Pickups began life almost as soon as automobiles became available to the general populace. They were spartan, just like most cars, used for hauling produce, construction materials, or whatever one ...

One of the first modern performance trucks, the 454 SS was C1500 turned into a tire-shredding street weapon powered by a big-block V8 that was once available on muscle car legends such as the Chevelle ...

The Chevy 454 SS muscle truck debuted for the 1990 model year, the obvious result of designers' study hall dreams brought to life. They started with the lightest full-size pickup they could get their ...

A pristine 1990 Chevrolet 454 SS pickup with just 36,037 miles captures the raw muscle of the early sport truck movement. A well-preserved 1990 Chevrolet 454 SS pickup, showing just 36,037 original ...

Indianapolis, Indiana. In the motorsports space, it's the home of a monthlong racing extravaganza that culminates each Memorial Day weekend with a 500-mile IndyCar race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ...

Over the years, General Motors allowed Chevrolet to go wild regarding powertrains on several occasions. The bigger, the better, said the engineering teams, so that's how the 'BBC' (big-block Chevy) ...

An incredibly low-mileage Chevrolet performance truck is heading for auction. The 454 SS pickup was sold new in 1990, but has ...

Chevy wanted in on the emerging performance pickup game in the early 1990s, so i's engineers took off-the-shelf parts and created the bad-ass Chevy 454 SS. Based on the half-ton C1500, the 454 SS ...

Chevrolet's anxiously awaited 454 SS Pickup arrives just in time to tantalize us with the promise of real muscle-truck performance at a time when the market still offers very little to enthusiasts who ...

When Executive Editor John Baechtel first tested Chevy's '90 454 SS pickup ("Still Simmerin'," HRM April '90), he was less than stunned. But that was then. For 1991, it's a different story. The pickup ...

When you think about classic sport trucks, what comes to mind? Most likely either the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning or the Dodge Ram SRT-10. Those are two great examples, but they were preceded by the ...

Make and model: 1990 Chevy 454 SS Owner(s): Wayne & Mika Held Owner's hometown: Chaffee 454 Cubic inches in a half ton pickup. Produced from 1990-93. I am the second owner. I have owned this truck for ...