Yep they even had fenderless ones which some on here will claim they didn't have fenderless pickups in the 50s!
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<----It's gone thru several hands since Mr. Latham bought the 32 pickup in 1958 and hopped up an ol' 4 banger and kept it until 1974. I bought it a few years ago from Mrs. Pittman after her husband bought it for the engine to hot rod a model A roadster. it sat for a long time until I bought it,, So,yeah,,hot rod trucks have been around a long time. HRP
You should get your rule book from the 1950's that told hotrodders what was ok and what wasn't ok to do with your vehicle...afterall hods are all about conforming.
The pickups in question regarding fenderless building or not in the g.o.d.s are NOT Ts and As or 32-34s. The concept of the "bobber" truck using 35-56 pickup bodies is a new one. There were darn few cars from 35-up run in the g.o.d.s without fenders, let alone pickups.
Pasadenahotrod, my friend is building a sweet '39 Chevy "bobber" and has found tons of old pictures showing otherwise. I, like you, thought it was a newer thing, but apparently it has been going on for quite some time. In fact, long after he started working on his truck, and fielding the ever ominous rat rod question, he started doing some homework on "bobbers" and found a ton of pictures of fenderless, low slung, huge engine hot rod pickups that bore a striking resembalance to his. And to say fenderless building was not popular is just plain silly.
I think hes asking a legitimate question. Why would he be a troll? This is a hot rod site, so asking questions on whether a type of vehicle was hotrodded makes him a troll? on this topic I haven't seen the movie for a while, what was the truck in Forrest Gump they were chasing him in. I always loved that truck. I just can't remember what it was. That happens a lot when your mind goes
Let's see some autorama pics of old "show rod pickups". I have had show rods on my mind for the last month. I do recall some late 20s early 30s show rod trucks in the old auto shows. ....and who can forget all the cool F100s..
here you go,one of the best scenes in the movie,that truck looked and sounded great. and Duane Eddy music on top of it made the scene.
I was looking at Tri Five Chevy trucks! I was wanting to fix it up like they would've in the late 50's, early 60's. Chrome reverse rims, and such! Just wanted to know if they were souped up as much as the cars were back then? Were they cool, stuff like that?
Hot rodding is all about working with what you can get your hands on and what you can afford. Plenty of people rodded pickup trucks back in the day because they were cheap and plentiful and they couldn't afford the vehicles they really wanted. Couple of things to remember: Older pickups, for instance Ford pickups through '41 model, were often built on a p***enger car ch***is. Thus any engine swap, transmission upgrade, suspension upgrade, etc. that will work on a '40 Ford car will work equally well on a '40-'41 pickup. Mechanical parts interchange (and even front sheet metal in some cases) between cars and pickups is pretty good on older models. People needed those old trucks to haul parts, push-start race cars, or one of the many other tasks you need a pickup for. No self respecting hot rodder who needs a truck and actually uses one on a regular basis could resist the urge to improve the performance, looks, or both. You can get a lot of bang for your buck fixing up a pickup, doesn't cost as much to do the interior (only one seat to upholster instead of two, and little things like a nice set of wheels and tires can make a huge difference. There's the matter of initial cost--say in 1960 or so, you could buy a '40-'41 Ford pickup much cheaper than a '40 Ford coupe. Lots of guys built that old pickup that was cheap if not free and enjoyed it until they could afford the car they really wanted.
The question was if they hot rodded pickups in the '50s. Let's not be *****s and turn this into a fender thread. Unless you were there, back in the good old days, you wouldn't know. I think it is also fair to say that even if you were, you would have had to be a frequent coast to coast traveler to really have any idea what was going on elsewhere in the country. There is eveidence going both ways. The good thing is that both support the notion that trucks were subject to hot rodding in the '50s. Now how about showing us your favorite example instead of trying to start a new debate?
I hope your question was answered stick around I like what I here I had a 56 chevy PU and had to sell but that was always my dream for it was a early 60s look .
FNG status aside, this whole post-34 lowboy truck thing is very new, maybe the past ten years. As a motorcyle-person I will not further adulterate the word "bobber". Use the b-word "wrong" over at Jockey Journal and see what happens. I've been going to car shows since I was a tyke, old enough to see "Showrods" in person, and I've been collecting car magazines almost as long and this style may have appeared once or twice but it was never a trend, like a T-bucket or some other recognizable style. There were tons of fenderless 32 and earlier trucks (mostly roadster pickups) over the years, but using closed-cab late-model (post 33) without fenders is a new thing that arose out of the inexpensive vintage metal shortage that we are currently experiencing. The hot rodded shop truck has long been a tradition, but it usually had fenders and cargo capacity and not a giant gas tank, a foot-tall c-notch, and an air compressor and air-tank (unless it was for air-tools). I actually like those lowboy trucks done "right" like the Rudy truck, most of them leave me a bit flat.
Does anybody know who owned the truck that was in Gump? that was a nicely done truck, I've always wanted more info on it.
In the early 60's I hung around the Shell Station here in town that was run by a guy named Gary Fisher who owned a chopped and channeled 36 Ford pickup with a bobbed bed. I tthink he had a small block Chev in it and he did run it at the drags once in a while when his 62 409 Impala wasn't running which was most of the time. The truck ran cycle fenders on the front and hand made fenders on the back. I'm pretty sure that it had been around in that form for several years before that. I'm pretty sure that I have the sectioned grill shell off of it out in the shed. I bought it at a local swapmeet about fifteen years ago. Those trucks were around, they just weren't very popular with the m***es and didn't get much if any press at the time. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
you were correct 51 ford, I found a site that shows each car or truck in the movie, you can click on the thumbnail and it will give you more info. there were several in there. as well as some cool cars. I would love to get my hands on that 41 school bus. Someone put some serious work into that. here's the site. http://www.imcdb.org/movie_109830-Forrest-Gump.html
I say hell yes. When i had my F1, as soon as 'rebel rouser' came on the old speakers, just made me wanna drive nuts.
There was so much cool stuff on that site that I started an entire thread on it. I didn't even realize a lot of those cars were in the movie that were. Someone went to a lot of trouble to get a still of every car in the movie.
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