We had a total of 11 Napco trucks that showed up for the event, yes eleven!! Will Keller aka 'RockMan' that brought his super clean 57 GMC Panel from Sacramento, California (Thanks Buddy, great truck!!) We really appreciated him to take the time to drive out for the truck show so we can checkout his beautiful truck!
That wasn't the only 57 GMC Napco Panel... because Tom Campbell showed his 1957 GMC Napco 1/2 ton with the stock 270 GMC straight six. This panel at one time was used as a camera truck by KTTV channel 11 - for a local television station here in the Southern California area. This is an awesome truck and he showed up sporting a cool surfboard all waxed up and ready for the surf!! Aloha Dude!
Bruce Michaels drove down to show us all his BIG BAD 51 Napco! His ride towered over the whole gang and almost won highest truck, I think it was less than an inch difference. I bet the other guy used a lift kit... Bruce doesn't use any body or suspension kit at all... just raw Napco running gear here fellas!
I have to a BIG shout out to David Noriega for bringing his family to the show to showcase their very cool 1951 Chevrolet 3800 Napco School Bus that was used originally up in Oregon as school bus. He grabbed a lot of attention when got in the lineup!! Thanks Dave, you're setting the bar up high for us all... keep it up!
Omar Lugo didn't drive a Napco but he brought a really nice 1957 Chevrolet Cameo. Congratulations to him and his crew for putting together an outstanding truck that won Best Restored Original 55-59! Great job guys!!
Jesse Cisneros a former employee of Lugo Parts & Restoration drove Rick Oefinger's nicely restored 1958 1/2 ton Chevrolet V-8 Stepside Napco. A lot of people checked his truck out, a good reason to being he had won "Best Restored 55-59" in the past!
My 1958 GMC Napco Suburban (aka Nessee) was in the lineup next to Rick's truck, so that how I know there were a lot of people checking out his cool ride! My Nessee sure loves to showboat at the car & truck shows!
Thomas Gonsalaz brought his 1956 Chevrolet chromed out to the max shiny baby blue Napco stepside. This guy can put the peddle to the metal with his high performance engine!
Phil Jeffers' 1958 GMC 3/4 ton Stepside was looking sharp out there in the Napco lineup with a fresh coat of primmer and shiny new painted rear bumper! Looking good Mr Phil, keep up the good work!!
We got to recruit a new member Mike that rolled in on his own with a 1959 Chevrolet Stepside 3/4 ton Napco. He said that he has been following our website happenings thought it would be cool to bring his truck out to the show... and cool it was! He said that its been in the family for years, it originally came from the military.
Another new Member Keith Muchow has been restoring a 1959 Chevrolet Napco Suburban Carryall that is the last out of the three suburbans that his father had ordered for the railroad. His father called it the Blue Goose and Keith is doing a fine job restoring it. Keep up the good work!
Of course Napco guru Pat Wilson brought out his very nice 1956 GMC one ton stepside Napco truck aka Jezebel. What a beast of a truck it is. Speaking of Pat... he and his wife Rhonda (Napco Club Member #3½) invited the whole gang over to his house for a Napco BBQ! Theres some pics of the BBQ toward the end of the slideshow. Thank you Pat & Rhonda very much for some tasty BBQ!! Yum yum!!
