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bigrigpardo · 02-16-2016, 02:49 PM

I know this truck has to have ben posted before but for 2800 its kind of weird cool. does anyone know any real history about were it came from or why it was really built?

https://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/5401870712.html

darkhorse970 · 02-16-2016, 02:54 PM

I like that it's so different. If it's built to be truly functional and reliable, I think it's a cool tow rig!

Gmc.guy · 02-16-2016, 02:56 PM

I can't say I'd be even close to interested, haha. But I would love to look underneath at the frame and body work...

Keith Seymore · 02-16-2016, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrigpardo

or why it was really built?

...because they could.

kcsa75 · 02-16-2016, 03:21 PM

Well, it would certainly get people's attention when you drove it.

flashed · 02-16-2016, 03:43 PM

It would be hard to drive in traffic and make a sharp turn.

cleszkie · 02-16-2016, 03:50 PM

Its just a Suburban with a rear axle delete and a welded on three axle trailer

EARNHARDT#3 · 02-16-2016, 03:57 PM

There's a truck on the forums here that has some very untasteful mods. The guy thinks it's so awesome but I doubt many agree.

doo142 · 02-16-2016, 09:04 PM

The more I look .... I love it!!! Who else has a super duper cab triple axle 12' stepper!!

bad6772 · 02-16-2016, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by EARNHARDT#3

There's a truck on the forums here that has some very untasteful mods. The guy thinks it's so awesome but I doubt many agree.

Becuase to him it may be awesome...It's his truck, let him do what he wants..too each his own. If we all built the same thing, it would be a pretty boring hobby.

EARNHARDT#3 · 02-16-2016, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bad6772

Becuase to him it may be awesome...It's his truck, let him do what he wants..too each his own. If we all built the same thing, it would be a pretty boring hobby.

There are some things that are a matter of different tastes. Then there are things that are just hideous to 99% of the rest. When you post pictures of anything online it's an open invitation to criticism. But if that person likes it...that's all that matters.

YBNORML · 02-17-2016, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by EARNHARDT#3

There's a truck on the forums here that has some very untasteful mods. The guy thinks it's so awesome but I doubt many agree.

"Everyone is a star in their own movie" words to remember when judging someone else's choices. I used to pick other people's stuff apart, mostly because what they liked was different than what I did. Until someone said those words to me, now I try and keep them in mind when I see something that doesn't jive with my opinions.

sneakyfast · 02-17-2016, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by YBNORML

"Everyone is a star in their own movie" words to remember when judging someone else's choices. I used to pick other people's stuff apart, mostly because what they liked was different than what I did. Until someone said those words to me, now I try and keep them in mind when I see something that doesn't jive with my opinions.

Sorry I disagree....there is a thing called "tasteful" and of course you can do whatever you want to your own truck but that doesn't mean you have good taste.

EARNHARDT#3 · 02-17-2016, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by sneakyfast

Sorry I disagree....there is a thing called "tasteful" and of course you can do whatever you want to your own truck but that doesn't mean you have good taste.

Yeah like pasting those auto parts store plastic good scoops on your hood.

YBNORML · 02-17-2016, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sneakyfast

Sorry I disagree....there is a thing called "tasteful" and of course you can do whatever you want to your own truck but that doesn't mean you have good taste.

I never said anything about good taste. That being said, what makes your sense of taste any better than someone else's. And what gives anyone the right to trash or pick apart someone's taste/choices?

Willie Makeit · 02-17-2016, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by EARNHARDT#3

There's a truck on the forums here that has some very untasteful mods. The guy thinks it's so awesome but I doubt many agree.

i bet i know which truck you speak of.

**jeffahart** · 02-17-2016, 06:47 PM

Since it was built as a custom transport, I guess I can see putting something custom out there to draw attention to whatever was being transported. Seems to have lost it's usefulness!

