The Way Chevy and GMC Intended..

[JCD]

Originally Posted by Shyguy

I may be wrong, but I think what the original poster wanted was to see some original work trucks. Of course I could be wrong it seems to happen the older I get, lol.

Thank you.. You're correct..
I just want to see big full sided trucks used as they were intended, not those pesky little frame trucks with their oversized wheels in the fenders, and c notches that make the frame ride the road.. again.. tragic.

J.

[Rob H.]

Originally Posted by BIGBLU 72

this truck is by no means anything that the factory wanted it to be but by god it will work like a dog and keep beggin for more, which is what i believe these trucks were "originally" meant to do! we thought about selling it but i think now im gunna keep it and do a 12V Cummins NV4500 swap!

BIGBLU 72 that's a nice looking truck, next time I'm up around Ashland I need to look you up, you're only about an hour away. I agree with your thinking, keep that thing and do the diesel swap!

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by JCD

As I put it, "With all the humor that is due"
I didn't want to start a truck war, as I myself like all these trucks.
My favorite though tends to be the long fleetside..

You have to admit, there's no shortage of threads, responses and subscribers to the Short Stepside builds.

They're very popular, even to the point owners will take a perfectly good long fleet, shorten the frame and put a stepside bed on it... Tragic

What I wanted to see was the solid long trucks of the full frame proud..
Owners who use them to their full and original purpose..

As a truck.

J.

Yea i read that and took it for what it was worth, just a good humor thread. Now if i could only find a shortbed stepside 5 lug i'd be in business! LOL!

[JCD]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

I will agree with most of the comments made here, but personally I take offense to the comments suggesting that my short bed lowered truck is not a "Real Truck"....

Then you (and a few others) have completely misconstrued my intentions..
No one can say that Long boxes aren't looked down upon in the customizing truck community.. you can't deny that.

Even here in this forum I read consistently from responders..comments that include..Cut that frame, notch it, bag it, and put a stepside on it.

Longbed owners are left to feel outside this inner circle.

Even when I was looking for a truck, sellers were commenting things like..
"It's a short bed.. the desirable one" and "Sorry it's not a step..it's a longbed"

Now I know no one's made to feel outside here, and I think this is the best forum of these trucks for information and sharing, quite the accomplishment, and I applaud the site founders and administrators.

But my original point, with tongue in cheek, was that the most vocal of the forum take funny jabs at longbed owners, and my response was to send out a call to hear from owners who shy away from the customizing of the short beds.

To see the trucks that work for a living, get dirty and dented, and won't end up on the cover of Truck Custom monthly.

So again I say with all the dignity of a dirty truck, that won't be cottled..

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LET'S SEE THOSE BIG WORKING BRUTES

J.

[jakeblues652]

Originally Posted by JCD

No one can say that Long boxes aren't looked down upon in the customizing truck community.. you can't deny that.

Even here in this forum I read consistently from responders..comments that include..Cut that frame, notch it, bag it, and put a stepside on it.

Longbed owners are left to feel outside this inner circle.

Even when I was looking for a truck, sellers were commenting things like..
"It's a short bed.. the desirable one" and "Sorry it's not a step..it's a longbed"

Now I know no one's made to feel outside here, and I think this is the best forum of these trucks for information and sharing, quite the accomplishment, and I applaud the site founders and administrators.

But my original point, with tongue in cheek, was that the most vocal of the forum take funny jabs at longbed owners, and my response was to send out a call to hear from owners who shy away from the customizing of the short beds.

i agree 100%. everyones doggin on long beds, when i can fit a shortbed and a half of firewood in my long bed.

maybe i'm missing something, but what did the long bed chevy ever do to all these guys that are chopping their trucks up to make a short bed, and all the other guys that are against long beds?

[JCD]

And one more point..
If you won't throw 500 pounds of loose gravel in the bed to mix into cement for a foundation...

It's not a TRUCK ...

J.

[leddzepp]

My truck only hauls beer...it's a real man's truck

[NGN]

OK,Ok, so your telling me they're other trucks out there besides 67 small window swb. lol. I tend to like the stock look with a v8 dual exhaust but, these 67-72 no matter how always get my attention.

[70cst]

I have a LWB C10 and there is no way I would throw in loose gravel into my bed ...and I would say my truck is a retired truck.

