At the 2019 SEMA show, Chevrolet awarded six lucky builders with a custom 2020 Corvette trophy and the title of “best” during the annual Chevy SEMA Design Awards. We caught up with some of the builders after the show to discuss the custom creations, and to get their take of being recognized as one the most talented automotive builders in history.
Truck of the Year – Hammerfab / 1958 Apache READ THE ARTICLE
Kicking things off is a gorgeous 1958 Chevy Apache pickup produced by Texas fabrication specialist, Hammerfab. Shop owner and build mastermind, Levi Green, tells us he received his Chevy Apache as a gift from his late uncle when he was merely 14 years old. Twenty-five years later, Green’s slammed Apache has played guinea pig to a plethora of experiments — some of which helped it earn Chevy’s “Truck of the Year” award at SEMA 2019.
“It’s an honor to be the recipient of such a great award from Chevy. The Chevy Design Award is something I’ve always admired and looked forward to winning someday, but really had no idea how to make it happen,” Green explains. “I didn’t even know I was supposed to submit anything. I just barely made the cutoff for the award-participant deadline. It was seriously a last-minute decision.
“You could go so far as to say that GM played a major roll in helping me get to where I am today since the company employed my father and my uncle, who gave me the junky old truck to begin with,” Green elaborates. “It always amazes me how something like giving away a junk truck can inspire a young kid to be the best and win an amazing award like this Chevy SEMA Design Award!”