been lurkin for a lil bit tryin to read up and learn...thought it was time for the introduction. I found this site looking for ideas on google images for my future rat rod project that I want to do.
lil history bout me - I have a "modern" muscle car...98 camaro z28 that was my daily driver for the last 6 years. runs 11.30's @ 119 in the 1/4, loud exhaust with a spool, so i'm not a creature comfort kinda guy. ran it with skinnies up front the whole time, in blizzards, ice storms, you name it....it's part of the charm I think. well I finally decided it was time to get a beater truck, so I went out and picked up a cheap but nice looking lowered s10 truck about 6 months ago. totally does the job, but with a million other low rider s10 guys out there its not original and it's definately not my crowd. no offense, but most lowered s10 truck owners are pretty young kids.
so this has brought some thoughts to mind the last couple months....I want to build an obnoxious rat truck that I can daily drive, get 20+ mpg and park next to the nice mercades cars at my work and **** people off.
would love to find a panel truck and cut it down to make an extended cab truck, but if the right cab comes across thats a mid 30's-late 40's I'm in. will get a chop of atleast 4", but may go 6" on the front, want a 40 ford grille, and a full length bed (needs to be a full functional truck for me). here the part where i'm afraid I'll lose most interest on this board....it's going to be fuel injected
sorry guys...I put a lot of miles on my vehicle and I need gas milage to be good. so I'm going with a gm 5.3 ls motor and a t56 trans. i'll run an aftermarket floor heater for winter use, and try to get it as low as I can and still have a little ride comfort.
any who - sorry for the book, i'll start a build thread as soon as I find something. thanks for the kick ass site - learning a lot already about what I want and don't want
couple pics of my current rides
current beater - yawn
my old jeep my friends and I built from the ground up:
lil history bout me - I have a "modern" muscle car...98 camaro z28 that was my daily driver for the last 6 years. runs 11.30's @ 119 in the 1/4, loud exhaust with a spool, so i'm not a creature comfort kinda guy. ran it with skinnies up front the whole time, in blizzards, ice storms, you name it....it's part of the charm I think. well I finally decided it was time to get a beater truck, so I went out and picked up a cheap but nice looking lowered s10 truck about 6 months ago. totally does the job, but with a million other low rider s10 guys out there its not original and it's definately not my crowd. no offense, but most lowered s10 truck owners are pretty young kids.
so this has brought some thoughts to mind the last couple months....I want to build an obnoxious rat truck that I can daily drive, get 20+ mpg and park next to the nice mercades cars at my work and **** people off.
would love to find a panel truck and cut it down to make an extended cab truck, but if the right cab comes across thats a mid 30's-late 40's I'm in. will get a chop of atleast 4", but may go 6" on the front, want a 40 ford grille, and a full length bed (needs to be a full functional truck for me). here the part where i'm afraid I'll lose most interest on this board....it's going to be fuel injected
sorry guys...I put a lot of miles on my vehicle and I need gas milage to be good. so I'm going with a gm 5.3 ls motor and a t56 trans. i'll run an aftermarket floor heater for winter use, and try to get it as low as I can and still have a little ride comfort.any who - sorry for the book, i'll start a build thread as soon as I find something. thanks for the kick ass site - learning a lot already about what I want and don't want
couple pics of my current rides
current beater - yawn
my old jeep my friends and I built from the ground up:
