Is your truck a "head turner"?
 

I was woundering how many of you have a "head turner" truck. You know when people stop what they are doing to watch you drive by or talk to you in a parking lot, thumbs up, etc. i think its a pretty cool feeling if you ask me :metal:

Yesterday I took the 71' out for the first time since finishing it and got alot of looks. The Torch Red screams- but so does the new exhaust!. I get alot of compliments on my 70' as well. Your right- it does feel good when somebody appreciates your ride like you do.

My 72 suburban is FAR from being done. I am only doing mechanical now, no cosmetics.

but I get 3-5 thumbs up and horn honks a week!

they turn there head when i go by...but it is normally in an offenceive mannor. :(

I get a few, and the other chevy truckers always waive. I even got a thumbs up from a rusted out 60 something ferd the other day.

:lol: I have a head turner....people are shocked it actually runs :metal:


Mike

I love the response I get when I take my truck out. It gets better when you dump the bags.... :metal:

that's the cool thing when you first buy an old truck everyone looks at you like you are crazy! :crazy: "why would you want that old thing" :blah:

they just don't have the 'vision' we have!


but then we get it all decked out and restored, and everybody loves it! :metal:

head turner
 

i get people come up and say i used to have on of those in the 80's

I get the "thumbs up" every day.

I got a TON of looks when I just had headers no pipes :hm: ...I still get some good looks when I give it some gas on the greenlight...the beast has some accelleration thats for sure :metal: .

Yup head turner here :hm:

Uuuggglllyyy
 

I turn my head everyday as I see it sitting in my driveway on jack stands.

I get looks, thumbs up, and other various enthusiastic responses most every day. I don't quite know how to repond back so I usually just smile and wave.

Sometimes like today for example, I'm deep in thought just headed wherever I'm going, and suddenly there's someone hangin out their window with huge thumbs up. It's kind of weird.

When I have pasengers, sometimes their like, why is everyone looking at us. I have to say, Don't worry, thats normal.

A while back I had a lime green 71 C10 and people always commented and stared at it. Not everyone liked it, but it sure got attention. Now I have a beat up POS that gets noticed by everyone including the local police on occasion :(

:lol: :lol:

You would be surprised how many teenage girls love my blue camper special that I use as my beater truck. I still have not figured that one out yet. Yet my real nice red 68 4x4 gets more attention then if it were a Vette! If I take this one out, be assured it will take me longer to get back due to all the people asking a million ?'s

Yep! :cool:

Most times my three kids are in the back with their shades on.

It always makes people smile when they see it, I think that's very cool. :c2:

Taking my wife for a drive in one of the old trucks is the best way to get her to really appreciate it. One time, I hauled a load of trash to the dump in the '67 and took her along for the ride. The local fire department was there putting out a dumpster fire. When we pulled up the firemen quit fighting the fire and congregated around the truck asking all kinds of questions. Needless to say it got her attention as to the value of the Green Bomb.

:)

I hear ya dude. Ladies really seem to like my truck. Caught 'em staring before I went in a bank one morning, went in and they were all ga-ga over it. Guys like it too but ya sorta expect that.

My truck is far from a "head turner" wearing flat black primer and old skewl white spokes, but I took it to clemson university for my last year there and it was awesome. Like everyone else has said, the ladies loved it. Guys would come up to me and talk to me about it. I had a bed full of people many times. I got thumbs up and honks often. I even parked it at wally world once, walked over and sat on a bench by the building and watched to see how many people looked at it. There were actually people walking out of their way to walk around it. (I wanted to try this 'cause I know I've done it many times!) I would have to say one annoying thing was that people wanted to race me ALL the time. I only did it a time or two. Beat a couple of ricers and got my ass kicked by a hemi ram truck, (I actually had him till 3rd gear.) Maybe it's the classic lines, maybe it's the 2 1/4" duals, or maybe its the memory of someone's dad or grandpa that had one, but whatever it is, people love these trucks.

the only head turning I get on my projects is when my wife turns her head and gives me the stare when she is paying the credit card bills and sees Summit Racing.......:)... good thing she doesnt know about the cash I spend at Mothertruckers

Same w/ "GQ" ;)

I get some heads to turn with my '70 . How many heads would turn if you were only driving a "new" truck? IMO none. Now I am getting heads to turn some when I am in my '86 also.

Every time I go to Home Depot (at least twice a weekend it seems) someone askes me if its for sale.... Not at any price.

Not at "any price". Everthing I have has a price. Alful high but a price. :lol: But I do think I will keep the the wife. Now I would not let her go "at any price". :lol:

When someone that doesn't know much about trucks looks at mine they get confused because I have a late model bed. They always ask "what year is that".

My '72 gets a fair amount of attention, even from some of the BMW & Mercedes drivers that seem to dominate this area. When the top is down, someone is always trying to talk to me, of course, I can't hear them, but I just nod and smile.

Bouncys blazer
 

My son reminded me the other day on the sound of the blazer. He said I could have won the local wrap off muffler (whos the sweetest and loudest)contest with it!!

I don't drive mine much but I like the fact that I get alot of looks and thumbs up when I drive it. Mine is far from done also but still alot of people will say "nice truck" or is it for sale?

If you guys REALLY want to turn some heads, even better, some mouth wide open stares.................Put a Cummins in your '67-'72 3/4 or 1-ton truck! :metal:

We've been using mine alot over at my neighbors farm, and when we pull a hill pulling hay wagons the Cummins just roars, and smokes.........People honestly STOP what they are doing and watch us go by.

I can't wait to finish up the body work and get it painted..........Then start hitting the shows with it(If I can pry it away from our work long enough).

Yup. Me too. Its a common truck. Because of that many people walk right by it by about 8', slam on the skids and turn around when what they saw registers. It pretty funny. I get comments wherever I go. Seems like everyone wants to race. Even Hondas. Its almost like they concede I have 'em beat in looks & they want to show me they got me on speed. The last Honda found out what grandpas big block could do.

Yeah, I'm gettin' to the point I turn my head and cough everytime I work on it. I'll be glad to be finished soon.

I was driving into the local car show once, and had a guy just about run through a stop sign, and hit someone. I appreciate the looks, but that's just a little to close.... (haha) And I still have holes in the side of the bed and cab, but most people seem to not be bothered by them...I know I'm not

Yep mine turns heads in the exact same way. Either that or my neighbor (local enforcement) tends to do a turn around everytime I take it on the road lately :rolleyes:
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Mine mostly turns the heads of kids. I think it's because it looks like a life sized Hot Wheels :lol:

Mine gets the "What the heck is that thing?" looks... lol

It's a few panels away (nothing big.. just a new cab and new bed needed.. :)) ) from being a beauty queen..

Mine looks pretty good. Get a few thumbs up now and then. Think if I changed the stance it would really turn heads then.

Wife thinks I'm nuts. I turn my head at EVERY 67-72.

Not yet.......

:haha:

ONly when people notice there's no bed on it.:D