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Originally Posted by truckswede
Thanks for the welcome! And for the links, lots of eye candy there.
The reason i want a "long bed" panel is for the loading capacity, i really love these 60-66 trucks, and i think the panels are supercool. Maybe because they are really rare over here. By the way, do you mind a question: i've always wondered why you guys in the US seem to prefer the short bed trucks, don't you use them to haul stuff? Or is there another reason for it?
Don't get me wrong, i love these old trucks, but over here we use our trucks as trucks and always load and haul stuff with them, so i never really understood why you prefer the shorter beds. Hope you don't mind.
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For me personally, I guess it has to do with the fact that my dad loves the short bed. He always had them when I was growing up, so I guess that's what rubbed off on me. The old blue '66 beater we used to have was a short bed, & it saw lots of hauling duties through the years. On the other hand, my truck will probably never haul anything significant. It did haul the old 283 that once lived in the engine compartment, if that counts for anything.
Other than that, I just prefer the look of the short bed vs. the long bed. I guess it has more of a "sporty" look in my eyes.
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Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY
The truck is beautiful! And the rat rod rocks!  |
Thanks T.J.! Speaking of the rat rod, I need to find out the status of it. Not sure if dad has messed with it anymore or not.