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muckyp · 11-05-2013, 11:30 PM

Saw this at a car dealer in Forney, TX. Never seen one of these before!

hugger6933 · 11-05-2013, 11:38 PM

It was a kit truck thing for a lack of a better word. You could buy the kit to do the front of an 88-98 chevy truck but they came out like 94-5ish if I am remembering right . Time slips so fast. Those two guy that are on tv that work on all kinds of stuff on cars Sam and Dave I think maybe they did one long time ago. I remember when they worked on junk stuff behind one of their houses. T he last show I saw them on they had a huge shop wall to wall tools and all nice new clean stuff to play with. Where is my TV deal?
Back to the truck I even looked into building one of them as I was building mostly that style of truck then [at that time they were late model]and most of my wrecks were front hits so I thought it would have been a good match, but that kit was like four times what I could build a new front for out of GM boxes so that ended that idea. Jim

**WIDESIDE72** · 11-06-2013, 10:05 AM

It it an abomination, thats what!

alsriv2 · 11-06-2013, 10:57 AM

With a different paint color, that truck would be really cool and unique.

I like it.

muckyp · 11-06-2013, 11:34 AM

It looks fairly well done, but to me it just ain't right.

RichardJ · 11-06-2013, 12:15 PM

Alsriv2 is right. The shape of that Red side panel was poorly thought out. If the truck was a single and probably lighter color it should look a lot nicer.
I can't decide on chrome. I think it needs some, but it would be easy to overwhelm it with too much.

The SSR retro look had some chrome and they kept it to a minimum.

Alex V. · 11-06-2013, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WIDESIDE72

It it an abomination, thats what!

X2! :p

Tinkermc · 11-06-2013, 01:25 PM

I would drive it.

cleszkie · 11-06-2013, 01:26 PM

It will be at that dealer for a long time...

**special-K** · 11-07-2013, 08:25 AM

Q: What is this?

A: Bad idea

NC_John · 11-07-2013, 08:53 AM

It is the answer to a question never asked!

Ugh.... not for me!

**derotoreut** · 11-07-2013, 09:41 AM

It's a black and red nightmare!

**specialtyretail** · 11-07-2013, 09:47 AM

Looks like they tried to use the paint pattern that started on the 73 models, just without the chrome trim. Different....

Number98 · 11-07-2013, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-k

q: What is this?

A: Bad idea

x2!

xtremedurb00 · 11-07-2013, 10:08 AM

It'll probably be sitting there for a long time. I wonder how many people actually drove by it asking "what the hell is that!" It probably wouldn't look that bad of a truck if they used another front end that somewhat matched. Going from a curvy, wavy front end to a square body style just don't look right.

BugzC10 · 11-07-2013, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WIDESIDE72

It it an abomination, thats what!

X4
Looks like crap!!

11-05-2013, 11:30 PM	#1
muckyp Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Forney, Texas Posts: 290	What the heck is this?? Saw this at a car dealer in Forney, TX. Never seen one of these before! Attached Images __________________ 70 SWB 454/TH400

11-05-2013, 11:38 PM	#2
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,277	Re: What the heck is this?? It was a kit truck thing for a lack of a better word. You could buy the kit to do the front of an 88-98 chevy truck but they came out like 94-5ish if I am remembering right . Time slips so fast. Those two guy that are on tv that work on all kinds of stuff on cars Sam and Dave I think maybe they did one long time ago. I remember when they worked on junk stuff behind one of their houses. T he last show I saw them on they had a huge shop wall to wall tools and all nice new clean stuff to play with. Where is my TV deal? Back to the truck I even looked into building one of them as I was building mostly that style of truck then [at that time they were late model]and most of my wrecks were front hits so I thought it would have been a good match, but that kit was like four times what I could build a new front for out of GM boxes so that ended that idea. Jim

11-06-2013, 10:05 AM	#3
WIDESIDE72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cedar Park, Texas Posts: 7,500	Re: What the heck is this?? It it an abomination, thats what!

11-06-2013, 10:57 AM	#4
alsriv2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formerly MD and San Diego, now loving life in Arizona Posts: 1,636	Re: What the heck is this?? With a different paint color, that truck would be really cool and unique. I like it. __________________ Alan 2012 Ram 3500 Dually Crew Cab 6.7 Cummins 2014 Palomino Columbus 340RK 5th wheel '69 Chevy C10 396BB

11-06-2013, 11:34 AM	#5
muckyp Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Forney, Texas Posts: 290	Re: What the heck is this?? It looks fairly well done, but to me it just ain't right. __________________ 70 SWB 454/TH400

11-06-2013, 12:15 PM	#6
RichardJ Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,451	Re: What the heck is this?? Alsriv2 is right. The shape of that Red side panel was poorly thought out. If the truck was a single and probably lighter color it should look a lot nicer. I can't decide on chrome. I think it needs some, but it would be easy to overwhelm it with too much. The SSR retro look had some chrome and they kept it to a minimum. __________________ '67 GMC 2500, 292, 4spd, AC Last edited by RichardJ; 11-06-2013 at 12:21 PM.

11-06-2013, 01:25 PM	#8
Tinkermc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Farmville, Va Posts: 3,026	Re: What the heck is this?? I would drive it.

11-06-2013, 01:26 PM	#9
cleszkie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 2,191	Re: What the heck is this?? It will be at that dealer for a long time...

11-07-2013, 08:25 AM	#10
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,858	Re: What the heck is this?? Q: What is this? A: Bad idea __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-07-2013, 08:53 AM	#11
NC_John Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Rockwell, NC Posts: 1,639	Re: What the heck is this?? It is the answer to a question never asked! Ugh.... not for me! __________________ 1970 C-10 LWB "Blu" Instagram (current build pictures) 70_nc_c10

11-07-2013, 09:41 AM	#12
derotoreut Roto Reuter thats the name... Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Darien, NY Posts: 1,853	Re: What the heck is this?? It's a black and red nightmare! __________________ ~ Dan My 70 K10 SWB build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=782232 My 71 SWB build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651394 1970 SWB Fleet K10 4X4, 5.3L LM7, 4L60E, Dakota Digital RTX, Vintage Air, Ididit tilt 1971 SWB Fleet C10 - Original SWB Arizona truck, new custom restoration project "Kick out your motor and drive while you're still alive - kick it out!" - Heart 1977

11-07-2013, 09:47 AM	#13
specialtyretail So,, what else you got??? Join Date: May 2010 Location: Jackson, Mo Posts: 18,637	Re: What the heck is this?? Looks like they tried to use the paint pattern that started on the 73 models, just without the chrome trim. Different.... __________________ Our paypal is specialtyretail@yahoo.com Please DO NOTsend paypal funds as a gift, right is right. Thanks.... Sorry, we CANNOT ship larger parts. Thanks.

11-07-2013, 10:08 AM	#15
xtremedurb00 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Nokomis, IL Posts: 87	Re: What the heck is this?? It'll probably be sitting there for a long time. I wonder how many people actually drove by it asking "what the hell is that!" It probably wouldn't look that bad of a truck if they used another front end that somewhat matched. Going from a curvy, wavy front end to a square body style just don't look right. __________________ 1971 C-10 SB 2WD - Project Money Pit Project Build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=606875



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