Rear leaf spring requirement?
Guess whoever got lucky finding one of these is out of luck.
Rear leaf spring requirement?
Guess whoever got lucky finding one of these is out of luck.
Needs leaf springs? Ok 
Leaf spring or Buggy spring All The Same.!Coil spring, Coil over ?, I would like to speak to (stan) the F-150 Owner. About the set-up he used. So If you Have a Production Frame Or.... Body/cab, Saw'll Good, Over, under, sideways, down. what ever you want as long as something Major is Produced by a factory,any Factory auto related. Onward Through the Fog. Me thinks Trucks will be BIG next year
Ya'll are reading way too far into this. Just bring whatever you think a truck is next year and let's race!
You'd think, with most of us being americans, it wouldn't be so hard to define the vehicle that defines us to most of the world.
We'll also accept the vehicle that defines the Aussies as well.
JohnRW1621 wrote: We'll also accept the vehicle that defines the Aussies as well.
SVreX wrote:JohnRW1621 wrote: We'll also accept the vehicle that defines the Aussies as well.
This would only be better if it were steve with a mason jar of homemade alcohol
maschinenbau wrote: Ya'll are reading way too far into this. Just bring whatever you think a truck is next year and let's race!
I once got 7 GM automatics into a Honda Accord.................I beat the crap outta that Cartruck.
Vracer111 wrote: A truck should be defined on what it can do and its chassis layout, besides a vehicle having an open bed - it is a specific class of vehicle. If you can fit a full size refridgerator in the bed, haul a minimum of a 1000lb load in the bed, AND tow a minimum of 3500lbs, then it could be considered for a truck category. That said, to solidify it being called a truck a ladder frame, RWD/4WD with solid/live-axle rear, AND rear leaf spring or airbag based suspension should be chassis requirements. Meets all the above...boom, it's a truck, no matter what. A Truck class would be cool and something I would like to enter, but not if it's a 'Psuedo Truck' class... Vracer111, who autocrossed a stock ride height extended cab Tacoma in the Houston region for 4 years, and was quicker than half the field in their sports cars...
there are plenty of small trucks that dont meet those qualifications, not just the unibody trucks like the old VW rabbit trucks. I'm pretty sure an early 80's toyota isnt rated to tow 3500 lbs and 1000 lbs in the bed of it would probably have it sitting on bump stops, and it got leaf springs and a full frame under it, pretty much as 'truck' as it gets by those standards.
classifying a truck is pretty easy in my mind, it has a defined bed and a defined cab, simple as that.
that cover's your el camino, ranchero, ramage, etc. that fall in to the 'unibody' trucks and still fits your body on frame trucks. I am all for people cutting there car down to make a truck out of it, just make sure the cab is a defined area and the bed is a defined area, not just remove the trunk lid and say "its a truck now"
example: this 240sx has a very easily defined bed space seperate of the cab, thats a truck now in my eyes
In reply to edizzle89:
that 240sx is now a VERY COOL truck in my eyes.
maschinenbau wrote: Ya'll are reading way too far into this. Just bring whatever you think a truck is next year and let's race!
I'm going to go out on a limb here and bet that fewer than 5 vehicles that started out originally as a truck will appear at next year's challenge. That's not saying there won't be a lot of trucks made out of something else in abundance.
That being said I'm measuring Bolus and Snopes stake bed Lumber as we speak.
I dare you. Go on, I dare you. 
stroker wrote: I dare you. Go on, I dare you.
Where are you from, I'm from "Bonner springs" rotfl.
In reply to stroker:
Thats eye candy right there
Another one. Even cheaper and a Chebby, too....
A lot of GM 1/2 ton trucks were built with coils in the back. That is were the "truck arm" suspension design came from.
Does anyone plan on building a real truck?
In reply to schnapsmann:
I plan on my truck being able to haul ass.
In its current form it's a long way from that.
Bring on the Danger Ranger Brigade! Or B2300 brigade in my case, but still...
Does my sierra Denali count? It was going to the scrap yard be for i claimed it. I also just picked up a 2003 GMC sierra 2500 for $1000 off Craig's list. AWD 6.0l goodness 
Does anyone plan on building a real truck?
Im mostly thinking Rampage at this point, although i also have a cool looking 88 Chevy 1500 i could build.
I am building a s10. Its a real truck...
I already spilled the beans on my '31 Model A Pickup. Probably does not count as a "real truck" but hey it has a straight-six, stick-shift, and solid rear axle.
A big thanks to pimpm3 who I bought this truck from, and wae whose truck and trailer I borrowed to pick it up. 36.5 hours from Ohio to Jacksonville and back. I'll be starting a build thread once I get time to dig into it.
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