Justin Arnold
There are nearly 2,000 vehicles on display at this year’s SEMA, which kicked off in Vegas yesterday. As you might expect, it’s a bit overwhelming. In four days, more than 60,000 buyers will stroll two million square feet of displays. They will be looking for new technology and designs to add to their business’s offerings. That’s what Justin Arnold of Air Art—a service for body work, general auto tasks, and airbrush art on cars and motorcycles—did last year. He’s back this year to show off his 1972 Chevy truck.
Arnold, working out of his shop in Blanchard, Okla., started working on the truck soon after returning from SEMA last year. It was a six-month effort. He used hood rockets and a tunnel from a 1957 Chevy to add style to the front of the truck. Then he worked with trim from a 1959 Impala, molding his own fin onto the truck bed. Arnold transplanted a 1959 truck dash into the interior after stretching it 10 inches to fit the interior.
The truck utilizes airbags for a mean stance, and a LS3 Camaro engine to move this blue bullet down the road. The truck, which was entered into SEMA’s Battle of the Builders competition, was drawing a crowd even before the show started.
