Hot Rods Why do all the old pick ups have a hundred dents in the roof

I am in the final final final final final final etc stages of sanding the roof of my '34 p/u and it has occured to me that new dents must be evolving as I am working on it. Has anyone else discovered this phenomenom (WOW I think I spelled that right )

 

Gee, I only have one dent in mine that covers half of the roof.

 

Magical invisible hail is hitting your roof, that is my best guess.

 

Probably used as a work vehicle at one point, unlike new trucks, and probably had stuff stacked/hauled/dropped/etc.. on it's roof. I bet the box/bed was no cream puff either!

 

Ya kidding right? Back in the day...and I'm not talking the 20's here....picks were used as work horses....pulling down branches, yanking things out with rope, too light f chain...loading thing in the bed that extend over to roof, man, the probablities are endless.


It's not like now, where you buy a truck and keep it nice and shiney, "in the day" and dependng n why it was bought, no thought to keeping the body panels starght was a concern.

Heck, I'll bet noone said "pickup" for 60 years...it was"truck", and used as such.

 

For the same reason I wear a helmet when driving mine .....

 

It's because you touch yourself at night...well I should have more dents then hmmm nevermind

 

i dont have and answer but i did see some one try and fill their roof with bondo and it came off at free way speed

 

come on it was a truck dont you own one nown***** my 2006 has dents all over it they use to haul stuff with them and the roof was good storage

 

when I look at old trucks to buy I always look for stake trucks because for the most part the***** was contained in the back better than PU's plus most of the time the beds need to be replaced so it is not much of an added cost when buying.

 

occured to me that new dents must be evolving as I am working on it[/QUOTE] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------don't sit on it while your sanding

 

Mine doesn't have any! Must be the exception to the rule....

 

Oh...PS....just to piss in your Cheerios...both my 36 PU cabs, my 57 Chevy cab, and y '42 Ford PU cab, are dent free...none for sale, not trying to promote/etc....just letting you know.

 

Those aren't dents, those are "patina" I had to chisel off 3/4" of bondo to get to mine! Unforetunately they all dissappeared when i chopped it!

 

they are called "speed dimples"

see the myth busters thread regarding the golf ball theory.

 

I live in the woods, lots of pine and oak trees... One year the acorns were BIG ... left lots of dents in the hood and roof of my 87 Ford PU (truck is gone now...)

 

I have no idea.








Overloading a pickup or truck is more traditional than pickups or trucks!


Most in Kansas had farmers standing on the roof or stuff hauled on the roof. You could always tell when it was a older mans truck, too old to get up on the roof=nice roof.

 

mine looks like a hundred kids were jumping on it.

 

i remember my grandpas work truck when i was a kid
he was always loadin and tying***** down on the roof.

 

The factory put them in there to add strength to the otherwise flat sheet metal roof, then used a special primer that had high fill properties to level it out. Now look what you have done by removing that high fill primer. Looks like you have to start all over again, Damn what a shame.

 

Well as stated earlier trucks were used as trucks ,To short Stand on the roof ect.Mine is perfect also with no dents ,I lucked out.

 

I used to use my pickup as a ladder. Actuall still do...to pick my few fruit trees.

 

Sorry,last letter is an n.But hey thats a tough one anyway!

 

My Grandsons truck top was used in Show Business by a"Tap Dancer"!!! LOL
Tom (Tired Old man)

 

My 37 Chevy p/u had more dents in the back of the cab (flatbed and the side racks were in the barn instead of on the truck) then dents on the roof but there were a couple that needed attention.

 

I believe it has to do with the UFO phenomenon, and when they***** a transmission all the parts mysteriously land on old trucks. Found a Spacely Sprocket AND a Cogswell Cog stuck in mine.

 

My 40 PU had dents, spotlight & clearance light holes, all gone after we lowered the lid.

 

And it's followed by "Do-doo-da-do-duh"

 

Joe ,
I sold a 65 Chevlle wagon to larry in Pa. It had a good top..
Give him a try at hayseed906@windstream.net

 

Keep both hands on the block. The palm of your unused hand can make new dents fairly easily on large, flat areas.