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Old Mar 15, 2023 | 06:52 PM
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I'm sure when your dialing that little **** on the console to help you back up I'm pretty sure you have zero feeling. Didn't GM experiment with rear steer on the public with the behemoth suvs in the day?
 
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Old Mar 15, 2023 | 07:53 PM
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Old Mar 15, 2023 | 10:27 PM
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That is not an oddball. That is cool. It looks like a modern day 4 door cab with a 5 door bed.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2023 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 5851a
I'm sure when your dialing that little **** on the console to help you back up I'm pretty sure you have zero feeling. Didn't GM experiment with rear steer on the public with the behemoth suvs in the day?
A bunch of high-end cars have had 4-wheel steering.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2023 | 01:14 AM
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GM pickups had it......
 
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Old Mar 16, 2023 | 04:47 AM
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Below is the original auction sale record of the ‘52 quad cab. Old time FTEers will recall it’s been discussed here numerous times, and even prompted me to track it down a lot of years ago having heard it might be for sale. He paid $5610 according to the record. I shot a $7k offer but I must not have been in the ballpark. He just walked away without telling me a number. Stu

https://www.purplewave.com/auction/090507/item/3125
 
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Old Mar 18, 2023 | 11:02 AM
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Old Mar 18, 2023 | 12:13 PM
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That one looks about as real as this one I "built" a few years back:



 
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Old Mar 18, 2023 | 12:16 PM
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Old Mar 21, 2023 | 09:48 PM
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the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Old Mar 21, 2023 | 09:58 PM
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Not sure which one is the good because the wheels on the 56 completely destroy what appears to be a nice truck . jmho
 
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Old Mar 21, 2023 | 10:21 PM
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Luckily they’re removable .
 
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Old Mar 22, 2023 | 12:41 AM
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Not sure which one is the good because the wheels on the 56 completely destroy what appears to be a nice truck . jmho
Yup; well said...
 
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Old Mar 22, 2023 | 07:50 AM
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Not sure which one is the good because the wheels on the 56 completely destroy what appears to be a nice truck . jmho
Something I've been seeing a lot of lately, is low profile tires on off-road vehicles. I'm talking trucks, SUVs, and Jeeps equipped with proper lift and suspensions, post jacks, traction boards, massive remote reservoir shocks, flex out the ying-yang, and low profile tires. Unless I'm missing something about new tire technology, fat and soft is the rule.

Maybe that's why I never see these trucks muddy?
 
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