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I was scoping out a cab at a local yard and found this beauty. PO performed his own body swap, looks like onto a S10/small blazer frame. PO didn't waste too much time worrying about little things like body mounts or integrity. Original frame mounts were "extended". I was impressed by the homemade driveshaft hoop.

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It scares me to thin that it might have been on the road, hopefully ir never got that far.

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Wow that's a scary mess. Seeing stuff like that makes me think every state should have annual vehicle inspections

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He put the drive shaft hoop there because he knew something was gonna fail!

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Gittr dun

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now doesn't that encourage you to take a few short cuts?
ron

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Another one wasted. :(

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The scary thing is that there is more of this sort of work rolling down the road than most realize. I agree that every state should have yearly vehicle inspections, for a number of reasons, one of which is this sort of thing.

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Agree on this.

Disagree with this. The sheriff's department or highway patrol (the ones that handle most road-worthiness signoffs for kit cars and specialty vehicles in most states) lack an understanding of what we do as enthusiasts and hot rods. While you may keep a few crapmobiles off the road, you'll do more damage to the hobby as a whole. Heck, DragWeek probably wouldn't exist if we start handing inspection rules out and make already overstretched law enforcement handle it.

I guess I could sign off on the idea if someone with a good reputation in the community (race officiator, existing tech specialist from a track etc) were handling these inspections...but the cost and backlog or resources for that would be extreme....let alone the political leanings of appointing such a job as a state employee. (But Hell, I'm qualified and would totally take it :) )

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thats not an s10 or small blazer frame, s10/blazer frames are boxed. it actually looks like a 70s ford 4x4 frame to me.

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That was a fun build...

y'all feel free to copy whatever engineering techniques you might need too!

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So here is the story with that truck. I got it a few months ago for $900. It had really good sheet metal on it and a really nice factory grill. It also had a good running 454 and turbo 400. Everything on the cab was shot. It had no title and frame was a 75 4x4. IT was very poorly done. I kept everything off it I thought was usable.

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Love the front bumper.

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im thinking my home made mounts are a little overkill then
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yes yes if the drive shaft came loose it woulda knocked the cab off.:lol:

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funny we all laugh at it but funny thing is by the looks of it nothing failed lol

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things don't fail if they don't get used, usually
ron

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Rofl