HPI Customs - 52 Chevy 3100 "Vicarious"
 

Featured at SEMA 2014, our 1952 Chevy 3100 truck we call: Vicarious.
This truck was built in secretly behind closed doors for my Dad as thank you gift which we presented to him at SEMA 2014.

The build had a total of 46 gracious sponsors who supplied us with awesome parts and help to achieve the amazing result, we like to thank all those involved below:

Vortech Superchargers, Hermance Design, Dakota Digital, Rydell Chevrolet, American Autowire, Afco, Dynatech, Vibrant Performance, KinDigIt Designs, E-Stopp, Missing Link Machine, Auto Resurrection, Sew Fine Interiors, Rain Gear, Sunspec Billet Factory, Prismatic Powders, Budnik Wheels, Kore3 Brakes, Hydratech Braking, Borla Exhaust, Rick's Tanks, Speedway Engineering, Flaming River, MSD, Holley Performance EFI, MB Quart Audio, Quiet Ride, Electric Life, Eddie Motorsports, Powertrain Control Solutions, Impact Racing, Techflex, Hose Candy, Golden Leaf Automotive, Vintage Air, Lokar Performance, Hagan Auto, Kal Tire, Performance World

She rides on C4 Vette suspension, massive Z06 brakes, and is powered by a supercharged small block chevy with EFI and methanol injection, backed by a paddle shifted GMPP Supermatic transmission. Tons of mods round out the custom luxury sport leather interior, a full CNC machined dash layout, and more body mods than we can count!

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Killer Truck and thats for using our wheels. :)

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Wow Very Nice !

Very cool! Thanks for giving a behind the scenes

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Incredible truck. Did you make the valve covers? Where did they come from?

Glenn

Thanks, and yes we machined the valve covers, we also have the capability to make any covers from raw material including the custom nameplate for on top.

Cool build. Looking forward to more pics.

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Setting up at SEMA 2014.
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The dash looks great, the whole truck does obviously, but the dash stands out.

That's talent...awesome talent.Just went to your site and looked in on the builds you've done and the builds you're doing...incredible work to say the least...cheers

Dave

Wow I am at a loss for words


Marty-mj
www.garagescene.net www.syborgtwinturbo.com www.2ndcamaro.com

It really came out awesome Tyler! Great job! Thanks for letting me be a small part.

Thanks for the compliments guys.

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We won Gran Turismo award for "Best Truck" at the show.
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just awesome! How long until it's for sale? :D

Some of the video coverage and articles regarding the build.

Vibrant Performance video of Vicarious. (Keep an eye out at the 2:20 - 2:52 mark for the feature)
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MB Quart feature of Vicarious at SEMA 2014.
http://vimeo.com/115432999


Performance and HotRod feature of Project Vicarious
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PAS Mag feature of Project Vicarious
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Looks great. I'm not sure if you've felt like you've been progressing or maybe you are just sharing more, but starting with the first posts from your shop I feel like your builds that I am seeing now are equivalent to the best in this industry.

Thanks for the compliment.
We definitely strive to be the best, especially when it comes to the quality and design of our builds.
Now that we have a dedicated person (myself) for our online media presence when not helping out around the shop, we can now keep up to date with everything online and posting to our build threads in our mission to expand and stay one of the best and honest shops out there.

Sweet truck. Are those Chevy HHR taillights?

Hey everyone! Tyler here again, sorry for the confusion on log in names, I think its all sorted now! Evan is helping us in a big way get our stuff out to the masses, hope we can contribute a bit of inspiration and ideas back to the community, as you all play a part in helping us progress.

Preston, thanks so much for the compliment. It truly has been a crazy journey the last 5 and a half years, and I like to think we have come a long way. Thanks for noticing! We are still just a small, humble shop in a tiny Canuck town.... there is only 4 of us in the shop now including myself, but we have amassed quite the array of equipment and are building some skills! Its been an amazing ride and being at a show like SEMA, and having a bit of a "spotlight" moment next to the likes of the greats has been CRAZY! Oh yeah, did I mention we are still cheaper than the big guns, and your dollar goes an extra 25% further with us right now??? :idea:

I am pretty sure my dad won't sell it, but I can assure you that we will put it through its paces and show you the results!

Ben, you were a huge part. Without your help we couldnt have achieved the support we did. I owe you a favor one day.

Thanks so much for the compliments!

Thanks Dave, that throws some fuel on the fire!

Good eye, yup they are HHR tail lights.

Going to have to start wearing a bib on these builds!
 

Are the logos waterjet or laser?

All the chassis stuff is laser, with a few parts being cnc plasma once we set up our table finally at the end of the build. The dash, valve covers, top of intake manifold, and various other pieces are CNC milled.