How NOT to restomod your slick... Not for the squeamish.
Posted: May 10, 2022, 6:00 pm
Start with a minimal rust midwestern slick. Lets say a 3/4 ton...
The first thing you shouldn't do is throw away the stock wheels, matching hubcaps and all. Then you should have a foggy clue what wheels will fit a slick and look at least passible.
Now while I don't mind the look of a lowered slick. A stock 3/4 ton suspension dosen't go down very far whithout proper mods to the frame. Simply cuttin the stock front springs in half, and removing all but two rear leaves.... Probably not the best way to do things... Then you discover the old U bolts will not tighten up with only two leaves, enter some spacer blocks....
Now, with your hillbilly lowering complete try to install your worst possible choice in wheels. Two hours later, your trusty jug saw and a new wood blade cured the fitment problems...
Now for the minor issues....
Pop the hood and find what motor is in this truck. A trusty shop vac, 4hours, and 8 inches of pack rat nest later you find your FE. And as an added bonus you know why there was an air cleaner carb and two valve covers in the seat. Fortunately every part is there so just bolt em back on.... Find a bent pushrod during the reassembly. No problem two landscape pavers bash that bad boy straight enough.
Top off that radiator with the garden hose, and fill the master cylinder. Pour in a gallon of weedeater gas, damm, tank doesn't hold gas. No problem throw that out, bend the steel line over near the filler hole. And drop that empty weedeater gas can in the bed and string some hose.
Rub the whole truck down with some ussd motor oil, drop a for sale sign under the bare wiper blade.
All that should be worth $6850 minimum.
Pictures soon for your viewing pleasu.... Aaauh. Horror.... Laughs.
PS. I had NOTHING to do with this CRIME against a slick.
The first thing you shouldn't do is throw away the stock wheels, matching hubcaps and all. Then you should have a foggy clue what wheels will fit a slick and look at least passible.
Now while I don't mind the look of a lowered slick. A stock 3/4 ton suspension dosen't go down very far whithout proper mods to the frame. Simply cuttin the stock front springs in half, and removing all but two rear leaves.... Probably not the best way to do things... Then you discover the old U bolts will not tighten up with only two leaves, enter some spacer blocks....
Now, with your hillbilly lowering complete try to install your worst possible choice in wheels. Two hours later, your trusty jug saw and a new wood blade cured the fitment problems...
Now for the minor issues....
Pop the hood and find what motor is in this truck. A trusty shop vac, 4hours, and 8 inches of pack rat nest later you find your FE. And as an added bonus you know why there was an air cleaner carb and two valve covers in the seat. Fortunately every part is there so just bolt em back on.... Find a bent pushrod during the reassembly. No problem two landscape pavers bash that bad boy straight enough.
Top off that radiator with the garden hose, and fill the master cylinder. Pour in a gallon of weedeater gas, damm, tank doesn't hold gas. No problem throw that out, bend the steel line over near the filler hole. And drop that empty weedeater gas can in the bed and string some hose.
Rub the whole truck down with some ussd motor oil, drop a for sale sign under the bare wiper blade.
All that should be worth $6850 minimum.
Pictures soon for your viewing pleasu.... Aaauh. Horror.... Laughs.
PS. I had NOTHING to do with this CRIME against a slick.