[502tripower]

Originally Posted by LILRED66

Chief:

Not what I would expect as a site Moderator.

Don't get offended because I like to preserve the vintage looks/lines of the 4-5-6 Chevy trucks.

I look and admire the work done by you and many of the other customizer/fabricators, but I don't lash out at them for modifying their trucks.

Everyone has his or her vision of what they like. If you like all stock rigs that is great, but what makes hot rodding so much fun is the diversity and, this is a hot rod site with some stockers. As you stated in the Quote below

Originally Posted by LILRED66

Once again, I emphatically state that I am not a hater, I just struggle with the notion that many/most of these trucks need to be radically modified, in order to be set apart from everyone else

This is what makes building hot rods fun. Anyone can put together a stocker, "Part A bolts to part B "it takes a lot of skill and dedication to really build a custom hot rod...These trucks will be much more desired.

What would you call this....

Originally Posted by LILRED66

In a few years, when we are all drooling over the next trend, after the lowering trend has passed, just like the chopping era has faded, that lowered/chopped truck and many just like it will be sitting in the back lot, collecting dust/rust...because no human being will spend the money to restore the sheetmetal and frame back to it's original glory.

Many/most trucks I see posted on this site and many just like it, fall victim to slamming/chopping/"z"-ing/channeling/smoothing and every other personal touch known to man.

Just an observation...wouldn't it be a travesty if most/many Corvettes/Chevelles/Cameros/Mopars/Mustangs/etc/etc/etc were butchered up with these personal touches, only to be de-valued/depreciated long before their time. I have and will continue to scratch my head wondering why many/most '60-'66 Chevy truck owners are so compelled to go to work on these trucks, to, in their opinion, make them better.

Once again, I emphatically state that I am not a hater, I just struggle with the notion that many/most of these trucks need to be radically modified, in order to be set apart from everyone else, even though there are not that many of them on the road compared to the '50-'59's and the '67-'72's.

It would be refreshing to see a new member posting photos of his/her newly purchased '60-'66 Chevy truck and not read/see the majority of the replies suggesting that "it sure would look good with a body drop/laying frame/dragging ass/rolling on 22's/etc/etc/etc". With the number of these trucks going to the crusher/rusting to the frame rails/being chopped up, there aren't going to be many stockers left.