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Old 04-03-2014, 10:04 AM   #126
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Re: Keeping them stock

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"I see no sense in taking a good stock truck and modifying it in anyway."

If you read most of the threads like I do you will know that most of us don't start with a "good stock" truck. These trucks are over 50 years old now and most have been worked to death and left to die in a field, or have been patched up with non original parts just to minimally keep them running. I appreciate the fact that folks here on this forum will go to the trouble and expense to bring back to life a truck that most people would just send to the crusher. We are preserving them.
This is true! And thank goodness for those who save them be it wildly modified or stock!

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Old 04-03-2014, 11:27 AM   #127
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Re: Keeping them stock

My 59 will get some suspension mods while retaining stock appearance. Eventually a reapaint to factory colors and thats about it.
The 55 d@dge will lose the tapered rear end and the 6v postive ground system and get a dual master. Oh and when i can find stock mirrors those useless peeps will go too.
Playing with old cars is therapy for me and the value is that it keeps from doing other things. Everyone has thier own idea of value and safety. I decided awhile ago that if this ever becomes unsafe and loses its fun i will sell them and find something else to dump time and money into.
Keep them stock or modify them either way just enjoy the ride.
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Old 04-03-2014, 12:47 PM   #128
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Re: Keeping them stock

My truck is a RESTOMOD ,built to suit me and I love it .The body is mostly stock with a few mods in the mix . When I got it ,it had been lowered with a torch ,old worn out diamond tuck interior top to bottom and side to side with a hotrod 350 with leaking headers and lots of rust .It took 3 years in the bodyshop but everyone that has seen it seems to like it .I like em all ,stock ,modified ,lowered ,ratrod ,I like to look at the craftmanship behind them all.
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