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Post by billhammond on Aug 10, 2022 11:41:01 GMT -5
Last night I was watching a rerun of one of my fave shows on the Motor Trend channel, "Iron Resurrection," and they were finishing a 1956 Ford F-100 destined to become the Martin Brothers shop truck. Original patina was kept and sealed, amazing hand-painted logo on the doors, big-ass crate motor added, all new suspension and brake parts, new interior, cool wheels and tires, exhaust, etc. At one point, one of the fabricator dudes is explaining how the shop uses CAD to make part templates -- "cardboard-aided design." I imagine that Radtke's heard that one before!  |
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Post by epaul on Aug 10, 2022 12:07:05 GMT -5
Hurts my eyes.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Aug 10, 2022 13:11:25 GMT -5
It's hard to imagine a pickup truck without four doors. You can't haul a whole landscape crew in that.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 10, 2022 13:28:29 GMT -5
The shop got the truck from Mandi's uncle (Mandi is the spouse of shop boss Joe Martin), in whose garage it had sat for like 30 years. They return to the uncle's place in this video so he can see it and get a ride, but it's Joe's shop vehicle from now on.
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Post by epaul on Aug 10, 2022 14:44:11 GMT -5
It's obscene to chop a perfectly good old pickup. And then to film it in a rustic setting it is incapable of navigating without bottoming out once the pavement is left. Good damn grief!
IT LOOKS LIKE HELL! AND THE VEHICLE IS COMPROMISED FOR ANY ACTUAL PICKUP USE. CHOP THE LEGS OFF A HORSE. DRESS UP A GERMAN SHEPARD WITH PINK RIBBONS AND A POODLE CUT. DO A PHOTO SHOOT OF TODD IN A THONG FOR A GIRL SCOUT CALENDER. BUT DON'T HUMILIATE A VINTAGE PICKUP BY GIVING IT A STREET SUCKING LOWBOY.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 10, 2022 15:06:18 GMT -5
It's obscene to chop a perfectly good old pickup. And then to film it in a rustic setting it is incapable of navigating without bottoming out once the pavement is left. Good damn grief! IT LOOKS LIKE HELL! AND THE VEHICLE IS COMPROMISED FOR ANY ACTUAL PICKUP USE. CHOP THE LEGS OFF A HORSE. DRESS UP A GERMAN SHEPARD WITH PINK RIBBONS AND A POODLE CUT. DO A PHOTO SHOOT OF TODD IN A THONG FOR A GIRL SCOUT CALENDER. BUT DON'T HUMILIATE A VINTAGE PICKUP BY GIVING IT A STREET SUCKING LOWBOY. Geez, lighten up! They didn't chop anything -- the fenders and cab and tailgate were left alone (OK, they made some modest tubs in the bed to house the wider rear tires). The lowered stance is totally adjustable in a jiffy, too. It's a truck to run errands to parts stores and junkyards, etc. It's not designed to gather hay bales or go off-roading! |
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Post by RickW on Aug 10, 2022 15:21:52 GMT -5
Looks fabulous. It was like those old trucks were DESIGNED TO BE DONE LIKE THAT. They knew that in the future perfection would arise with a few simple changes. They just didn’t have the vision in 1956 to finish the job.  |
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Post by millring on Aug 11, 2022 5:55:25 GMT -5
I wonder what Gibson and Taylor are doing to keep up?
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Aug 11, 2022 7:18:10 GMT -5
It's obscene to chop a perfectly good old pickup. And then to film it in a rustic setting it is incapable of navigating without bottoming out once the pavement is left. Good damn grief! IT LOOKS LIKE HELL! AND THE VEHICLE IS COMPROMISED FOR ANY ACTUAL PICKUP USE. CHOP THE LEGS OFF A HORSE. DRESS UP A GERMAN SHEPARD WITH PINK RIBBONS AND A POODLE CUT. DO A PHOTO SHOOT OF TODD IN A THONG FOR A GIRL SCOUT CALENDER. BUT DON'T HUMILIATE A VINTAGE PICKUP BY GIVING IT A STREET SUCKING LOWBOY. Wrong answer Epaul. “Ain’t that America, something to see? Ain’t that America, home of the free? Little pink houses, for you and me….” Mike Thank you John Mellencamp. |
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