When is a slick no longer a slick?

The Big M · Post by **The Big M** » August 28, 2007, 10:30 am

Doc Pepper wrote:It was fully customized (read that 'useless for a truck')

There's nothing necessarily wrong with a lowered truck. Especially a uni. It's not like they were ever really that useful for work purposes anyway...

That said, I do think there's such a thing as being too low, and I don't care for the engine choice, but that's just my opinion.

bigtrip460 · Post by **bigtrip460** » August 28, 2007, 3:41 pm

why put those dirty parts in an otherwise nice truck?

castruck_1964 · Post by **castruck_1964** » August 28, 2007, 9:03 pm

As a made in Canada nut behind the wheel

I guess me or My truck don't Qualify as Slicks.
And as All Merc's were built in Canada they Cannot be Slicks Either.

But atleast us Canucks speak English not Spanish.

By the way I do not count Quebec as Canada as they Don't Like us either

LOL

MrEvil · Post by **MrEvil** » August 28, 2007, 10:10 pm

A slick stops being a slick the second you put any General Mediocrity engine in it.

I'll never forget that '62 Uni I saw at that car lot. It was such a nice truck with Ford running gear, except for the 350 and Turbo 400. I dare not repeat what I said when I found out the engine it had, my mother would never forgive me.

MattsIASlickShop · Post by **MattsIASlickShop** » August 28, 2007, 11:23 pm

I dunno... according to the statement on this site http://groups.msn.com/slick60sfordfseri ... tsnew.msnw
it is all inclusive...

but, yeah, a Ford in a Ford is prolly the better way to go...
or...a Chevy in a Chevy, Dodge in a Dodge...ect.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 29, 2007, 12:38 am

In my mind no Ford is a Ford without a Ford engine. Some sort of discombuberated pecucker, that says Ford on it, but ain't. Kind of like painting PIANO on a dog turd, and asking Liberace to play it. Wishful thinking.

Seeing how I only buy vehicles that were made in Canada, and probably were only ever driven by Canadians, I guess none of my vehicles register as a Slick according to the nutty perfesser there. Course, if his word counted, we'd all be driving six-cylinder 4500 lb Thunderbirds (and probably wearing tinfoil hats). Excuse him, the sun done baked his coconut too long.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » August 29, 2007, 1:22 am

O`boy this is great! Another fight coming up no holds bared and... any body can comment.

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Slicks; I think a slick is a slick until you start taking the true essence out of it,like putting a chebby anything into it, if you want a chebby go and buy a chebby and drive it around,let everyone know what you like dont hide in a ford.
Lowering is ok to a point 3 to 4 inches is fine but in the weeds doesnt suit them.and by all means if your`ve got a welder use it

fmartin_gila · Post by **fmartin_gila** » August 29, 2007, 7:37 am

Doc,
My, My, you sure carry a big stirring stick. Talk about getting the natives riled up, you sure made a good start at it.
Fred

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » August 29, 2007, 9:48 am

Yeah Doc,Fords were and are made in Canada EH!The better looking ones being called MERCURY!!!

To me(and I don't care what you think of my opinion

)if it looks like a 61-66 merc or ford truck then itsa SLICK.
If it drives as good as brand new or better then brand new its a really Slick Slick.
And like I said before I could care less what parts are put into it.If you keep these awesome trucks on the road and they look good who cares what mill/trans/diff/column/rad/driveshaft/heater box/ or lug nuts are on em.To me the world is a better place without new plastic POS on the road.
They're a great looking truck and the more on the road the better.
Besides when all you GM haters win your millions next week you can buy up all the chebby powered merc/fords and put 351 Windsor,Clevand or M mills in all of em

-Shiny

The Big M · Post by **The Big M** » August 29, 2007, 10:05 am

The plugs in my 223 are NGK's...

Oh no, they were made in Japan! Help! I'm a ricer!

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 29, 2007, 10:06 am

I am not a GM hater per se. One of my favourite vehicles in the whole world is a 69 302 Z-28. I would no sooner throw a Chrysler hemi in that than I would a VW flat 4 in a '70 Roadrunner.
It's the cross-breed thing that gets to me.
Chev engine in a Ford body is like dating a girl with an extra arm growing out of her forehead. Might work just fine, might operate perfectly, but something big just ain't right. And you sure don't want nobody to see her.

Unless you live in Tucson.

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » August 29, 2007, 10:19 am

heheheehee,here we go......

I've owned every make and prolly close to every model of pre-70 cars since I was 11 or 12.
I've interchanged lotsa makes of parts in everything you could just about think of.
The thing that gets my blood boiling is seeing old tin driving down the road everyday.Cars are made to be driven everyday,not show boating on the rainfree sundays every six weeks.And if people can keep then on the road with whatever parts they can then so be it.
I myself could give a shit what parts are in what truck.

