What can you expect from a California disabled plate dummy? Phil, I have disabled plates on my truck, would you help me lift mine like that? It would be cool!
And then install a lift to get you into your truck? Sweeeeet! Hey, I bet the proggies in Salem really hate lifted pickups.
My truck, a 2000 Chevy C3500 is tall enough factory height to give me a little problem getting into it… I use to run 285/75/16 oversized tires on it and I went back to OEM size 245/75/16 so it sat lower…
Thanks and H/t for reminding us of our Saint Marvin day, he in his twisted way showed it could be done.
That, or use it as a target, all that Veedubs are good for.
Isn’t that what they call Rat Rods? I admire some of the creativity in them, but they don’t thrill me beyond that. I have always liked the idea of a “sleeper”, the old time private eye’s rig that looks like hell on the outside, but is pristine racing form in the running gear. And then there was Columbo’s rig that was pure crap inside and out.
Back in the bad ol’ days, there was a sport that involved getting a bunch of yayhoo’s to pitch in a few bucks, buy a piece of crap junker and go out in the boondocks for stump jumping till it wouldn’t run any more. Then stand back and shoot it full of holes until they ran out of ammo. Final touch was to torch it for the evening bonfire. Not admitting to any of that of course.
Why not?
Another in the (very) long list of things filed under: “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should!”
BECAUSE, when you put a VW bus trans axle in it, it raises the rear end “some” inches and reduces the final drive gear ratio. With a lower gear ratio and more clearance, you can now put bigger tires on it. That appears to be a 67 or later body, so the most horse power it could have had was about 53 hp, not enough for big tire with non bus rear end. Ya can’t have an extreme rake and be usable so lift the front. That ugly POS makes a surprisingly good slow off roader.
Being from So. Cal. and old enough to remember the “Rolling Wonders” of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, I can assure you, some amazing creations/things came out of So. Cal.
The 1st dune buggy I saw, was a chopped, shortened Cadillac, sans body with large, cut groove aircraft tires in the rear. Stock motor, no weight, it was a fire breather.
back in the early 1970 before the gas war. I knew a guy who was given a 67 valent
or whatever they where called. old dodge slant six/auto. he bought a old state trooper car and stripped it out. put the drive train in his 67 rat trap of a car
cost him some bucks too. although his dad was a machinist and helped a bit.
he still had to buy uprated springs and brake parts to get it to STOP.
the paint was bad. tires where trooper tires and it was a sleeper bigtime.
one thing I do remember was after getting the trans rebuilt to specs. it would not shift into 3 gear until 85 mph. the only other thing in it not stock dodge was the radio/tape player.
Hehe.
A LONG time ago there was a Caddy hearse nicely converted to a pickup around here. Last seen parked in front of a then open Grants dept store (early 70’s)
At the other extreme, I knew a guy who had a white 75 Chevy Monza hatchback with a very nicely worked 350, a beautiful paint job and something like 8 Jensen triaxes installed. From what I recall, The Immaculate Deception ran for a few years till the clutch went away when he was street racing. (maybe 1980??)
Obviously, because they can!
So the battery has farther to fall to the ground.
What can you expect from a California disabled plate dummy? Phil, I have disabled plates on my truck, would you help me lift mine like that? It would be cool!
And then install a lift to get you into your truck? Sweeeeet! Hey, I bet the proggies in Salem really hate lifted pickups.
And… Bug Fuck You, That’s Why! Geez, I crack myself up.
As long as I’m writing, happy anniversary, Marvin:
https://www.thefreeholder.net/2023/06/04/killdozer-day-2/
My truck, a 2000 Chevy C3500 is tall enough factory height to give me a little problem getting into it… I use to run 285/75/16 oversized tires on it and I went back to OEM size 245/75/16 so it sat lower…
Thanks and H/t for reminding us of our Saint Marvin day, he in his twisted way showed it could be done.
That, or use it as a target, all that Veedubs are good for.
Isn’t that what they call Rat Rods? I admire some of the creativity in them, but they don’t thrill me beyond that. I have always liked the idea of a “sleeper”, the old time private eye’s rig that looks like hell on the outside, but is pristine racing form in the running gear. And then there was Columbo’s rig that was pure crap inside and out.
Back in the bad ol’ days, there was a sport that involved getting a bunch of yayhoo’s to pitch in a few bucks, buy a piece of crap junker and go out in the boondocks for stump jumping till it wouldn’t run any more. Then stand back and shoot it full of holes until they ran out of ammo. Final touch was to torch it for the evening bonfire. Not admitting to any of that of course.
Why not?
Another in the (very) long list of things filed under: “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should!”
BECAUSE, when you put a VW bus trans axle in it, it raises the rear end “some” inches and reduces the final drive gear ratio. With a lower gear ratio and more clearance, you can now put bigger tires on it. That appears to be a 67 or later body, so the most horse power it could have had was about 53 hp, not enough for big tire with non bus rear end. Ya can’t have an extreme rake and be usable so lift the front. That ugly POS makes a surprisingly good slow off roader.
Being from So. Cal. and old enough to remember the “Rolling Wonders” of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, I can assure you, some amazing creations/things came out of So. Cal.
The 1st dune buggy I saw, was a chopped, shortened Cadillac, sans body with large, cut groove aircraft tires in the rear. Stock motor, no weight, it was a fire breather.
back in the early 1970 before the gas war. I knew a guy who was given a 67 valent
or whatever they where called. old dodge slant six/auto. he bought a old state trooper car and stripped it out. put the drive train in his 67 rat trap of a car
cost him some bucks too. although his dad was a machinist and helped a bit.
he still had to buy uprated springs and brake parts to get it to STOP.
the paint was bad. tires where trooper tires and it was a sleeper bigtime.
one thing I do remember was after getting the trans rebuilt to specs. it would not shift into 3 gear until 85 mph. the only other thing in it not stock dodge was the radio/tape player.
Hehe.
A LONG time ago there was a Caddy hearse nicely converted to a pickup around here. Last seen parked in front of a then open Grants dept store (early 70’s)
At the other extreme, I knew a guy who had a white 75 Chevy Monza hatchback with a very nicely worked 350, a beautiful paint job and something like 8 Jensen triaxes installed. From what I recall, The Immaculate Deception ran for a few years till the clutch went away when he was street racing. (maybe 1980??)
BFYTW