Anybody else seen this show or the 51-52 truck lurking in the back ground? sorry my membership has expired so I guess I cant post attachments here is the link.

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I've seen it in the opening shots, but I have never seen or heard it mentioned other than that. I like the color and stance!

 

Great program..watch it every week. Almost every episode has a quick glimpse of that sharp looking F1.

 

Ditto! I think it basically serves as their shop truck. Rick drives it around quite a bit and he's delivered items in it several times. They need to do a segment on it!

 

I love that truck. Always wondered about it... thought of emailing them about it just out of curiosity but never did it.

 

Yeah Rick does some amazing resto work. I love watching the show and want him to show off the truck more.

 

Only problem with the show is that he gives unrealistic value estimates for items after the restoration.

 

Coop, if you type [img] and [/img] before and after the link address, it makes the picture appear instead of just a link. FYI.

 

I've watched the show, and he actually drives the truck too.

 

So when is this show on? I'm not familiar with it. That truck does look good.

 

Love the look and the sound of it, the stance is awesome. When he drives it, it looks so smooth with no truck bouncing what so ever. That's the ride I'm striving for, with being a newbie, no knowledge to how to get it. Coilovers,airbags,just don't know. Help!! L8R ZFLASH

 

Fridays at 9/8c on the history channel. There are re-runs on at various times also, just have to check the guide.

 

I like the truck,not crazy about the show.It's all fluff for the cameras, not to mention they get alot of stuff wrong.I collect and restore pumps and soda machines ect ect,the episode where they restore a soda machine and showed two completely different machines before and after,both model and manufactured were wrong.I do still watch it but get frustrated.LOL It's all set up like American Pickers,which I enjoy seeing all the stuff they come across but it's to fake.Sorry to get off track,the truck does look great going down the road!!
Joe

 

Love the show and love the truck. I realize that a lot of it is staged (it is television, after all).

A friend of mind and I were just talking about that truck yesterday. Not the direction that I went with my truck, but I like his truck anyway.

 

I have watched this show since the beginning. That F1 is beautiful. I was told by a source that the truck was actually restored by Danny at Kounts Kustoms in Las Vegas. He is also featured on the show at times and on Pawn Stars. I don't know how true that is but I think both shops do a nice job.

The thing I try to keep in mind with this show and others like it, is that it brings out a whole new aspect to television, both good and bad. Growing up we watched shows about Cowboys, Cops and Doctors. Very few shows focused on the "real" work being done in this great country. I know many guys (and a few gals) that have gotten up off their seats and started a resto project because they saw one done on these shows. That can't be all bad. Sure, they take "artistic" license at times and they often piece different things together to make the scene but I think they try to make it entertaining. Don't even get me started on the time lapse thing - tv can make it look like a project took only days to do when in reality a project may span weeks or even months. I love when they say "yeah, we sent it out for chrome or powder coat". They make it sound like the powder coater was just waiting for them with nothing else to do.

I still love the old Overhaulin' episodes with Chip Foose. They often fail to mention how many people and how much money really goes into the project. How many of us had to wait on UPS or our own budgets so we could finish up a project? When was the last time Ford Racing showed up with a free crate motor for your project? It looks great for the show though. My girlfriend still wants to know why it takes me months to restore a truck but they can do it on the tv in 7 days or less? lol I enjoy it for what it is, entertainment...