My old Truck
My old Truck
My old 1956 Chevy truck is on Ebay again, when I owned it, it used to look like this....
Now it looks like this after a £9000 makeover
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130952854738? ... 048wt_1170
Now it looks like this after a £9000 makeover
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130952854738? ... 048wt_1170
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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That is well worth the money!eBay Advert wrote:Year: 1956
Road Tax: 04/2012
Manufacturer: Chevrolet
Transmission:
Automatic Model: 3100
Fuel: Petrol
Type: Pickup
Power: 5359
Doors: 2
Seats: 3
Colour: Gold
Seller's Warranty Expiry Date: 0
Month Reg. Date: 01/01/1956
Drive Side: Left-hand drive
Mileage: 20,574
Previous Owners: 2
Engine Size: 327
Interior/Comfort Options: Power-assisted Steering (PAS)
MOT Expiry: 04/2012
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Presumably the mess all over the bodywork is deliberate?? Does the fashion involve fitting trendy luxuries like knackered, soft shocks and bald tyres
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The the person that bought it is clearly Nuking Futs if they think they've "improved" it in any way!
Info in the ad is wrong, and stupidly so - why state expired road tax when it doesn't run out until October this year?
Power and engine size have just been mixed up - capacity is 5359cc - unless someone has installed a jet engine whilst the camera wasn't looking.
Oh, and it'll be MOT exempt, so technically it doesn't have an MOT expiry. And wait for it... 2 previous owners... my ****!
Cheers R.
Info in the ad is wrong, and stupidly so - why state expired road tax when it doesn't run out until October this year?
Power and engine size have just been mixed up - capacity is 5359cc - unless someone has installed a jet engine whilst the camera wasn't looking.
Oh, and it'll be MOT exempt, so technically it doesn't have an MOT expiry. And wait for it... 2 previous owners... my ****!
Cheers R.
Arctic Silver '99 Z3 1.9 & Black '59 Frogeye 1275cc
- Badman gee
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I understand what they have tried but the only way to achieve the 'look' they were after would have been to clear coat the original paint/bodywork.. Rust and all....
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It's all the rage currently over here too...I see "old VW hippie busses" with rust all over etc etc and V6 conversions in the engine bay..amongst the other rusty looking gems...not my taste, but very popular with the youngsters...
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The rat look, big in America personally don't like it
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I think it's ok if it's genuine. Don't know if you've ever watched Fast N Loud, but they occasionally find a car that has 50 years of genuine 'patina', and they just clear-coat it to preserve it, then fix all the mechanical bits. But I just don't think you can replicate that well enough - the truck looks 'made' rather than 'evolved', mainly because that's exactly what it is, I guess.Captain wrote:The rat look, big in America personally don't like it
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Only my personal opinion, but I think it's been ruined now. Looked far better before.
I initially thought the pics must have been posted in the wrong order..
Good luck with the sale..
I initially thought the pics must have been posted in the wrong order..
Good luck with the sale..
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So then who's going to be the first to rat there zed
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Probably you.Z3cade wrote:So then who's going to be the first to rat there zed
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I saw a good candidate Z3 for it in King's Lynn last weekend. I didn't want to park mine too close in case whatever it had was contagious!Z3cade wrote:So then who's going to be the first to rat there zed
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there are a lot of rat stile cars very interesting and very well done. this one is not one of these...
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lebigmec wrote:Only my personal opinion, but I think it's been ruined now. Looked far better before.
I initially thought the pics must have been posted in the wrong order..
Good luck with the sale..
I think you have misunderstood, I used to own the truck in its original two tone bronze colour, I sold it and the chap ruined it to what you see today.
I am not the person selling the truck
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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Ah yes Gazza, I did misunderstand then. I really think he's ruined it, such a shame, it's a great old vehicle. But then I guess it's the old thing about one man's meat being another man's poison etc.. But I think it's a pity.Gazza wrote:lebigmec wrote:Only my personal opinion, but I think it's been ruined now. Looked far better before.
I initially thought the pics must have been posted in the wrong order..
Good luck with the sale..
I think you have misunderstood, I used to own the truck in its original two tone bronze colour, I sold it and the chap ruined it to what you see today.
I am not the person selling the truck