What can you expect at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Fall Auction at WestWorld October 10-13? A little bit of everything. If you’re into exotic supercars, you’ll find them there. The same goes for muscle cars. Big fan of American classics? You’ll see some cross the auction block (and you may just place the winning bid on your favorite). If high-performance trucks are more your thing, don’t worry – they’ll be at the event, too. In fact, we’ve highlighted a couple of them below.
Modified 1990 Chevrolet 454 SS
Consider this the original modern sport truck. The Chevrolet 454 SS came out as a 1990 model, before the first-generation Ford F-150 SVT lightning and well ahead of the Viper V10-powered Dodge Ram SRT-10. It set the template for the sport truck of the time: a single-cab pickup with big power under the hood, a short bed, and rear-wheel drive.
Chevrolet started with a C1500 with the top-of-the-line Silverado trim and a 6.5-foot short bed, then configured it with an Onyx Black paint job, blacked-out trim, and a Garnet Red cloth interior, which offered bucket seats, a center console, cruise control, and power locks and windows.
They matched that show with segment-exclusive go. According to Chevrolet’s 1990 truck brochure, the SS 454 had “the largest V8 in a regular-production half-ton pickup.” As its name implies, that engine was a massive 454ci V8. Factory output was 230 horsepower and 385 lb-ft of torque. A three-speed automatic delivered power to the back wheels. Chevy installed a 3.73:1 rear end with a locking differential and a Performance Handling Package to aim the 454 SS’s firepower in the right direction.
This specimen has only covered 4,658 miles since new. Somewhere along the way, the truck was lowered and equipped with a ProCharger supercharger that pumps in up to nine pounds of boost and a three-inch mandrel-bent dual exhaust system.
If you’re a purist, you can rest easy knowing this 454 SS will come with its removed original parts as well as the original window sticker, ownership documentation, and the ProCharger manual.
2020 Ford F-150 Shelby Super Snake Sport
The fundamental characteristics of a performance pickup changed dramatically when the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor leapt into showrooms. Instead of being low to the ground and sending its power through the rear wheels and onto the street, it used four-wheel drive and V8 power to fly over dirt at high speeds and jump dunes at white-knuckle speeds.
Luckily, some companies have continued to produce sport trucks for the street. Although Shelby made its name by creating faster, more capable Mustangs, it has no problem using its tuning magic on trucks. This 477-mile 2020 Shelby Super Snake Sport version of the Ford F-150 doesn’t lay in the grass waiting to strike – its front splitter, hood scoop, side pipes, and tonneau cover that doubles as a rear spoiler make it clear it’s ready to sink its fangs into sports cars and other fast pickups. It attacks with the fury of 770 horsepower, generated by its supercharged 5.0-liter V8.
If you have a fast truck you want to sell at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Fall Auction, you can register it online, via mail or email, or by consulting a Consignment Specialist.
Source: www.classiccars.com