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Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Ok..just curious what your opinions are on the best "stance" or "rake" for a hot rodded c10? Low in the back with the nose in the air? Lower in the front with tail up in the air? Leveled and lowered...so many ways to go.
I keep seeing trucks from car show/swap meet pics with lowered rears but as a kid I recall that most guys had their hot rods as high in the arse end as it would go... Pics would be nice too...of course! ![]()
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
To me, a hot rod should have the rear a little higher than the front... like this.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Yeah...um...I gotta admit something to you. I have that picture in my revolving background on my desktop
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
here is mine. this pic was taken right after i finished m UCA/LCA, drop spindles,disc brakes, etc.... it has since settled a little more in the front
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Nice Truck Stealth...it's hard to determine on my monitor for sure but it looks like your tails up a bit from the front? It could be the driveway though. What was your drop front and back if you don't mind telling me?
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
I think the rear in the air looks best. I have tried leveling out my step side a couple of times and I never like it.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
This pic is bouncing around on here in a few places, but here we go again. 5.5'' in the front and unknown flip on the rear, guess is 5-6''. I like a little rake on them.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
almost noticeable rake, I was always tired as a teenager of trying to stay on the seat when the back end was like 6/7 inches higher than the front....
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
This is the way we had our cars in the mid 60's.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
i want sthealt wepons truck with yellow jacket rear tires ......................
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Here's mine at ride height with a slight rake.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
I REALLY like Rich 5150's stance. And I also really like the stance on the following gents' trucks:
(oh yeah, and to answer the question posed - I like em stock/leveled, or lowered/leveled, or lowered with front slightly lower than rear. Not a weeds guy personally, but I'm coming around to the idea after seeing some of these that come a lot closer to the weeds than mine!) Last edited by jocko; 08-20-2011 at 01:28 AM. |
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
I like the back a little higher than the front. My truck may not look very good but I like the stance.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Slow Build, your truck looks awesome! Stance is spot on.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
X2 mne is as low as its going to be....i still use it as a truck.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Whats the drop on this one? I really like the stance of it.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
This is how I like it. Not too low. Not too levered.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
I'm a fan of the "little higher in the rear " look too!
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
here's my "stock" rake, if you will...
The back end is much higher because it's on a ramp, but that's not important right now (couldn't resist). Anyhoo - mine has a little bit of a fwd rake, not much though. Last edited by jocko; 08-20-2011 at 11:22 PM. |
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
Lots of great trucks guys! Sounds like the tail up is the way to go! I think I'll try to lower mine a tad so the tires fill the wheel wells a little more but keep the factory rake in the rear instead of all the way level. Somebody mentioned sliding off their seat as a kid and I can remember that problem riding in my uncle's Monte Carlo
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
I always like the back end up in the air a bit. Plus, with my bike or any load in the back it just only ever sits level. I hate it when a truck gets nose-high from a load in the back.
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Re: Best "Rake/Stance" for a Hot Rodded 60-66 C10?
on my old '93 C-1500 i went with a lowered/level stance and really liked it...but on a hot-rod classic, i like the rear to be a little higher than the front....my '66 short/fleet won't be lowered at all but rather left at stock height....but when i can afford to do a custom build with my future project(s), they'll most likely have a little bit of rake
i don't like that Cali-style(?) where the arse end is squatted lower than the front |
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