Originally posted by BigBambino22:
can a 60s truck be a rat rod?
Boy I sure hope so. If not, I've wasted about a year's work...and a coupla bux:
[img]
http://www.chevyasylum.com/bsf2004/sw/0813/040813_05r4.jpg[/img]
This is my 64 C10. It doesn't have a 350 V8 like so many others. It has a 292 I6 with a Carter 4-barrel, split exhaust headers and Cherry Bomb glasspack mufflers. It's also got gen-u-wine Dean Moon Moon discs for hubcaps...and some pinstriping from "Coop"...one of the relatively big names in the striping world. I got lucky and ran into him at the Rat Fink Reunion last year....I'll be goin back again this year...maybe I can talk him into stripin my bass guitar.
Anyway, this is just what I decided to do with my truck. I didn't wanna spend huge chunks of cash makin it into something that I was afraid to drive in the winter...so I'm just havin a good time with it. I already drove one neighbor outta the neighborhood. (Long story...he was sellin his house anyway, but he hated seein my truck parked anywhere near his place, just in case it might scare off potential buyers. Btw, the new neighbors love my truck. <g>)
I've got a lot more to do on it. I had kinda hoped to get something done about the "ratty" (if you'll pardon the expression) wood in the bed. But a wee bit of heart surgery kinda slowed me down.
If yer interested in what I did to transform my truck from a rusty ol thing into my interpretation of a rat rod, check out my
web site. I've got a buncha pics and some narrative there about what I did to it...and some stuff about our other Chevys, too. Ohh...I think you may have been there...right?
Anyway, have fun with yours...I think that's what they're there for.
