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Post by Plowboy on Dec 6, 2015 15:35:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 15:48:27 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 16:27:33 GMT -5
Interesting, but certainly not traditional.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 17:24:29 GMT -5
Name one thing on it, which isn't Traditional.
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Post by dodgefever on Dec 6, 2015 18:17:42 GMT -5
Lack of fenders would be the obvious thing... that build style works with '34 or earlier trucks, but anything later needs fenders.
To turn your question around, can you show examples of similar pickups in period magazines?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 18:25:31 GMT -5
No I can't, but are you saying because there are no pictures, that they never could exist? There are pictures of Rod Trucks. Even if it doesn't fit, I'm really intrigued by his imagination. Enough said.*cough*
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Post by dodgefever on Dec 6, 2015 18:33:16 GMT -5
No I can't, but are you saying because there are no pictures, that they never could exist? There are pictures of Rod Trucks. Was more a question for Plowboy - whose work I admire, incidentally - but in this case it just isn't traditional. That style is a modern fad.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 18:48:17 GMT -5
Cool. What forum can I see it on?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 19:06:12 GMT -5
No I can't, but are you saying because there are no pictures, that they never could exist? There are pictures of Rod Trucks. Was more a question for Plowboy - whose work I admire, incidentally - but in this case it just isn't traditional. That style is a modern fad. Exactly. I not only like & admire much of Roger's work & talent, I have a set of the 36 Ford resin louvered parts he mastered for Ed Fluck, but this build simply doesn't fit the rules & criteria of this forum.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 19:12:24 GMT -5
Okay then.
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Post by mack2856 on Dec 6, 2015 19:13:06 GMT -5
I hope this doesn't turn Into a Stillwagon! Whom I miss.
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Post by junkyardjeff on Dec 6, 2015 19:44:16 GMT -5
I was wondering if the fenderless trucks was a recent trend until I seen one in a 50s car magazine but it was a pre 35 truck,looks great though.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 6, 2015 21:15:57 GMT -5
First of all, this is a beautiful model. I dig it the most in every way! Coolness Roger. *
Secondly I find myself taking the opposite side of my recent "is it TRaKable" post (regarding TransAm cars, etc.). And yet, for the same reason as before. I just did a short web search session and, yes, I can't find any pictures of fendereless Post War hot rodded pickups that were contemporary when they lost their fenders. Ergo, it must be a post '69 fad. Any fenderless trucks which were photographed pre-'69 seem themselves to be pre-war. Makes sense since these were working machines and recent investments for their owners so, if they went under the customizer/hot rodder torch it would be to beautify them, not cut them down. So, logically Dr. Spock, I should take Mark's side. And, logically, I must...
But, but, but...
But, if there's a model that embodies the spirit of TRaK, this is it. So I defy logic and say: It Is TRaKable!!!!
I have been thinking about the many fine models that have been featured here over the years that won M.O.M.s and weren't historically correct and yet, to me, screamed TRaK. I think it's time I researched it and started a thread. I think it would benefit us all to do more delving into the spirit of thing as well as the letter.
* A technical and aesthetic appreciation is appropriate for such a fine machine, but unfortunately must be a footnote to a diatribe on the TRaKability issue. Bummer. But let me count the ways this is so very nice: Stance is extraordinary, Finish impeccable, Colors on the money, Engine Details engaging and finely executed, Execution flawless = Traditional Hot Rod.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 21:29:15 GMT -5
]But, if there's a model that embodies the spirit of TRaK, this is it. So I defy logic and say: It Is TRaKable!!!!I understand exactly where you're coming from Bernard, & you make many valid points, though I'm not sure the MOM winners as mentioned weren't Trakable. However, the question all boils down to do we respect the letter or only the spirit of traditional at TRaK? If it's the former, then as nice as Roger's build indeed is, it doesn't fit the critera. If it's the latter, then what is the true definition of traditional at TRaK & where will we eventually draw the line?
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Post by robtrat on Dec 6, 2015 22:12:07 GMT -5
...perhaps Mr. Spock, might there not exist another dimension of 'traditional'?
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