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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Neither. Both are IMHO ugly. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,442 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,442 | I think my 05 Chevy is nicer looking than either of these...
but, i'd take the GMC if you gave me one.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,725 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,725 | I'm with Oldblu -- both are ugly and boring. And if you squint your eyes just a little at the GMC, it becomes a Ford. Woo hoo. How are they technologically and m,echanically? Can they beat the Ford in pulling power and toughness? Sure hope so 'cause they're big losers in the styling department. Although, you have to admit, they are an improvement over the 2001-2006 trucks -- those things are hideous. John
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 | 1951 3800 Be the change you want to see. -hotshoe
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 125 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 125 | It's a toss up, neither will win a styling contest IMNSHO. And my 49 still looks way better. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | The more I look at them, the more I like them. Of course, when they actually hit the streets, they'll probably look different to me. After a few years on the streets, I'm suspecting the looks will be adjusted slightly. I'll have to disagree with you, on the part about the Ford trucks being tougher, & better powered John. I work for a company that has over 1200 vehicles, in its fleet, & the Fords, have given far more trouble, than the Dodges, & G.M. Trucks, in the Fleet. We had a Ford engineer, tell us that actually the only reason Ford had been a better seller than G.M. , & Dodge, is because they built slightly more trucks, than the others. When it comes to Truck toughness, & longevity, you can't deny Chevrolet, & GMC, are head, & shoulders, above the rest. Alot more 40, 50, & 60 year old G.M. trucks around, than there is Dodge, & Ford trucks. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 79 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 79 | i like the gmc better but there still to much plastic on it and i tought stude stop makeing trucks in the 60s | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 266 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 266 | I like the looks of the Chevy, but personally, I'm sticking with my 'Bolt. Its been around a lot longer than those ever will be. Just my $0.02
Drew | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 273 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 273 | I think they're both ugly. Even my '99 GMC doesn't look too good. The 73 -87s look way better, and the 67 -72s look better still. Anything older can't be matched. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 | They don't make real trucks anymore. They are pieces of plastic hung together. They are not work trucks. I don't think these trucks would stand up to the abuse the older trucks took when they were still made out of steel and they are way over priced I don't know who can afford to buy them.
38 original 48 panel 59 stepside 46 in the back forty
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,417 Former Workshop Owner | | Former Workshop Owner Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,417 | From the photos, I would vote for the GMC. It might be different if I see them both side by side. Although, I like the '06 GMC's better than the Chevys also. It used to be, that the GMC's always looked ugly to me compared to the Chevys, now it's the other way around. At least that's the way I see it.
John
~ J Lucas 2006 GMC Envoy 4.2 I6 2023 Ram 2500/Cumins 6.7 I6 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Wife’s) 2002 Silverado 2500 Gas 6.0 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton 1942 Chevy 1.5-Ton SWBIn the Gallery My Flicker Photos! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 305 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 305 | who can afford one and the gas to go in it.both are way over priced and ugly
ya I know a few rednecks.Thay all drive chevys to, Proud member of the Old Dominion Stovebolt Society AND A MARINE trucks range from 1942 1/2 ton to 1965 fire engine
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Just make sure you get the diesel and allison tranny. I like the GMC best. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 | If I was being given one, either would be ok. If I was to buy, probably neither. It's hard to say, though. I didn't care for the '99-'06 Chevy/GMC fullsize when they first came out & now I drive an '02 Z/71 Xcab Silverado. Think sometimes it has to do with what you are exposed to, meaning that the more you see something, it tends to grow on ya. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 627 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 627 | Both are beautiful but my vote is for the GMC because of the grille. The Chevy grille center strip looks the same on every vehicle they make these days and almost identical to Chrysler. Why can't GM understand that they need to make vehicles that look like the old ones to sell and quit trying to grab onto the shirttails of the other 2? Can you imagine the excitement if they made a truck exactly like the 40s or 50's with modern a drivetrain and suspension!? Or a Camaro that looks exactly like a 69. They wouldn;t be able to produce them fast enough. The HHR is a copy of a PT crusier; shame on GM. The SSR initially had my pulse pounding but ended up being another Corvette with a stupid phony bed and ridiculous price. Instead of looking cool, you look stupid driving one of those jokes.
Mike Barnes 1950 GMC 1-ton pickup
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 60 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 60 | After reading all the replys I think it's obvious that we would all rather have Old Iron before the new tin / plastic they call trucks now a days. All the new trucks look the same to me and I can't work on them anyways. as far as looks go, I prefer the Chevy but that just me.
Gary, Kelly, and Family
| | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | Glad to see they got away from those wedge shaped headlights they had for the last couple years. Reminded me of a '61 Buick Invicta or some such thing. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 49 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 49 | both are ugly,chevys a little better.the base colorados that napa uses now with the parking lights in the hood are unbelieveably ugly.
64 c10 89 rs 62 econoline 50 ford coupe
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | 1959 or 1957 task force - best looking.  | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 266 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 266 | | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 | Exactly!!!  | | |
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