the shop (GARAGE) truck name on door thing ?

[19673ontree]

anyone notice all the older pickups people are fixing up with a shop or garage name painted on the doors ?? most of the ones I have seen are also fixed to look old like they painted a long time ago ?? all of the ones I have seen have been 50's models I wonder if this will spill over to the 67 to 72 models ?? or has it already and I just haven't seen one ?? it look's cool on those older truck but don't think it's something I would want to own ,,,

[1LoC10]

yeah its on them as well... and something I want to do... I love it

[bagged74]

heres one

[71SWBChevy]

Originally Posted by bagged74

heres one

dammit I was going to post that truck! yep it is here already and I love that truck I had that for my desktop for awhile actually. I really think this type of thing would look good on a 55-59 chevy but it looks pretty sweet on these trucks as well!

[19673ontree]

yep thats what I was talking about , it's one of those thing's that I like to look at but don't want to own one like that ?YET? it may grow on me that truck look's way cool thats for sure !!!!

[texascowboy593]

Im bouncing around the idea of putting something like that on my 59 Apache

Something like:
"Old Crows Garage"
College Station
KR5-3914

[QKENUF4U]

cool truck !! now if only my cab corners/rockers where dent/bent free i would have prob. left it alone. is that real surface rust on that truck ??

[67chevy2wd]

I don't know why but that look is F'n sweet, If my truck would be that solid it would stay that way.

[ThatOneBlue67]

My question, is that real, genuine rust or special effects paint?

[1933 Gasser]

Here are a few from a recent show in Albuquerque.

[409biscayne]

That is so cool . I would do that in a heartbeat.

[Orange]

It is starting to get VERY popular...
Kind of like lowered trucks and big wheels.
I hope it isn't soon as trendy - to where that's all you see. I like it, but don't want to be blinded with it.

[powell72]

Here's my wife's truck, we've talked about what to do next if the shop truck thing gets too out of hand.

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[Orange]

Originally Posted by powell72

Here's my wife's truck, we've talked about what to do next if the shop truck thing gets too out of hand.

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I remember seeing more pics of that one.
It has the mexican blanket and stock green interior.

[Shane]

here ya go ... lots and lots of doors

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...ight=lettering

[Brad]

Here's one that I found. I really like this style, but I think it probably only looks good when all the body panels are one color- unlike my circus wagon!

[Mordachai]

kinda close, there's a guy who owns a huge landscaping company here in WPB. they still have his dad's old 54 ford, still original paint(but flat and rusty) and you can still faintly see the company name and stuff on the sides.

next time I see( I'll see him early Nov) it I'll grab a pic

|M|

[corn]

More pics of these please?

[onetoncrewcab]

After first hearing about this, I thought this was the dumbest thing that anyone thought of. But after looking at some of these pictures, I like it. In fact, it got the wheels rolling for my Dad's old 70 Chev that I inherited just before he died. He used to own a radiator repair shop called Milt's Radiator. I might paint that on the doors and try to find out the first phone number he had (before the 7 digit numbers) and go from there. His slogan was "The Best Place to Take a Leak".
Mike

[shifty]

I'm 99% positive that the Mac's Garage truck up there (47-48, I think) was recently in one of the classic truck mags - belonged to the guy's dad, who owns the shop (family business).

[19673ontree]

heres another one ,,

[1LoC10]

Originally Posted by shifty

I'm 99% positive that the Mac's Garage truck up there (47-48, I think) was recently in one of the classic truck mags - belonged to the guy's dad, who owns the shop (family business).

yeah it was a couple months ago... dont remember what was on the cover but i remember they had a tech article on how to do an HEI swap on a 70.. so I got it somewhere around here

[wolfthing2000]

I had a 66 that looked like The 67 Hot Rod City truck (rust wise anyhow) when I lived in Coos Bay Oregon over 20 years ago.. It wasn't by choice that it was rusted, just a natural thing that happens to any vehicle that has scratches, dings, weathered paint and you move to the coast with it. The truck however had a fully rebuilt drivetrain stock and original white paint, looked good.
Then came the move to the coast. Within one year everything is going rust. There is frickin salt in the air! It rains (condensation) inside the cab! I hated it and what it did to my truck. !!#$%&*)()(&*%$#$ I remember driving into a parking lot once and this lady took one look at the truck and curled her upper lip in disgust and held that look as I drove by.
I move to Eastern Oregon and gave the truck some paint and it looked much better, however looking back now I wish I had it today just as it was on the coast.
While on the coast, I remember having a large overhead camper on and towing a car trailer behind with my spotless , freshly restored Willys Jeep on board. We pulled into a gas station and of course the Jeep drew a small crowd and as I was returning I overheard: "nice Jeep but s*** look at the tow rig!"

[project1971]

Man those are slick! i would like to do something like that for my grandpa's old bicycle shop and locksmith he had an old phone # with the letters too.

[abadsvt]

What do you think would be a fair price for a c10 SWB fleetside with lots of surface rust and needs motor work? I am thinking about getting another truck and would love to have one of these.