At first glance, this looks like a weathered Chevrolet C10 that somehow survived decades of hard use. Look closer, though, and you discover something far stranger: underneath the vintage sheet metal sits a brand-new Chevrolet Silverado 1500, completely stripped down, reengineered, and reborn as a half-century-old truck.Related articles:Build It or Preserve It: The $200K Muscle CarThe Truth About Numbers-Matching Muscle CarsWhy More Collectors Are Actually DrivingAdvertisementAdvertisementThe transformation is the work of ICON 4x4, the Southern California firm known for blending old-world style with modern engineering. Its latest program, the Chevrolet C Modern Retro Series, marries the celebrated styling of the 1967-1972 Chevy C10 and C20 with the performance, safety, and reliability of a current-generation Silverado.This is not an old truck with a fresh engine dropped in. Each example begins life as a modern Silverado with a V8, and that platform is rebuilt from the ground up. The finished trucks roll out with all-wheel drive, ABS, modern safety technology, a contemporary infotainment system, and the towing capability you would expect from a new pickup.ICON founder Jonathan Ward considers the late-1960s and early-1970s Chevy trucks among the purest automotive designs ever made, and the goal here was to preserve that honest, boxy simplicity while hiding all the modern hardware. The team worked to keep the original truck's character intact while seamlessly integrating it into the Silverado underpinnings.Buyers choose between two distinct styles. The Derelict is the ultimate sleeper, retaining the original paint with its natural rust and wear so it looks like it teleported straight out of the 1960s or 1970s. The Old School style, by contrast, delivers a fully restored, polished appearance. Either way, the body gets modern undercoating with sound deadening and thermal shielding, custom ergonomic seating, and machined aluminum dashboard panels that house the Silverado's controls behind a vintage face.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe clever details run deep. Power door locks operate from a modern key fob, while the power windows are disguised as old-fashioned analog crank handles in the door panels. To shape each commission, buyers meet with Ward in person or over a video call to settle on colors, materials, and one-off touches.Every truck is hand-assembled at ICON's California facility, and only five will be built to protect the program's exclusivity. One of those will be a special Omakase edition, designed entirely at Ward's discretion as a true one-of-one.None of this comes cheap. The Derelict build starts at $450,000 on top of the donor truck, while the fully restored Old School version opens the conversation at half a million dollars. The new Silverado donor is included in that figure, which matters given that a V8, all-wheel-drive Silverado 1500 starts around $50,000 on its own.