Sorry, guys. I know it's a Ch**y. A friend of mine posted this and I just had to share it with you. I don't even know what to make of this. Do I like it? Do I not? I'm not really sure right now.

What's your take?

 

it doesn't work at all . the newer cab just isn't the right fit for the older body panels . he'd a been better off using the chassis from the newer one and building an extended cab out of the 58 or so donor and use it's body on the chassis .

 

It's just such an abrupt change in the body line where the hood ends. I can't get past it.
But I do like that they went with a color that was representative of the time. You don't see that on today's trucks and I think it really works.

 

To each his own, I guess.

I wouldn't want to be in front of it in a small car. I bed the driver can't see the road surface for at least 40' ahead.

 

It's cool. I've owned a 58 chevy truck & they are awsome.

Not as awsome as my 56 f100 - but hey - not much is.

Still - that truck took some work & it's cool if for no other reason than it's different!

 

I think it was a cool idea and they did a nice job with it, but I also see how the hood sticks up over the windshield. I dont hate it but it is the only thing that sticks out to me. I think I would of pancaked the hood 4" of so to get it down lower, maybe it was done on purpose to be a "cowl induction" style hood?

 

The concept is not new. People have been swapping body parts on cars and truck making customs for a long time. This was one of the more famous ones from the 80's, a 49 Ford on an 89 Thunderbird. Like it or not, it was a commercially available kit for a time. But the truck above really was done pretty well. They worked hard to make that all fit.

 

There was a guy I would see every year at the etown NJ swap meet driving one of those, he sold the kits as well. Most recent one I have seen is a kit to put a 1940 ford nose on an S10 pickup. Yep no kidding! Wasnt horrible looking, at least it looked better than a stock S10!

 

I kinda like the truck.....kinda HATE that thunderbird though...ugggghhh.

 

I've seen more than one '40 Ford VW kit. Some of them didn't look too bad, but they're just too small. And that sound! I hate the VW flat-4 whistle.

 

On the truck, I can't get past where the hood meets the windshield. It's just not right. Other than that, it's pretty cool.

Now the Thurderbird....yuck. There is no flow to the body lines.

 

Now this one flows much better, you are right on the size though. The picture looks good, but walking up to it.....I think it would seem too much of a toy car.

 

I was at a car show about 8 years ago and there was a guy that was selling kits to convert late 90's model F150's into 53's. What about the downsized Peterbuilds and Kenworths, I think they are pretty cool.

 

Anything is better than the crap we get stuck with now . There is know way I would buy a new truck . No style , to high off the ground , to big , and way to much $ . Wouldn't it be nice to have a truck you could put something over the side and into the box , get in without a stepladder , not have to put up with more electronics than the first moon rocket , and buy for less than the house you live in , also a 2 tone paint job would be a nice choice .

 

I'd bet the truck was.kit. There's a place local to me that makes kit to mount fiberglass nose from an early '69s Chevy onto a modern Chevy.