What do I need to make a urban cowboy truck tribute
05-10-2010, 07:54 PM
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What do I need to make a urban cowboy truck tribute
I posted this before and really didn't get many hits as a kid this was one of my fav movies. Growing up on southside Chicago don't see to many cowboys but I liked the movie and the truck. I know it's a 79 f150 with a roll bar and the bud and sissy plates etc but anymore info I could get chrome options etc to make a somewhat clone. Also I think it's a 2wd lifted short bed am I right?
05-10-2010, 08:23 PM
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I thought it was a 79 long bed 4X4...i thought, i know I have a set of those wheels that I have had for some time. It is a good looking truck.
05-10-2010, 08:43 PM
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Yeah man it's a sharp truck I think through the movie they used a few diffrent ones I had heard. It's a higher end model the chrome and black look great. The roll bar in the back set it off to I always wanted to do a tribute to it the best I could but I've been stuck what direction to go in
05-10-2010, 08:47 PM
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79outlaw, I now have one of those roll bars like in the movie that I'm about to tear off my new project truck...I'm going for a more stock look but I admit the truck in that movie has always been one of my favorites!
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That picture,its a long bed....but it does look two wheel drive.
05-10-2010, 08:59 PM
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Yeah I love the stock look to the truck pretty stock besides the roll bar I say leave it on bud ha! Thanks for putting the pic up u think it's a 79 4wd maybe a high end model to. I had heard she wad a 2 wd lifted a bit for the rims
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Hard to be certain, movie studios do all sorts of things, but my guess is this is a 1979 150 Ranger 2WD longbed with oversize tires and the roll bar.
05-11-2010, 02:08 AM
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What I don't get is it's lifted how much 2 inches or so right? So what would it take to make a truck look like the one from the movie spray it black Jack it up roll bar has a chrome package and where would I find the rims everyone helping great. I got the movie anybody find anymore still pics of the truck? Thank you
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i looked into it many times, if you watch in one scene you can see the twin i-beam suspenssion, you can also see the i-beams ae bent to set the tires strait after they lifted it. also i think it is a lariet. thanks
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Those wheels are the old "Rocket" style rims. They are the same rims used on the General Lee in "The Dukes of Hazard" series. I'd look on E-bay or see if anyone is remanufacturing them now.
05-11-2010, 01:10 PM
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You guys rock on the info to make it lariat I have to get extra chrome etc is there a lariat badge also is there anyone know where I can get a f150 roll bar like that. Anything I'm leaving out be great
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you have inspired me to grt my wheels out and clean them up...they do need cleaning.
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i posted about this a month or so ago after the first time i saw the movie, and thought it was great. idk so much about the movie itself, but the truck(s) that are in it. i just saw it on again a day or two ago. had to watch it again haha