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It followed me home?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Yup
Posts: 5,751
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Gonna make mine just like yours!!!!
Does that bother anyone else? There is actually a guy in town that made his truck almost exactly like mine only the wheels are a bit different. Now I know my truck is not the most custom created truck out there but why spend time/money to make your truck look just like someone elses? anyway, I just thought it was kind of weird. Anybody else get that?
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Adam That's why they call it a shortcut Kyle, if it was easy it would just be the way. 86 c-10 SWB 85 CCSB 90 GMC K30 Crew SRW 1985 C30 Dually |
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Hotwheels?
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
Posts: 1,145
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Its flattery at its worst. I take styling cues from some, ideas from others, but I build my truck the way *I* want it to be. Not just to copy someone else. Isnt that the whole point of customizing these suckers, to have one that no one else has?
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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities
Posts: 13,826
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I know how you feel Adam. Back in '95 I painted my truck Yellow..mainly because there were NO yellow trucks around and I wanted to be different. Wouldn't you know shortly thereafter Dodge came out with their yellow Dakotas...before you know it, yellow trucks everywhere!
![]() Yesterday I was surfing Ebay, and came across this truck... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...e=STRK:MEWA:IT I have been building Yeller for the past 4 years to look similar to this (minus the black stripe, front end, and painted bumper)...other than those areas..it is almost a duplicate of what I have been driving in my head since 2001. ![]() Oh well...but I do know how you feel.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Elkhart, IN
Posts: 6,400
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low84 almost got this a few years ago when i was building my 82, then i got my 86, and one of them had to go.
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Right on the line, baby!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Phila, PA 19130
Posts: 1,486
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I don't know, I'm planning to make mine "look" stock. Like the thousands that came off the showroom floor. But then again, I don't see many out there today that still look like that. Anyhow, I suppose it would be weird if someone wanted to do exactly the same thing if I was going to customize mine. Jeff- that truck on eBay was amazing!
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It followed me home?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Yup
Posts: 5,751
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That truck on ebay is nice. I like the interior, I think I'll make mine just like it ah ha. Seriously though it is a killer looking truck
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Adam That's why they call it a shortcut Kyle, if it was easy it would just be the way. 86 c-10 SWB 85 CCSB 90 GMC K30 Crew SRW 1985 C30 Dually |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Modesto, CA
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Right on the line, baby!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Phila, PA 19130
Posts: 1,486
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Maybe it was the 5 mpg, or the "I don't want to sell it in TX or anywhere there're emissions tests." I dunno, just a guess.
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Hernando, Fla
Posts: 40
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sharing ideas and taking some and making them your own is one thing but exact replication is a lack of creativity. bad move i say.
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Happy to be here
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Location: Cypress, TX
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It could be worse. My buddy Keith (n2billet) had a Mazda pick up quit a few years ago. He had a mutual friend paint some pretty wild graphics on it. They were truly one of a kind, and very unique at the time. He had a guy that lived in his area copy the truck graphics included.....
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Central florida
Posts: 3,223
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when i had my tahoe, right before i sold it, i had the black 20s with the polished lip on it, and the totally black outside with no badging, parked it in a high traffic area during the FAMU/BCC college classic, and now there are 3 suburbans and 2 other tahoes out there that have done what i have did(limo tint, black rims with polished lip, and debadge), heh, except they dont have the fully tinted winshield and the euro cut corners and park lamps, only way my truck is still know around town
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 5,906
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nope dont know what you mean.... who would want to duplicate me truck?
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