Trucksters - traditional?

Exactly, See my post 26. If Mels dad didnt live 40 miles away I would go get the picture to post again. They were around at least as early as the early 60's the picture I posted proves that and, I seriously doubt that was the first one then either.

Rudy's truck had a bed

 

I know what you mean. I can't wait to see this picture either.

D'oh.. The OP even says "severely cut down bed." I didn't read it throughly enough. My bad.

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This is how I see it...

Rudy has an excellent eye for style and proportion.

His pickup, with the super low stance, heavy chop, and tight wheelbase, really made a statement when it was first built.

But now, everyone with a junky pickup cab thinks that they can do the same thing, and it rarely works.

Just my 2 cents.

Rich

 

I was building one a few years ago. I was using what parts I could find. I didn’t have all the connections I have now, and I got rid of it once I found a Model T. Lots of guys “back in the day” built hot rods with whatever parts they could find, the difference being Model T, A, and B roadsters and coupes were plentiful. Trucks were also built, but they were still complete trucks available for cheap, not just cabs with fenders long gone and hard to come by.

 

What about all the "T"s with a shortened bed?
I know they are open cars, but still, the bed is "bobbed". Only a natural transition to build a closed cab truck. Don't know when they started, but that pic from the 60's is cool!

 

What he said....

 

Well put, and almost all of them fall way short of Rudy's truck....mine included.

 

drum roll....................................................

 

A lot of difference between a truck with no bed and one severly cut down. I guess if you really wanted to classify it as a hot rod there was a couple of fellas from Colorado that raced a twin flatty powered A back in the '50s that had no bed. I doubt that they drove it to the drive in very often.

I think that about anything that can be done has been done. But then you fall into the catagory of commonly done or done by some jackleg because he could. It is like the disc brake debate, I know for a fact that there were several cars in the bay area that had discs in the late '50s or early '60s. was it commonly done I would say not, but it was done.

if you really want to know what was done put down the little books and seek out someone's picture albums, you will need to seek out a lot of them to actually nail down what was done and what was not done. But that is the only way to get a true cross section of what was done back in the day.

 

Russco-
Yours is way closer to a 60s style showrod than those
rusty 20' long rat rods most of those guys are building.

 

I'd like to see more pics of that, but it looks a bit un-proportional.

 

That picture is labelled "Ratrod"
Not traditional, have you ever seen one in any hotrod magazine from the 50s or 60s?

 

The first time I opened your link, it said rat rod history. When I went back it was a different link.

 

I think thats the only pic he has of it. I'll see if he has more

 

steve sellers...

 

everyone knows the rules. No pic, didnt happen.

 

Trucksters are properly 3 wheel Cushman motorscooters

 

Oh, oh. BUSTED! Heres the original link from my browser history. Big as life, and twice as ugly. Nice try...RAT ROD.

http://autoculture.org/?p=734

Cheater, cheater, suck my...well, you can guess the rest...

 

See all these terrible truck things being built ARE traditional

 

Nope...

On that one, the front axle isnt in a different zipcode as the rest of it...

 

And its STILL One UGLY DOG TURD of a truck. How about that...

 

I guess my sarcasm didnt translate well. However, there it is in black and white. Ugly as hell or not. A post 34 fenderless truck built as a hot rod in 64 (probably earlier).

 

Correct sir.

Sorry I was unaware of the proper nickname for them.

Done, the pic (link) I posted in my second post describes what I'm talking about better than I can.

 

Yup. That's the one I was thinking of too. That truck was on the cover of the first TRJ that I ever saw. That issue was the reason I decided to try my hand at building a hot rod. I can't remember the owner's name? Reeps maybe?

 

Are we talking about NOTCH's truck?

I didn't post that link. Somebody else did a few minutes after me.
But anyways, I wasn't trying to start anything.
See where you're coming from...

I should probably be quiet now, since I own one of these ugly ass trucks myself.

 

No, I'll find it...

 

HA! 1964??!! The HAMB cut-off date is 1963! NOT TRADITIONAL! Splitting hairs? Yea maybe...So is one photo of ONE TRUCK. Done deal.

 

I was just yankin' your chain with the cheater,cheater comment, but yes, the link was changed after the fact. The original link was Rat rod history. OH THE SHAME OF IT ALL!!!

 

No hard feelings.

 

This one. Funky, but I like it. I was gonna do something similar but along the way my taste changed a bit. I will still credit (blame!ha!) this truck and the roadster above it for me realizing I could try my hand at hot rodding.

TRJ #26


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