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| | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | Just drive faster, you won't need them | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | nice truck,dont care much for the mirrors though........dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,805 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,805 | That is one fugly truck- - - - -mirrors and all! A good set of springs and some right-size wheels would help, but then the ugly mirrors would be one of the few remaining nausea-inducing details to deal with!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | I won't be that harsh, but I don't care for the mirrors either. They are just plain out-of-place on an AD truck. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 | Boy, I'm not going to be that harsh either, its a nice truck but don't like the mirrors either. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 35 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 35 | Wow, first post and lots of criticism...starting out on a good note here...
1950 3100 Project-just getting started
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 | Yeah they do sound a bit harsh tonight, go easy on them, maybe just ran out of coffee.
By the way the mirrors appear to be "Carolina Mirrors", available from southernrods.com
Cheers
AM
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 67 | I think everybody's grumpy because it's a custom truck and most gents' here prefer a stock truck over a custom like that. The truck itself is very nice. Every AD is nice not matter the wheels or stance of it. The mirror are most likely just standard aftermarket mirrors you'll see in any magazine. Although a newer style and I may not prefer it, I wont trash it lol I prefer small chrome classic mirrors. http://www.customclassictrucks.com/...lassic_trucks_buyers_guide/photo_04.html
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Hey Duwem, firstly welcome, I don't particularly like the mirrors either but I DO like the truck. "Different strokes for different folks" as they say....... Andy46 is right on the money although they wouldn't be my first choice....... BTW we aren't all grumpy! 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 | Wow you guys !....take it easy on the new guy. The good thing about this hobby is that everyone has their own opinion on what looks good - be it stock or custom. I think that is a nice looking truck, obviously with a lot of care & $$$ spent.
As for the mirrors, try: visionhotrod.com | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,424 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,424 | That is one fugly truck- - - - -mirrors and all! A good set of springs and some right-size wheels would help, but then the ugly mirrors would be one of the few remaining nausea-inducing details to deal with!
Jerry ^^^Agree^^^ I recently attended a steam/tractor/old vehicle get-together and there were a couple guys mocking my paint job (more to the point, lack thereof). After they were going for a second round of "No really, when are you going to paint it?" I replied, fellas that truck is a daily driver only vehicle and both my wife and I love her just the way she is, and by the way, I have more miles in reverse than you two have in forward combined. Picture two lost souls doing simple math in their heads....
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 | I don't know why people feel the need to knock hot rods, or hipo stuff, in the Hipo forum, theres lots of room here for both parties
You like the stock stuff ?
So do I, but it doesn't pre-empt me from liking the rod stuff too !!
I wouldn't dump either enthusiast out of my garage !
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I think one guy voice his opinion and some others followed. I can tell that a lot of folks don't like some of the way I do things but hey, money and time and I don't always have lots of either one!! Oh, Southern Rod is just about 20 minutes from me. I think I'll got check them out....again  (I just like being different...which my wife says I surely am)!! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,424 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,424 | Wow you guys !....take it easy on the new guy. The good thing about this hobby is that everyone has their own opinion on what looks good - be it stock or custom. I think that is a nice looking truck, obviously with a lot of care & $$$ spent.
As for the mirrors, try: visionhotrod.com Agree, sorry, I do apologize. BTW, the truck in the picture doesn't even have w/s wipers. It is different strokes for different folks. After all the original post was a guy looking to buy similar mirrors. I just got carried away by two insulting 'trailer queen' guys from an incident that happened this summer one of which had a vehicle similar to the above link.
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 35 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 35 | Anyhew, just was looking for what the mirros were. Also like the round chrome ones.
On the wipers, it has the posts they attach to, just not the arm/blades for the pictures.
I'm not planning on building a trailer queen, but I will build a hot rod truck. Restored old trucks sitting on tall skinny wheels are not my cup of tea, to each his own, everyone has their own preferences.
1950 3100 Project-just getting started
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | Sometimes our old-timers makes us forget about the golden rule.  Welcome to stovebolt Duwem. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | The truck shows a lot of effort and skill when into it's transformation.
I am just not a fan of the "sittem on the ground" school.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Be carefull when you ask for opinions because people will be honest with ya. It all comes down to your own tastes and what you want your truck to look like. I installed some very similar to those but the have turn indicators on them because "I" liked them.
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | Well, some of us have good taste and i like both the truck and the mirrors. just google mirrors and will show up. i had thought of putting them on mine but i still have wind wings and they might not fit.
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 35 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 35 | Robert, do you have any pictures?
1950 3100 Project-just getting started
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 |
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Robert, do you have any pictures? Will take some this weekend.
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 |
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 69 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 69 | I think I got mine from Yogis.....picked them up at a show but pretty sure it was Yogis | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Picked up mine from Southern Rods
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Not a bad price either......
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 58 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 58 | I bought similar mirrors for my '54. They are from Billet Specialties.com. At least I believe they are the oval mirrors with a paint job. Mine are original from Billet Specialties with a polished aluminum surface. | | |
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