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One amazing vehicle
I had the pleasure of seeing this truck in person this weekend. These pictures DO NOT do this truck justice,its one of the most amazing things ive ever seen in my whole life. I spoke with the man who created it,Dale ison,and he was one of the nicest,most genuine guys ive ever spoke to,the crowd around this truck was HUGE to say the least and he took the time to speak with everyone who wanted to comment and ask any questions. Check it out right here http://www.heroestruck.us/
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Well i agree im not usually a big fan of trucks like that,but while considering its a tribute to fallen heroes of america and the men and women of the armed forces that can hardly be considered useless.
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I think he meant more of the fact that it cant really function as a truck can any more, and is useless in that area, like would you load it down with gravel? or even drive it on a gravel road, or even drive it on a paved road, i dont think i would. I'm with you though, i believe its a very useful tribute to american heros that have fallen, and the guy must have had a heart of gold to put in 1200 hours of just aribrushing time to create this. He must be a very selfless individual.
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Not useless in that way - and I'm speaking in general - all show trucks are generally useless. Built for show - no go. That truck probably isn't even driveable.
Sure it's a great tribute and all...but take that aspect out of it and it's just like any other show truck...
Sure it's a great tribute and all...but take that aspect out of it and it's just like any other show truck...
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That is incredible, and an awesome tribute to America. MustangGT221, what makes you think it's not driveable? And no go? Did you miss the part about the blown 540? It'll get up and go much faster than most cars and trucks...
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Blown 540 or not, if its the kind of vehicle where you have to look out the window to make sure its good weather to drive it, then i would say its not really driveable. would you drive that thing in salt and snow? probably not, how about on a gravel road? I doubt it, unless you could keep it under 10 mph, but with a blown 540 i think it would be hard keeping it under 50.
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cool truck but definitly not a truck that will actually use the advantage of that lift.
what gets me is its an 04 but it took 5 years to build, either the chassie took 3 years before they even aquired the body, but....thats probally a typo
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what gets me is its an 04 but it took 5 years to build, either the chassie took 3 years before they even aquired the body, but....thats probally a typo
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Originally Posted by Peter94
That or maybe the engine took a few years, i imangine he's probably got each bolt head facing the same way, and probably polished off all the wrench marks.
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Yeah, have you seen those bolts on summit racing that have the "ford" logo prinited on the heads? They also have chevy and dodge ones like that too, that would be cool to see on an engine. But yeah, with the care he took on the body, i'm sure the engine is the same.