Young Ed Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hey Ed. Did you guys get that truck finished and on the road yet? I hope to be able to see it when I'm up there this summer. Merle It's getting there. It drove itself to storage and then didn't make it back home this spring. The pickup tube in the tank was clogged up. It has made a few trips around town but nothing too long distance yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-T-53 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Haha...ganster walls. Reminds me of this flick.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfishcuz Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 LOL!!! I hear ya... I've never liked WWW on a truck. I think they look good on certain cars, but never on a truck. Kinda like trying to make a silk purse out of a sals ear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Kinda like trying to make a silk purse out of a sals ear sals? Is that the same as a female pig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Yea... I've always heard it as "Making a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Ok, you guys. Maybe I'm starting to cave in, but I think this truck looks good in WWW's too. Maybe it's just the darker colors offering a good contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfishcuz Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 sals? Is that the same as a female pig? Yea that's what I meant like a pig with lipstick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Yea... I've always heard it as "Making a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Ok, you guys. Maybe I'm starting to cave in, but I think this truck looks good in WWW's too. Maybe it's just the darker colors offering a good contrast. Merle; It does look nice on that year truck.........but it is a very different body style. To my eyes a Pilothouse just looks like the classic old work truck....at home on a farm ...or ranch.... or hauling a load down the road. There was clearly much more emphasis placed on functionality than styling. You called it right the first time......... the last thing an old work truck needs is WWW. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Hay Jeff, or new paint! Original patina is the ultimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBF Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I think blackwalls look at home on our trucks. That's the way I remember them when I was a kid. I didn't put 'em on my 36 Plymouth either. I figured since it was the low cost MoPar offering (Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth) that the owner probably didn't have money for them. My Dad has wide whites on his 35 Chrysler, but that was a richer man's car. I kinda like the blackwalls. Just a personal preference, not trying to influence anyone. Paul, that truck looks fine the way you've finished it. Goes nicely with the kid's uniforms. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Paul; You show off! You know that I would have gone that direction if I had any paint to begin with. Glad to see you are out and getting some use with it. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) Love the white walls - gangsta white walls (wasn't that in a song in the 70's?). The parking lights are not correct. The grill bars should extend all the way across to the lights. They are missing. Wrong truck. Thought this was the Palm Springs PH you were talking about. Tom Hollister, CA Edited May 20, 2013 by BulldogTom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Diamond in the back, sun roof top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Diamond in the back, sun roof top Thats the one. Dig them gangsta whitewalls. Tom Hollister, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desotodav Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 I like the whitewalls, although probably not as much on a lighter colored truck. I reckon that I made the right decision in going with them on my blue 52 truck when you compare the before and after photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 The chrome grille and WW tires really set it off Davin..... ...Why? Cuz white walls are COOOL!!.... 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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