**Grumpy old man** · 02-17-2016, 09:10 PM

Well...when you walk thru the local auto parts store and every stick on ,velcro ,led,or plastic chrome item they sell you already have you've gone too far !

swamp rat · 02-16-2016, 09:18 PM

Humm, take a suburban and a flatbed trailer and weld them solid... Add a little body work and hey instant custom..... Well at least he doesn't think its worth 30G's

Good for parts.

bad6772 · 02-16-2016, 09:32 PM

The 99%..doesn't matter. If it's not your truck or car or whatever why bash the guy? Or why draw attention to it? Hell..I've seen things that are not necessarily my style.I try and keep my mouth shut..it's not mine..I don't have to drive it...and lets not talk about craftsmanship...I've seen some welds and.body work here in build threads here and wow... ragging and bashing on people says alot more about the person bashing...then the person being bashed..

**leddzepp** · 02-16-2016, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bad6772

The 99%..doesn't matter. If it's not your truck or car or whatever why bash the guy? Or why draw attention to it? Hell..I've seen things that are not necessarily my style.I try and keep my mouth shut..it's not mine..I don't have to drive it...and lets not talk about craftsmanship...I've seen some welds and.body work here in build threads here and wow... ragging and bashing on people says alot more about the person bashing...then the person being bashed..

Agree 100%

EARNHARDT#3 · 02-16-2016, 09:38 PM

Exactly who is doing the bashing here?

gottattooz · 02-16-2016, 09:56 PM

I built a go car out of a shaft-driven 4-wheeler and a broken go cart frame just to do it. It was 11 feet long as ridiculous when I finished it, but I learned a lot in the process.

Maybe this guy had a vision in his head and he wanted to see what it would look like. Maybe spare parts and a lot of free time took flight and this creation is what happened out of boredom.

- Josh

dirtyjim · 02-16-2016, 10:14 PM

custom can never go to far, but skills often don't go far enough.

one of the things I think everyone should do if they are doing a very radical build is when you are roughly halfway through step back and take a good hard look from every angle possible at the work of art or monstrosity you have created. and if its leaning more toward monstrosity than work of art tear it apart and start over and keep at it until its not hideous. I think to many people see the outcome is not coming out anywhere near what it looked like in their head but they think its to far along to stop

doo142 · 02-16-2016, 11:25 PM

I would finish the interior in velour, buttons and fuzzy ball thingys. Rent it out for weddings and prom!! This thing is a work of art!! I love this thing and you all would be envious if I pulled up at the next c10 gathering!! Lol , should be 4x4 and have a hot tub on back. Now I'm dreaming... If only she were mine!!

02-16-2016, 02:49 PM	#1
bigrigpardo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NEW MILFORD NJ Posts: 1,453	when has custom gone too far? I know this truck has to have ben posted before but for 2800 its kind of weird cool. does anyone know any real history about were it came from or why it was really built? https://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/5401870712.html Attached Images

02-16-2016, 02:54 PM	#2
darkhorse970 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Monroe, LA Posts: 2,105	Re: when has custom gone too far? I like that it's so different. If it's built to be truly functional and reliable, I think it's a cool tow rig! __________________ Keith SOLD - 1963 C10 Short Fleet 350/700R4 4/6 drop 1967 GMC Super Custom - Short Fleet COPO concept w/427 BBC T-400 w/Doug Nash overdrive 4/6 Drop, Buddy Buckets, etc... Frame Off (In Progress) I call it "Vulgar Display of Power" 1980 Silverado Original paint 49k Original miles 4/6 drop Check out my build thread here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6209941

02-16-2016, 03:21 PM	#5
kcsa75 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 3,590	Re: when has custom gone too far? Well, it would certainly get people's attention when you drove it. __________________ Willie Swamp Angel Truckers '72 C10 Highlander *People who blindly follow a GPS end up on television programs on The Weather Channel. Some survive, some don't.*

02-16-2016, 03:43 PM	#6
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,728	Re: when has custom gone too far? It would be hard to drive in traffic and make a sharp turn.