[N2TRUX]

Not lifted, not a 4wd, and not a long wheel base either. Why am I even on here with this girlie car? I think I will go look for an El Camino site.

[powerdriver 1958]

Originally Posted by JCD

And one more point..
If you won't throw 500 pounds of loose gravel in the bed to mix into cement for a foundation...

It's not a TRUCK ...

The trouble with using that line as a standard is the Pete I drive isn't a truck ...


Lets get back on track before this gets closed.
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[70cst]

Originally Posted by powerdriver 1958

The trouble with using that line as a standard is the Pete I drive isn't a truck ...


Lets get back on track before this gets closed

I can't remember what track we were on.

[70cst]

For those who want to know what a real truck is...read the following.

http://www.sporttruck.com/techarticl...cks/index.html

[swamp rat]

I agree that everyone should take a step back and take a breather. Too bad something in jest can get so touchy..

[TugOwar]

I'd post pics of my lwb GMC, if'n i had a camera lol

[treveiger]

In reallity its to each his own, there shouldnt be any bashing of any trucks from this erra on this site. Some people like short, some people like long. Whats cool about these trucks is they look good as long as they mostly keep there originall figure or shape(so to speak). I have a lwb c20 that i love and would take a long bed over a short any day because of what i use mine for not because its not a "real truck" just because i like the extra room and need it. Im not into the lowering with the big rims and all the electronics and customization people put into these trucks but i think its cool to see and give respect for the time and money they put into them to make it there own.
Heres some of my c20 the day i was briging her home.

[powerdriver 1958]

treveiger , 16s or 16.5s.....I have the same wheels on my mudder

[70cst]

Nice truck treveiger ...

[50bomb]

To me I don't care if swb owners talk down cause I have a lwb. Whatever entertains them I guess. I love my 67 with a passion. I don't know if I will ever use it to its full capacity. Ima still keep on wrenchin at it. Its not to show off but to those who appreciate a good ol american pickup.

[50bomb]

Oh can I add something esle? okay i will. I see that alot of people dislike longbed stepsides. They have really grown on me especially one from 67-72. I would love to have one of them to just something about them is so cool. Different and that link about the stepside longbeds being "only if you want to win an ugly truck award" haaaa. I would be proud of that award. Never had an award.

[oldblue1968chevy]

gee lol why cant we love them all

shortbeds look sexy longbeds look sexy as well! nice orange truck i will post pictures of my junk its nice because it doesnt matter, if it gets a nick or ding oh well if i wanna run it thru a big mudhole/pothole, oh well!

One day I will do a frame off build though

Snow salt whatever its on the road (I wish it still looked like this)

[CircusWagonJim]

Originally Posted by 70cst

For those who want to know what a real truck is...read the following.

http://www.sporttruck.com/techarticl...cks/index.html

That's ME looking at the longbed truck that would give up a few parts for my Circus wagon! Hadn't seen that picture in 10 years! I took the pictures of the two stepside trucks that ended up as feature trucks in Sport Truck.

[70cst]

Originally Posted by CircusWagonJim

That's ME looking at the longbed truck that would give up a few parts for my Circus wagon! Hadn't seen that picture in 10 years! I took the pictures of the two stepside trucks that ended up as feature trucks in Sport Truck.

That is one of my favorite articles on our trucks.

[basemodel67]

I appreciate all the different truck configurations I see here on the board. I admire the craftsmanship that goes into the nice restorations and custom fab work many perform on their trucks too. I respect those that use their trucks as daily drivers and I envy the ones who can keep 'em in service as work vehicles. I understand the sentimentality many owners have with their trucks and the determination of those that bring back to life what many would see as rusted-out junk. I love these trucks, yet I understand that they are still just trucks that were built to get us from point A to point B, sometimes in style, and sometimes with a heavy load. The one thing I can't stand is when people do things just out of pure stupidity or bad taste. If you weld half of a '57 Chevy car on a '69 C/10 just to be "different" or glue McDonalds toys all over it, then I might think you aren't exactly a mental giant. Besides that pet peeve, I like them all, from C-10s to C-70s!

[dfwright]

There was recently a whole thread of pictures of long bed trucks -- here is a link

Post pics of your Longbed Trucks!! No short stuffs allowed!!