Show your pro street 88-98 trucks
 

Gonna start my 98 need some pics

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Ah come on i know there are some pro street trucks out there guys ;)

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I don't recall seeing any members 88-98's pro street-ed, I would have had a gazillion questions for them.....

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One reason folks don't do more of 'em is the shape of the frame rails. There's only a couple of inches worth of room for tubs. Mine is started but that's about as far as it's gotten with a lot of other projects in the way. I'm using a cab & chassis frame with 34" wide frame rails that are straight rather than the curved rails of most of this generation and will be using a 4-link setup.

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I did a GOOGLE search and found a couple pics. I thought you could inboard the rear springs like on a 73-87 and make the wheel tubs wider, I'm very interested in more information.

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A friend of mine had one he did but has since traded it for something else, I'll see if he can give me some info and some pics.
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The springs can be inboarded but since the frame rails aren't straight, it's a PITA. The frame is wider at the front of the wheel tubs than the back, only lets you tub a couple of inches. I wanted WIIIIDE steamrollers, so I went for the C&C. I found a second bed and a set of dually fenders in great shape, may end up going with a dually rearend with a pair of 10.5's on each side... The beauty of a truck is that if I set it up right, I can run single steamrollers or a pair of 10.5's, depending on what I want at the time. With a 4-link setup and an overhead sling in the shop, I should be able to swap rearends and beds in an hour or so.

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This one is for sale on FSC:

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Just to clarify, it's not mine, although if I had a money tree, that would change in a hurry...

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i hear ya :lol:

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Sounds like I need to hurry up and get rolling on my Pro Street project... hopefully I can get that rolling after the first of the year!!

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Where the green truck for sale at?
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not mine but it was done really well

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Brownsville, do you have the paint code for your truck? I'm restoring a 89 and am looking for a good color and think I found it. plus now i wont have to redo my ENTIRE interior. that is one sweet looking truck.

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pretty sure its just gm victory red, or flame red, that came on it stock

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Digging this thread up because I just found this on CL:

1989 Pro-street Chevy Truck
Red step-side, red interior, polished American wheels, 31x18.50 Hoosier radials on back, tubular A-arms on front, air bags on rear, stock 350 motor, drive anywhere, nice truck! $8,500.00 obo
http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/2357251880.html

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Pro-street isn't really my style, but it does look pretty sweet.

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Cool truck but "stock 350 engine" doesn't fit my definition of pro-street.

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Agreed. For 8500 id want a cam at least!
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My personal definition requires nothing less than a stroker...big block, that is. Anything under 496 cubes just doesn't cut it.
The "all show, no go" ain't my cup of tea. If it has steamrollers on the back, you need an engine that can light 'em up.
Opinions and results may vary...

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Welp, Got that whipped.....Alls I need is da tucked steam rollers ! :burnout:

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I dont get the whole concept of "pro street", Lets shove a Huge ASS motor in something and then cut the car/truck up along with tubs and lose all street driving ability. ???? just don't get it.

I like my hot rods streetable and simple, that can straightin the curves and ALSO haul the mail down the 1/4. This 80's pro-street stuff is for the birds!!

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Me neither. That green one was the same way; other than the CAI it was bone stock. I don't get it. It's the opposite of "walk softly and carry a big stick."

It does look awesome though.

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It's a good thing everyone has different "likes" or this would be a bland world we live in. !!!

Maybe some of us older guys couldn't afford to Pro Street anything back in the "80's" but now can, Does that mean we can't have now what we couldn't have back then ???

Should we have to leave our "TRUCKS" stock to fit in with the crowd ???

Psst..... Did ya know..... Trucks weren't designed to "straightin the curves" but to haul ???

Ahhh..... Mine just hauls faster. ;)

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What you like is Pro Touring. That's my '81 4-speed Corvette.
Pro Street is a car that looks like it belongs at the track but is streetable. A big motor is a lot easier to make streetable than a high winding small engine. A true Pro Street car/truck is very streetable, no heel/toe driving needed. Big honkin' tires and big, loud, choppy engines.
There are a lot of genres of street cars, all with huge followings.
What I don't understand is 20"+ wheels that look like trash can lids and rubber bands for tires that can't take a bump at more than 2mph and ride like iron-wheeled wagons. Or trucks that are slammed onto the pavement with front tires splayed out like a knock-kneed fat chick. Or imports with boom box stereos and fart pipes with no power. They're not my cup of tea, but as I said, to each his own.
Restorob, I'm another old fart that had kids in the 80's and couldn't afford a ProStreet anything. I liked 'em then and still do, now that I can afford one I'm going whole-hog. I have several different cars and trucks, each different from the others. Some for work, most for play :D

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Kudos !!!

