Is this wildest DIVCO ever built?

 

 

At the 2017 SEMA show in Las Vegas, the House of Kolor pain company showed off a custom delivery truck finished by Count's Kustoms the hometown hot rod and chopper customization shop featured on the History Channel’s “reality” television show “Counting Cars.”   

 

 

 

Ryan Evans, Lead Painter from Las Vegas-based Count’s Kustoms, led the customization job on 1954 DIVCO  (Detroit Industrial Vehicles Company) Model 13 truck along with Lonny Speer Mike Taylor and Ron Fleenor.

 

 

The DIVCO was painted exclusively with House of Kolor products including Limetime (S2-PBC38), Meteor Maroon (Kustom Mix S2-06), Planet Green (S2-09) and Kosamene Brass Pearl (S2-FX21), all from the Shimrin2 Basecoat System. The DIVCO also features House of Kolor Shimrin2 striping enamels. KD3000 gray primer and UC21 Universal Acrylic Urethane Klear.

 

 

This is the DIVCO’s second appearance at SEMA- it was first shown in 2014. Prior to its rebuild the truck sat in a scrapyard for close to 30 years before it was rebuilt by Jus Cuz Customs and Studz Customs in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.

Besides the extensive metal work required to repair the rust damage, the DIVCO’s Continental flat-head four-cylinder engine was replaced with an 6.2 Liter LS Series GM crate motor and four-speed automatic transmission in a custom built frame.  The truck uses an air-ride system over the 20-inch front and 22-inch diameter rear wheels.

 

All photos by the author