Now I know what your saying about a chevy mill in every ford hot rod you see but come on,at least its on the road.Well or sitting in a garage waiting for that perfect dustfree drive to the show and shine(which I hate)

Some of yous need to just sit back and relax and enjoy old cars more,for whatever mill is in it at least its still around.Cuz the way I see it the crackheads will be stealing old tin sitting in fields to take em in for scrap cuz China needs more steal and they're paying huge for it now so were gonna see more and more old tin get squished and sent away.

I bought 4 Slicks off of an old guy who was shutting down his shop,all shortboxes too.He said if I didn't buy em they were gonna get squished cuz he only had a few days til he had to be outa his shop.So I steeped up and saved em and if me or one of my friends puts a chevy in one of em you guys will be pissed,but if I didn't buy them then they would be gone.Gone forever.At least they're still around,stored safely at my place til I can find a nice 350/700R4 setup

-Shiny

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » August 29, 2007, 10:33 am

Does THIS ONE sorta fit that description?

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 29, 2007, 10:51 am

Shiny wrote: Now I know what your saying about a chevy mill in every ford hot rod you see but come on,at least its on the road.Well or sitting in a garage waiting for that perfect dustfree drive to the show and shine(which I hate)

Some of yous need to just sit back and relax and enjoy old cars more,for whatever mill is in it at least its still around.Cuz the way I see it the crackheads will be stealing old tin sitting in fields to take em in for scrap cuz China needs more steal and they're paying huge for it now so were gonna see more and more old tin get squished and sent away.

I bought 4 Slicks off of an old guy who was shutting down his shop,all shortboxes too.He said if I didn't buy em they were gonna get squished cuz he only had a few days til he had to be outa his shop.So I steeped up and saved em and if me or one of my friends puts a chevy in one of em you guys will be pissed,but if I didn't buy them then they would be gone.Gone forever.At least they're still around,stored safely at my place til I can find a nice 350/700R4 setup

-Shiny

You may have saved it, but at what cost? If you could, would you graft a chihuhua's legs onto a lame giraffe? Especially when giraffe legs are the same price? You could call it a giraffe, but now it can't reach the tall trees anymore. Can't run with the rest of the giraffes. The lions or hyenas will eventually eat it. So, basically you saved it as hyena fodder.

Same with a SBC in a Ford rod for instance. Fodder for guys like me to gag at in disgust. And when I see one, I will usually let the owner know my disgust. I would think if you wanted to save old tin, you'd want it to be admired by someone, and not viewed with the same regard as a leaky outhouse.

ripsnorter · Post by **ripsnorter** » August 29, 2007, 10:54 am

dem canadians....

with their crazy way of talkin', always saying "ay?" and good manners...

Can't trust 'em.

I spose since theyre kissin' cousins though...

(sighs and gives Johnny a big-non-gay-must-kiss-his-cousin-cus-his-mother-told-him-to-manly-grunting-kiss)

Buncha oddballs.

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » August 29, 2007, 10:55 am

So what your saying is is that if I put one of my 350/700R4 setups in my slick it'll be slow bawahabawahahaha.Cuz my short giraffes really fricking fly,I put bowtie wings on em

and they laugh like hyhenas too

Guess I shoulda let em go to the crusher......

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 29, 2007, 11:03 am

Shoulda took them to the vet who had giraffe legs. or find some yourself..

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » August 29, 2007, 5:56 pm

back). The only exception is Je ne peux pas le fait en Francais.

Yeah I had one of them!, the PO put a chevy in it and it blew smoke
Alan

61ford · Post by **61ford** » August 29, 2007, 6:58 pm

yea i see no point and absolutely hate it when brands gets swapped yes ive got a dodge truck along with 2 fords and id never take the 318 and put it in 61 or take the 351w and stick it in the dodge i think thats just stupid and usually if i see a foreign engine in anything i just walk away.they all made some good motors and they should stay in the brand that it came in.and whats the holy graile of the 350/350 or 350/od?if u want od why not get an aod and get it rebuilt,no od how bout a c4 there good too and 351w is gonna run just as good as that 350.ppl use to say sbc are cheapier to build ive got summitt magazines and see that windsor series fords and sbc parts usually run about the same

6166 Junkyard Dog · Post by **6166 Junkyard Dog** » August 29, 2007, 7:57 pm

My main resaon for FORDS Is that have been around them my whole life, found out one time that a CHEVY CANNOT TAKE MY RIGHT FOOT For being abused to a BROKE DOWN CHEVY! and was brought up by the Motto if you have a job to do Ford Truck will take the punishment Examples we had a 73 4x4 F-100 that in the winter time would pull these trucks to get started and to get a diesel satrted took a lot of abuse many times we would take this same truck and tow a semi say 15-20 miles back to the shop or even once did it 100 miles from the shop since years ago did not believe in wreckers and of course my Big Slick does its job as well as our 66 wrecker does.. In fact at times we say that Big Slick is more reliable that these new trucks are.... To me a slick is a slick no matter what size it is in the 61-66 years or bigger trucks 61-69 body style whether it be a Ford or Mercury Truck