As you say, it's about looks...


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Posted by Ken Dunnington [184.96.140.36] on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 11:12:37 :

In Reply to: Re: Anyone seen the $70K PW from Boise? posted by mannyc [173.77.227.147] on Monday, February 16, 2015 at 22:38:25 :

The use of the old truck body is to have the modern truck functionality with the old truck appearance. After such a swap it is no longer an old truck, it just looks like one.

As well, the modern truck's body would have functionally been superior in nearly every way(better sealing against elements and sound, better wiper system, better heating/defrosting, more comfortable seating with more room, etc), so it's actually sacrificing functionality for form.

I've done it. I put a '51 Willys body on a '76 Scout chassis/drivetrain. It ran like a Scout. It drove like a Scout. It was a Scout. It just looked like a Willys.

These days I want a Willys body that has a Willys chassis and a Willys drivetrain, etc. Or a Scout chassis with a Scout body...

At one time I was all about modernizing old vehicles to "make them better". I am no longer interested in any of these complete chassis/drivetrain swaps under on old body projects. Of course, it is the owner's truck and they are free to to do as they see fit with it.

Now I am more attracted to experiencing the full character of these old machines. This means keeping their old engines, their old carburetors and ignition systems, old transmissions, old suspension design, manual steering and skinny wheels/tires, etc. is important to me. Upgrading everything to go faster replaces a substantial portion of the character with something else. Something more modern, something easier, more comfortable, *safer*. Each "upgrade" dilutes what that vehicle was in the first place. Some of us want to continue to experience what it was in the first place.

Ken



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