I gave my truck a face lift...sort of...

Most people get face lift to look younger. I did mine to look older.

Before...




After...




I'm going with this '60 GMC grill (w.out the "GMC") I'm getting from a fellow hamb'er this weekend...


If I don't end up liking the GMC grill, I can pick up a '61 Chevy grill from someone else I know. I definately like the new hood though.

 

Looks good, but I kiinda dig the old hood!!!

 

me too, sorry

 

terd ferguson..........that's a great name..........got any gum??????????

 

I dig the new hood, no body uses them. It is gonna look good with the new grille. Send me some pics once you get it on.

 

Why is that here?
Its not a traditional hotrod nor is it a traditional custom

 

Don't like it, at all.

 

I'm with them!

 

Hey, I like it - it's got ATTITUDE!

 

Thats because it looks like a warthog.

 

Looks good,what colour for the new (old) grille? BTW, don't listen to the nay-sayers, build it how YOU like it.

 

too bad you just couldnt leave well enuff alone.. im sorry but im kinda tired of looking at this POS anyway. if your happy were happy now go to the truck site.
Dave

 

At least he got rid of the stupid red wheels.

 

I agree but that line of reasoning hasn't held much water lately. Haven't you noticed the crap thats been slithering under the door? SAD!!

Frank

 

Dont forget the mexican blankets!!..., made in china.....

I like the facelift, somthing to make the purists wonder about.....

 

i got some but i sat in it and it was on shag carpet

 

Wow, I must be doing something right to get all y'all's goat. So what's so un-traditional about my truck? It has radials? So do half the cars on here. They were brand new when I bought the truck. I'm not going to throw them away to satisfy a couple of nancys. Disc brakes? You can ride your kids around on shitty drums if you want, not me. I like to stop when I mash the brake pedal. Otherwise, it's a stock body pre-'65 Chevy truck that's loud, fast, and low. I mean it's not like I put a vette roll pan in the back or some 20" billet wheels on it and painted a neon heartbeat on the bottom. The hood and grill are factory parts. How is that not "traditional"?

And I never claimed it was "finished". At the end of the day, it's a work in progress. And what is traditional anyway anymore? Everything "traditional" is all muddled up nowadays. "Traditional" can mean alot of things to a lot of people. It certainly is lowered "tradionally". I certainly appreciate the effort that goes into cars having everything "just so", but I draw the line at things like paying $400 for some center caps so some codger can hug my nuts on the innernetz. I just don't have that kind of scratch laying around.

Or are all y'all saying it's not traditional because it's a truck? Trucks and hot rods have always gone together like peas and carrots. And it would seem to be this way on the hamb as well, judging by the number of truck threads. They seem to have the greatest number of pages too. Go figure.

My dad built "traditional" cars and trucks in the '50's and '60's in socal. If I posted a picture of his '57 chevy pickup from 1959, you'd probably say it wasn't "traditional" too. I'm not really doing anything different than he did. At the end of the day, you can't please everybody and I build what I like and my balls are traditional. Suck 'em.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not butt hurt by the negative comments. Mildly amused would be more like it. Thanks for at least keeping me motivated to work on my stuff. At the end of the day, we're all doing the same thing. Sharing love for old shit and keeping it from returning to the elements it was created from. Think about it.

 

wow, hard to believe people are getting their panties all in a bunch over a hood change.

the facelift looks great, i like those old hood because other people dont!

 

Looks good man

 

Aint workin for me.............

 

Well said Fergusen; stick to your guns. I like the truck!

 

I like the grille but not the hood the new hood kinda makes it look like Bert from sesame street

 

I agree, stick to your guns. If traditional was all this forum was about...gassers wouldn't be on here, they were early drag cars. How are they traditional? Your truck is what YOU believe it to be. An old school truck is traditional as ya get.
Also, Fergusen, at least you are not one of these shmucks that go out and get a pre-fabbed bucket body and frame. Now THAT is lame.
Power to ya.

 

this is the same group of people that flamed me .i had one thing to say if u dont like it dont read my fucking post

 

New hood looks really good. Course I like the 60-61 pickups the best, of that body style.

 

I dig the new hood, always liked it better than the booring flat ones.......

 

dont listen to the butt pirate cornholes... it looks awesome!

 

I like it too. Maybe you could fab up some custom grilles for the hood openings.

 

I see ya workin kid, the trucks looks better with the new hood.

Build it your way, you are not offbase.

Keep on keepin on!!!!

 

You like your truck right?

Then who gives a shit about what all the nah sayer's have to say.

And some one made the comment about "look whats been slithering under the door lately, sad."

Not everyone has '49 Mercs or '32 Fords or what ever it is the general consensus deems cool. But we all have to start some where. And it's those with these negative attitude's that walk all over folks with out said cool cars that drive people away from here.

I've told lot's of people here locally about this site and many have said "Been there and won't be back" I ask why, they say "Too many assholes on that board." Whats so cool about that?

I like your truck BTW.