I'm wanna go kinda drag truck on my 59, so I'm hoping some of you picture hoarders will have some in your archives. Thanks for the help.
agreed, plus they are heavy beasts... though it would be easy to do, just flip the back axle and instant g***er....
^ now is it a g***er, or street freak...? Other than the whitewalls it looks more street freak to me.
OK kev, Drop a 33 willys in my lap and I will be more than happy to make it a g***er. I also know what a G***er is, And I myself don't want to build another lowered 59 just like all the other million lowered 59s. I just didn't get the memo that trucks couldn't be built in a g***er /race style. By the way alot of the push vehichles back in the day was wagons.
Ya I guess you could call that a street freak/machine ( Street machine was the term I had always heard as a kid) but ya I could see that.
Can't agree more. When people start making g***ers out things because "nobody has done it yet" is wrong in my book! Just my 2 pennies.
Why I don't like g***ers all together. If you gonna make a drag car make a drag car, never been a fan or understood the point of making slow cars look like drag cars, with technology that actually slows it down. http://www.pscaracing.com/driverprofiles/prostreetberney.html <--how a tri 5 chevy race car should be setup ^_^
I dig them and I think they are a cool throwback to a cool era in drag racing. I would drive the **** out of an of those. So what makes a true g***er fellas??
A "g***er", by definition, is a lightweight (in the day) vehicle that has been modified in such a way as to transfer its weight to the rear wheels via a high powered motor. There were plenty of '40/'41 Willys p/u's on the g***er circuit. That being said, some p/u truck body designs just don't lend themselves well to the "g***er" theme. There's nothing saying any vehicle can't be jacked up and powered by a small/big block motor. These attributes by themselves don't make all vehicles g***ers. Just my opinion...
Well,I guess the op didn't ask for opinions,just pictures.I suppose if he has a plan there's no reason not to do what he wants.That said,I think the trucks above look ridiculous.I also noticed that he never used the word "g***er" in the original post,just drag truck,so it wouldn't necessarily be as overdone as the flamed one above.I wouldn't think too many folks wanting to build a fast drag car in he early 60's would have chosen a big heavy truck.
I'm gonna be like a million other guys with my '59 (thank you Crushproof). BUT-I remember a model of a 55 Chevy p.u. called (I think) Badman. It was yellow with a black flash. It was really cool.
If you're tired of seeing them lowered,I'd rather see it something like this(minus the late bed) than a fake race truck.Just my worthless opinion.Do what makes you happy.
I haven't seen more than a handful of g***er style Chevy trucks, but of the ones I've seen I like this one the most by far.