I'm gonna have fatties under something be it my 97 or 74 before they shove me off into that hole..... :smoke:

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Mine's gonna be something different...shortwide dually with a pair of 295's on each side in the back on custom 10" wide wheels with tubs and a 4-link, 1-ton front 4WD with another 275 on each side up front, pump gas 565 under the hood, hydraulic roller on pump gas, leather seats, full A/C and cruise control.
Just 'cause I've never seen anybody else do it, plus it sounds like fun...

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Hmmm, Sounds interesting......


I saved this a while back just cuz I thought it looked awesome, Kinda what you have in mind but with a 4 link ?

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Something like that, except mine will have dually fenders and tubs...26" of clearance for wheels/tires on each side. Anybody can run big meats, I want doubles :D

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restorob,

I hear what your saying, but why do you think pro-street stuff went the way of the dodo bird?;) With today's technology there is no need for 500ci street motors, the LS stuff makes crazy power and is crazy reliable.

And who really and truly street drives a monster with 33x15 slicks on it?:lol: You may drive it on the street on occassion, but your not putting any kind of real mileage on that setup.

You can go 8's in the quarter w/drag radials these days, no need for semi tires on a street driven vehicle anymore. I always love seeing big tire cars at my local track shaking the ground and then rip off a high 6sec 1/8th :lol: I guess they don't realize they could have most likely ran a little quicker with a 28x10.50 instead of those top fuel tires.

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Can't speak for Curtis, but IMHO, the LS engines are butt ugly unless you go carb'd. Plastic covers and wires everywhere just doesn't make for a pretty engine bay. Can't argue their power, but they're limited as well, that's why there's still a good market for 540's and bigger. The LS engines make good horsepower, but torque is still king in the racing world.
There are still plenty of pro streeters around, you just have to pick through the slammed trucks, fart pipe boom boxes and donks on twenny-fo's to find 'em :D

And as long as Mickey Thompson continues to manufacture steamroller tires,there will be guys like us that buy 'em and put 'em on the back of cars and trucks:D

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Difference in opinion:metal: Are you talking about the FRC's? If so those are easily removed, and the engine actually looks a ton better without em.
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^Thats ugly?

It just makes me cringe to see rides that use to be really nice and collectable, that have been swiss cheesed and tubbed out running slower times than my 25mpg street car. If your gonna hack on a ride and tub it out atleast run respectable times or else you look foolish doin it.

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Yours is as clean as any I've seen, but I still can't see the engine for the coil packs, fuel rails and wiring. Us old school guys like the cleaner look of bare valve covers, Dominator carbs, etc., it's just what we're used to. Old habits and tastes die hard.
As you said, it's a difference of opinion.
I have an LS7 block and heads, plan to use it in my '57 truck when I get around to it. It'll be a fully custom truck, '63 GMC chassis with trailing arms, 454SS rearend, '85 front crossmember, late 90's interior - all bolt-on stuff with as little fab work as possible. I debated using the 540 in boxes in my shop for it but want to show off what a carbed LS can look like with it's symmetrical ports, etc. I hope I can end up as clean as yours looks, a clean bay sure helps show off a clean engine.
BTW, sweet looking engine bay, that's a good looking FI LS engine install.
Oh, and I fully agree, if you're going to run steamrollers and make a lot of noise, you need to be ready to back it up with a fast time slip.

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I don't post much here but I do lurk...I've been following this thread with some interest as I've built some, so called, pro street cars and trucks including race cars. The original intent of the pro street movement was the drag car look with some reliability for the street...IMHO, while we all like the approval of our peers, we lose sight of fact we build these cars and trucks because we want ours to be different from the pack. If I wanted a cookie cutter truck or car I'd leave it stock...it's great to get ideas from other people but the bottom line is build what you like, pro street, pro touring, big block, small block, whatever floats your boat, and enjoy it...sometimes I even find the build is as much fun as the end result. Just remember though opinions are like a..holes everybody has one...:):):)

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Coil packs hanging off it or not its still sexy! :lol:

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...I think everyone needs to look at these trucks and like or don't like but stop putting down someone elses ride...we all have different ideas and different pocketbooks...if you don't like it go to the next page. I personally like them all shortwide, longwide, lowered, lifted, it matters not because they are all done to be different. We cannot all afford a $10,000.00 crate big block chevy so we have a weenie motor...it is still a different ride and it is OUR RIDE!

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old thread but im collecting parts for my phantom dually.man i miss the days with fat tires and the pink heartbeat stripe down the side
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