Nominations TOTM November 2006

[Palf70Step]

Our Truck of the Month (TOTM) theme for this month is

Rats!!

With that in mind, let look at the criteria or rules for the nominees.

• Open to all years and models of Trucks, Blazers, Suburbans, Tahoes, Yukons, and Jimmys.

• It must have a functioning Big Block Engine (Any GM Big Block will be permitted Chevy, Buick, Olds, PontyRat, and CaddyRat).

• It must be together and able to move on its own power. It does not have to be licensed for street use.

• If a truck has won a TOTM already in the last 12 months, you are ineligible. If you were nominated but were not selected as a TOTM winner then you may be nominated and compete in this month's category. In addition, if it is a different truck than that won prior, you may also compete.


To Nominate:

You or someone else may nominate your truck. Just add the nomination to this thread. We will need a picture of the nominee vehicle, the owner’s board name, and the basics specs of the truck (year, engine/drive train specs). You or your nominator can provide additional info if desired.

Nominees will through November 24. If additional information is needed, then I will PM the first 15 nominees to get any additional data or pictures if they haven’t already been provided. You can PM me for an e-mail address in case anyone has problems resizing them for the board. We will then put together a Poll Thread and announce it here on the General Discussion Board for the voting. The Poll will start to run on November 25 and will run till the morning of November 30. The official announcement of the winner will be on the afternoon of November 30. The announcement of the TOTM will be posted through the General Discussion Board area.

[rage'nrat638]

RAGENRAT638
85 chevy c10 silvarado prostreet
back halfed
th400 built trans
9" rear end
50,000 invested
YOU NAME IT, IT'S GOT IT !!!!

[shortymac83]

I nominate LongHorn's Caddy 500...

[krue]

I nominate Yukon Jack's flatbed.

[Palf70Step]

I try to leave it for you folks, but I gotta get this one in.

Barn9's 71 BB.

[bskylerj]

I would like to nominate my 71 Chevy Cheyenne Super with a Supercharged 468. This truck was finished in August of this year. You can see all of the chrome and billet on the motor. It is pushing just over 700 horse power with the supercharger. Turbo 400 with 300 stall, leather interior, Bags from Airride front and rear. Everything has been replaced or redone on this truck. Look at how you can see the reflections on the custom green paint. It is running on 20" wheels and tire. I can get your more pics if needed as well.
Here is a video of the truck and one of the motor so you can hear it as well. The motor video is the first one.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/b...7e0068d1d9.htm


http://videos.streetfire.net/video/3...5b0166e5cb.htm

[chevythunder33]

1946 Chevy Chopped 2 1/2 Nova Subframe Power Sterring Brakes Tilt 20 Gallon Fuel Cell Rides Like A Car Want Take Much More To Complete

[Jayss109]

What the Hay!? I'll throw my hat into the ring.

72 chevy LWB, 500 Cadillac for the go juice.

http://web.mac.com/jason_hall/iWeb/T...%20photos.html

[Longhorn Man]

I was nominated...
Thank you.
My ride is more interesting, than it is nice. There is no one portion, that stands out head and shoulders above the crowd, but, it is better than the average daily driver beater.
While the truck is broke down at this moment, it'll be back up and running with a freshly rebuilt TH350 before the end of this contest, so it does fall within the rules.
I recieved this truck as a gift from selected board members, and went to PA with longhorn jeff, to pick it up in april of 02. She looked pretty bad, had a pontiac 350 that was pretty sick, and a pontiac TH350 that was questionable at best. (hey, it DID handle my right foot and a big block for over a year)



She sat in my driveway for a couple years with a cad 425 bolted in, but the swap wasn't completed untill I freed up my wallet from the constraints of a bad marrige. 6 months after moving out, I had it on the road... scared the neighbors, and had lots of fun... for a day and a half... when I blew it up.
Well, my now ex-girlfriend got sick of seeing me in a stinkin lincoln, so she got me the holy grail of (factory) torque monster big blocks... a caddy 500.
Stabbed that sucker in, slapped some primer on the mis match panels, and gave her hell. if I was rollin.... I had smoke coming off the right rear;

Doing a little of this, and a little of that to her, she has become a little more neighborhood friendly, and a bit nicer to cruise around town in.
Some chump on e-bay sold me these seats, with brackets for 120 bones...to my door. (Don't ask, i don't remember his ID)

A van tilt and a trans am wheel adds to the comefortable cruising;

The body is a conglomoration (sp???) of parts. The 69 grill and front (junk) fenders came off my old truck, the hood was given to me by a board member last summer, passenger door and cowl are both from my first longhorn, and the bed is leftovers from another board member up in Michigan who donated a rolling chassis with bed...all from Oklahoma. (When i say donated, that means I drove 400 miles to get the junk out of his yard) The tailgate is there for pure function, as it's form has chainged over the years.... being that the skin is falling off, but it was a $25 junk yard find, so I ain't complaining...I have one up in Toledo that is just shy of mint. I really need to go get that sucker.

[Longhorn Man]

Clear clearance lights make the hill billy part a little cooler to the you nger guys;


pretty guages huh?

