flying up
What was the main order that you did the modifications in and why?
bags, new paint, new wheels, bodydrop, bed floor, engine bay, interior. Just wanted to take the best route, but now I wish I would have painted last.
If you could do it all over again, what would you do different?
suicide both doors, single color paint, GM Crate motor, and do the bed different. But since I DRIVE this truck to EVERY show, the motor swap may never happen with gas prices rising.
Is there anyone in the scene you really look up to, or someone in particular that motivates you, and why?
I just look up to all the people coming up with new and different ways of doing quality custom work. I also look up to the older crowd, because now days the scene is getting away from what it use to be. The earlier generation did things right and treated people the right way and with respect. I just want the scene to loop back around to be more like the older days.
The Lowdown
Wheels Front :
Rolling Atire
18x8 Centerline Archers
Wheels Rear :
20x8.5 Centerline Archers
Backspace Front
: 5
Backspace Rear
: 5.5
Tires Front
: 225/35/18r Federal
Tires Rear
: 245/35/20r Federal
Chassis Modifications
Suspension Type
(air, hydros, etc.) : Air
Front Suspension
: Suicide Door back cups
Rear Suspension
: 2 Link with Trac Bar (Mike Lilley @ Erratic Trends, Beaumont, TX)
Airbag/cylinder type and size
: Front : Firestone 2500 Rear : Firestone 2500
Control Arms :
stock
Spindles/springs
: 2" Belltech drop spindles
Shocks
: Belltech
Valves
: Smc ½ fills and 3/8 dumps
Compressor
: Viair 380
Air
Line : ½ inch d.o.t.
Air/Hydro Accessories
: 5 Gallon air tank, and Scuba tanks
Frame Mods
: Step notch and new gas tank crossmember, Z’d front end
Gas Tank
: raised ½"
Brakes
: stock
Detail work
: undercoated to reduce vibration
Misc
: Energy suspension bushings
Performed by
: Owner
Body Modifications
Shaved
: Hood squiters, bed caps, door handles, moldings, 3rd brake light, cut out hood, tailgate handle, gas door, the norm.
Frenched
: license plate and taillights
Bodydropped
: 3 ¾"
Front End
: Z’ed
Back End
: molded rollpan
Taillights
: L.E.D.s
Exterior bolt-ons
: Mirrors, bed cover, and needle accents.
Misc :
Ford lightning grille cut down, raised bedfloor with carpet overlay with aluminum strips, and secret compartment in the rear bed floor, bed moved forward ½".
Performed by
: Owner, Chris Wolford, Nick Gram, & Jimmy Deglandon
Paint
Brand and Colors
: Dodge 2007 Green, Plymouth Silver, and custom mixed pearl purple
Style
: Scallop graphics
Pinstriping
: Lime Green and Orange
Air Brushing
: Shadows around graphics for 3D look, air brushed stars in graphics
Misc
: Ghost flames on hood and bed cover, paint wrapped into door jams and into bed
Performed by
: Chris Wolford @ Twisted Customs and Collision
City/State
: Mauriceville, Texas
Interior
Seats
: Factory with covers and cut out middle seat
Materials
: Pleather
Dash
: Smoothed parts
Door Panels
: painted parts with chrome window cranks
Center Console
: System with silver carpet
Flooring
: Silver carpet
Headliner
: painted
Gauges
: KP Components Air Gauges
Misc :
Chrome Long Shifter with name of the truck with color matched sticker, billet rear view mirror and Billet NRC Steering wheel
Performed by
: Owner
Stereo
Head Unit
: Jensen VM9311
Mids and Highs
: Pioneer
Amplifier
: Rockford Fosgate
Subwoofers
: MA Audio 10"
Wiring/accessories
: Aux for PS2
Video
: 5x7 in the floorboard and 7" indash
Custom Fabrication
: Screen box and Center Console
Performed by :
Owner
Engine/Performance
Displacement
: 2.2l Model/Year : 1997 # of Cylinders : 4
Intake :
K&N
Header/Exhaust
: 3" Magnaflow and custom y-pipe with relocated flange near cat converter
Battery
: Interstate
Misc
: electric fan, removed ABS and trailer fenders, frenched radiator inside core support
Special Thanks
:
To all my friends, Jimmy Deglandon for helping me get the bodydrop done in 3 days, my parents for all the support and putting up with all the noise and late nights, Louie at Centerline Wheels for getting me my wheels in a time crunch, Mike Lilley @ Erratic Trends for building me my 2 link, Chris Wolford @ Twisted Customs and Collision for the paint, Damage Inc. www.damageincclub.com , and to anyone else I forgot, Thanks Ya’ll!!
