Cool custom vehicle?
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Cool custom vehicle?
I saw it driving home from work today. Can someone enlighten me as to why ? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...d/DSC06421.jpg
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Maybe a test of abilities ( isnt that what chevies are for?) or a test to see what removed stake pockets looks like. (chevy owners always take things too literal anyway.)
Maybe his girlfriend couldn't fit in the bed of the truck so he modified it to fit her?
Maybe his girlfriend couldn't fit in the bed of the truck so he modified it to fit her?
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It is what makes us americans. Each a different style. SOmetimes those styles are a bit questionable......
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The reason the picture doesn't make sense is the other one is missing. This is one of the few surviving examples of the Chevy "flipper" rigs. Originally it had a companion truck mounted upside down and cross-wise that was also notched, Just like Lincoln Logs, they fit together, and were held together by a 4.3 foot long, 2 1/2" carriage bolt with a giant wing nut on it. The purpose, stated in the sales literature of the time, was to "double the life" of the Chevy truck (no doubt a failed attempt to equal that of a Ford). At 100,000 miles, the vehicle(s) was to be driven to a local authorized representative (usually a scrap yard, as that is where most Chevys were headed anyway) to be "flipped". At that time the original unit was to be removed, and the remaing one driven another 100,000 miles. The problem is, no first unit has ever been known to make it the first 100,000 to get flipped, so the factory abandoned the concept. 
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I do believe it's the origins of the "low lift-over" concept...
I did see a truck once that had been cut out on the sides and a tool box welded in. Didn't look so good. Neither did the weld job.
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I did see a truck once that had been cut out on the sides and a tool box welded in. Didn't look so good. Neither did the weld job.
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Originally Posted by Bikeitswift
The reason the picture doesn't make sense is the other one is missing. This is one of the few surviving examples of the Chevy "flipper" rigs. Originally it had a companion truck mounted upside down and cross-wise that was also notched, Just like Lincoln Logs, they fit together, and were held together by a 4.3 foot long, 2 1/2" carriage bolt with a giant wing nut on it. The purpose, stated in the sales literature of the time, was to "double the life" of the Chevy truck (no doubt a failed attempt to equal that of a Ford). At 100,000 miles, the vehicle(s) was to be driven to a local authorized representative (usually a scrap yard, as that is where most Chevys were headed anyway) to be "flipped". At that time the original unit was to be removed, and the remaing one driven another 100,000 miles. The problem is, no first unit has ever been known to make it the first 100,000 to get flipped, so the factory abandoned the concept.
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