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Originally Posted by MrTucker
It's all a personal choice. I'm doing a stock restoration on my '53, for a couple different reasons. First off, I just like old trucks. If I wanted something that had sporty suspension, gobbs of power, single finger easy steering, and stop on a dime brakes - I'm not going to get a stock truck. Second, this truck has been in the family since it was brand new, and I want to honor that by returning the truck to it's former glory - to bring back some memories for the family. Third - this is a pretty damn rare truck, a factory original Hydramatic in a '53 GMC - I've only seen 5 of them (there were a million made in '54).
There's nothing wrong with "customizing" an old truck, but I prefer to see something other than a typical AD truck with an IFS, 4link, 350 sbc, turbo 350/400/700R4, mexican blanket seat covered truck with a 9" Ford rear end and an 18"/20" staggered wheel pattern.
Grab any issue of Classic Trucks magazine and that's exactly what you'll see almost cookie cutter, if you ask me. Again, there's nothing wrong with that, but it seems "custom" has become anything but original. Every once in a while you'll see a chopped top, an S10 chassis, a flat black or copper paint job, with air ride suspension. It's getting boring as hell, IMHO...
How many on here are rocking a stock truck? Or even running a 6 cyl?
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Personal choice is what I have been trying to convey all along. We each do as we choose with what we have. As for cookie cutter though, well, nothing is more so than stock!!! And yes, I will be running a straight 6 in my chopped satin black and copper paint jobbed, non-air bagged, boring as hell, far from stock Keebler ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And why am I so wrong to want to enjoy the lines of a classic yet combine that with the performance and ride of something a bit more modern and less rack wagon like???? I have many a picture from cars shows where they were several "cookie cutter" ADs and none of them looked the same. I also have pictures from shows where there were several "stock" ADs and each one was pretty much the mirror image of the next.
Stock: When thousands of truck rolls of the same assembly line looking the exact same except for color and minor accessory changes.
Acclaimed cookie cutters: When an individual takes whatever they have and modify it to suit their preferences and choices. Whether major or subtle, changes are made to differentiate theirs from others.
Point is again, we each have different views and opinions and this is what keeps the world a spinnin'. If we were all the same it would become quite a boring place to live.
Keep On Truckin'!!!!!!