02-16-2016, 03:50 PM	#7
cleszkie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 2,191	Re: when has custom gone too far? Its just a Suburban with a rear axle delete and a welded on three axle trailer

02-16-2016, 02:56 PM	#3
Gmc.guy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Alberta Posts: 464	Re: when has custom gone too far? I can't say I'd be even close to interested, haha. But I would love to look underneath at the frame and body work... __________________ -Cody

02-16-2016, 03:57 PM	#8
EARNHARDT#3 Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: PA Posts: 1,417	Re: when has custom gone too far? There's a truck on the forums here that has some very untasteful mods. The guy thinks it's so awesome but I doubt many agree. __________________ 1967 C10, LWB, 250, Powerglide, PS, PB, 3/4 STATIC DROP

02-16-2016, 09:04 PM	#9
doo142 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bristol,In. Posts: 1,118	Re: when has custom gone too far? The more I look .... I love it!!! Who else has a super duper cab triple axle 12' stepper!!

02-17-2016, 06:47 PM	#17
jeffahart Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,906	Re: when has custom gone too far? Since it was built as a custom transport, I guess I can see putting something custom out there to draw attention to whatever was being transported. Seems to have lost it's usefulness! __________________ White K20

02-17-2016, 09:10 PM	#18
Grumpy old man Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Gods country East,Tn Posts: 8,545	Re: when has custom gone too far? Well...when you walk thru the local auto parts store and every stick on ,velcro ,led,or plastic chrome item they sell you already have you've gone too far !

02-16-2016, 09:18 PM	#19
swamp rat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Spanaway Posts: 8,451	Re: when has custom gone too far? Humm, take a suburban and a flatbed trailer and weld them solid... Add a little body work and hey instant custom..... Well at least he doesn't think its worth 30G's Good for parts. __________________ Mike. Swamp Rat build thread : http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=595019 72 3/4T 4X4 4" BDS Lift 33" BFG's Last edited by swamp rat; 02-17-2016 at 08:30 PM.

02-16-2016, 09:32 PM	#20
bad6772 Official Site Guitar Shredder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 3,955	Re: when has custom gone too far? The 99%..doesn't matter. If it's not your truck or car or whatever why bash the guy? Or why draw attention to it? Hell..I've seen things that are not necessarily my style.I try and keep my mouth shut..it's not mine..I don't have to drive it...and lets not talk about craftsmanship...I've seen some welds and.body work here in build threads here and wow... ragging and bashing on people says alot more about the person bashing...then the person being bashed..

02-16-2016, 09:38 PM	#22
EARNHARDT#3 Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: PA Posts: 1,417	Re: when has custom gone too far? Exactly who is doing the bashing here? __________________ 1967 C10, LWB, 250, Powerglide, PS, PB, 3/4 STATIC DROP

02-16-2016, 09:56 PM	#23
gottattooz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hampton, Ga Posts: 907	Re: when has custom gone too far? I built a go car out of a shaft-driven 4-wheeler and a broken go cart frame just to do it. It was 11 feet long as ridiculous when I finished it, but I learned a lot in the process. Maybe this guy had a vision in his head and he wanted to see what it would look like. Maybe spare parts and a lot of free time took flight and this creation is what happened out of boredom. - Josh __________________ 1967 Buick Special wagon 1968 Jeep Wagoneer 1958 Chevy Panel Truck 2017 Suzuki M109R

02-16-2016, 10:14 PM	#24
dirtyjim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: alvin, texas Posts: 622	Re: when has custom gone too far? custom can never go to far, but skills often don't go far enough. one of the things I think everyone should do if they are doing a very radical build is when you are roughly halfway through step back and take a good hard look from every angle possible at the work of art or monstrosity you have created. and if its leaning more toward monstrosity than work of art tear it apart and start over and keep at it until its not hideous. I think to many people see the outcome is not coming out anywhere near what it looked like in their head but they think its to far along to stop __________________ 1967 C10 lwb two tone, 305 & rat fink style floor shifted 700r4, 20" steelies 2004 2500HD utility bed aka Brutus



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02-16-2016, 11:25 PM	#25
doo142 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bristol,In. Posts: 1,118	Re: when has custom gone too far? I would finish the interior in velour, buttons and fuzzy ball thingys. Rent it out for weddings and prom!! This thing is a work of art!! I love this thing and you all would be envious if I pulled up at the next c10 gathering!! Lol , should be 4x4 and have a hot tub on back. Now I'm dreaming... If only she were mine!!

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