Here she is as she sat a week ago... before the tranny bit the big one. (should be picking that up tomorow)

[Longhorn Man]

Other features that make it cool(ish) includes a solid (ply)wood floor in the bed, rather than the freeway sign and craptastic bedliner that it had... a kick ass large by huge snap on alluminum diamondplate tool box, a decent sounding Pioneer CD player with a set of 6X9's... enough to make your ears bleed... home brew LED tail lights, also LEDs in the inst panel... and of course, the 500 that has been worn .030 over, edelbrock 750 carb on an adapter plate (for now) all painted blue and lookin pretty, all exhailing through the first 1/2 of the J.C. whitny daul exhaust kit with NAPA brand (walker seconds) rumble muflers. The tranny, as indicated before, is scattered all over this dude's shop right now, but getting assembled with all new stuff and a wiz-bang shift kit, and a slightly higher stall converter...but nohting worth bragging about. All this twists the stock drive shaft with new HD u-joints (sealed, no weakening holes in the U-joint body) and C-bearing, into a HO 72 Eaton/corp rear with a 4.10 gears...soon to be a dana with 3.54's.
Up untill last weekend when the tranny crapped out, she has been drop dead reliable, only needing minimal thrashings, I don't need to follow it with a wrench, although some floor dry wouldn't hurt. (she's a little bit of a leaker)
None the less, this is my baby, made posible by this wonderfull board, and even though it's only been on the road for 1 1/2 years, I already have a bunch of memories that involve it... it burning tires, it and chicks, it drawing attention when ever the hood is up....
and the fun has just begun.

[Longhorn Man]

I want to nominate Longhorn Jeff with his 69 custom Camper, CST/20 Longhorn, with a 396, Th400, and 4.10 gears. he has something like 18 options, and to date, i swear when i drove his rig a few years ago, it was the best ride i had ever had in a 67 - 72 (unloaded of course)

[jhow66]

I nominate my son's '72 Blazer (orangeuavol):
.060 over 402-turbo400-NP205-3.73 posi gears-Tuff Country 6" all spring lift-15X10 6 lug aftermarket rally wheels with 35's-72 Cheyenne PU trim sized to fit bed-full roll cage.
More details here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jason_burkhart/my_photos

[DirtyLarry]

Might as well join in on the fun. I nominate my 78 K10.

1978 Chevrolet K10 – Owned since 1996
454HO - Gen VI block with 1999 L29 accessories.
Swapped in SM465/NP205
Centerforce Dual Friction clutch
Swapped in 14 bolt full floating rear axle
8 Lug rotor swap on front axle
4:56 Gears w/Front Detroit TrueTrac/Rear Detroit Locker
Q78x16 Superswamper TSL
SnugTop Cab-hi topper
Rhino lined rocker panels and bed
Outdoor adventure ready topper interior

[ostncoln]

ostncoln
me and my dads 68 LWB 396/400

[ratrod67]

1972 Chevy Cheyenne

Motor:454+.60 468 ci
cast crank turned .10 .10
Shot-peened rods with ARP bolts
Speed-Pro coated pistons
Comp Cams 282 solid cam with Comp Cams lifters and pushrods
Lunati roller thrust bushing
Cloyes double roller timing chain
Mini starter
TCI flexplate with ARP bolts
Oval port heads with hardened seats, 3 angle valve job
Manley valves 2.19 and 1.88
Crane Gold roller rockers 7/16 stud
Edelbrock Airgap intake
Moroso Billet valve covers
Full MSD ignition with 6AL box
Taylor wires
Demon carb

Transmission:
TH350
Full manual conversion
B+M Holeshot 3000 converter
B+M Megashifter
B+M 24,000 GVW cooler
TCI line lock
1 piece driveshaft with new yoke and Spicer Ujoints

Exhaust
Headman coated headers 1 7/8 tube
1 chamber Flowmaster mufflers
3 inch pipe with"H" pipe and dumps in front of axle

Rearend
12 bolt
Richmond posi 4 series carrier
4:10 gears
M/W axles

Fuel system
Holley fuel pump
Holley regulator
RCI fuel cell under bed
Fram filter
Goodyear Hose
Braided from regulator to carb
Cut-off switch for pump mounted into back-up light

Suspension and brakes:
4 wheel disc with CPP rear disc kit
1972 Corvette master cylinder, new booster
Master power prop valve
Stainless hose upgrade
New Emergency brake cables
Fresh brakes up front 5 lug factory disc
DJM 3 inch drop front springs
Chisholm spindles
Chisholm upper tubular control arms
1 ton front sway bar
Rear DJM 6 inch drop springs
Brother adjustable tracking arm
Rebuilt front suspension

Wheels and tires
15X10 rear Centerline Telstars with ET Streets
15X7 front with 245/60 tires

Misc
New 4 core radiator
New carpet and kick panel carpet
recovered seat
New gauge panel
AutoMeter gauges with Playback tach and shiftlight
Kenwood CD with electric antenna mounted in stake pocket
New cab mounts
Spray in bedliner
New wiring
Battery relocated to bed
Sir Michaels steel roll pan in rear

[ratrod67]

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