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April 9, 2009 9:03 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

This was spectating at the autocross this weekend:

It is hard to see in the picture, but it was a support truck from the old Heidelburg Raceway. (Raceway Plaza which now contains a Wal Mart used to contain a racetrack) The graphics from the raceway and sponsors like Steele Pontiac and some NHRA logos were hand-painted in the days before vinyl and slowly faded over the years to this cool patina. You just can't recreate something like that. Wish I knew more about it, but I was too busy trying to beat an STS Miata. Which I did not do.
April 9, 2009 9:42 a.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

So cool it hurts.

I'm not a big fan of bagged cars/trucks, but you're right—you can't recreate something like that. I'd rock it.
April 9, 2009 9:54 a.m. ClemSparks SuperDork

That plus about 6" of ride height would be just about my dream truck. Well, and a couple inches of wheel/tread width, I guess.

That's my favorite bodystyle of truck. Just hard to find a solid enough example to be worth using...at least around here.

It has a cool pedigree!

Clem
April 9, 2009 10:51 a.m. gamby SuperDork

Tom Heath wrote:

So cool it hurts.

I'm not a big fan of bagged cars/trucks, but you're right—you can't recreate something like that. I'd rock it.

this

It would be a CRIME to touch that truck paint-wise. So much cooler that the patina'd graphics are still on there. Bagging it, however, was a very good choice.

That is one badass truck. Just perfect.
April 9, 2009 11:53 a.m. psteav Reader

ClemSparks wrote:

That plus about 6" of ride height would be just about my dream truck. Well, and a couple inches of wheel/tread width, I guess.

That's my favorite bodystyle of truck. Just hard to find a solid enough example to be worth using...at least around here.

It has a cool pedigree!

Clem

Clem-

There's a chap near Sedalia that has two of these for sale...one's a dually with a 10' flatbed, believe the other is a 1/2 ton. Can't remember if it's short or long bed. Don't know anything else except they are not visibly crumbling to dust from the highway. I can take a look this Sunday (going home anyway) f you like at one or either?
April 9, 2009 7:11 p.m. Woody Dork

I drove one of those in high school! Nowhere near as cool as that one, though. It was a tired old piece of crap that my father bought for $750.

Mine was a 64 Chevy C10 Custom. The one in the photo looks to be the same, judging by the front fender emblem.

I still miss shifting that three-on-the-tree.
April 9, 2009 7:31 p.m. Hal HalfDork

I probably saw that truck when the paint was fresh. I spent some time at Heidelburg from 1960 to 1966. Unfortunately a lot of those track in SW PA have been turned into something else.

The one I was at most frequently on Rt 48 (Mosside Blvd) near White Oak was turned into a landfill and then a business park. Don't know what it is now since I haven't been back there for 10 years.
April 9, 2009 7:32 p.m. Appleseed Reader

A fella on the HAMB built one exactly like that in 11 days. That's motivation.
April 9, 2009 8:35 p.m. stuart in mn Dork

Are the graphics real, or are they faux? That's a big fad these days in some hot rodding circles.

The whole 'on the ground' thing puzzles me, since the truck can't actually be used when it's that low (the turning circle would be about 1/4 mile) so it seems like a lot of money and effort just to look cool when you're parked.
April 10, 2009 11:29 a.m. Nitroracer Dork

Appleseed wrote:

A fella on the HAMB built one exactly like that in 11 days. That's motivation.

Can you post the link to that?

A patina like that is awesome. My old ford fairlane is starting to get some worm down paint and is on its way to looking like that. Unfortunately rust follows it very closely too.
April 10, 2009 11:36 a.m. Josh HalfDork

stuart in mn wrote:

The whole 'on the ground' thing puzzles me, since the truck can't actually be used when it's that low (the turning circle would be about 1/4 mile) so it seems like a lot of money and effort just to look cool when you're parked.

Well, if it's on bags, that is the only time it looks like that.
April 10, 2009 11:42 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork

Daddy likee.
April 11, 2009 7:57 p.m. CLynn85 New Reader

Very nice! Love the patina. My cousin had a 64 Ford that was formerly owned by a local orchard that's long gone, had the faded hand-painted logos still on it, was such a cool truck. The loser he sold it to rattle canned it black.... I almost cried when I saw it.

That being said I've been DROOLING over this one on CL:

http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/1116180880.html

Originals like this are disappearing, FAST!
April 13, 2009 2:44 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork

psteav wrote:

ClemSparks wrote:

That plus about 6" of ride height would be just about my dream truck. Well, and a couple inches of wheel/tread width, I guess.

That's my favorite bodystyle of truck. Just hard to find a solid enough example to be worth using...at least around here.

It has a cool pedigree!

Clem

Clem-

There's a chap near Sedalia that has two of these for sale...one's a dually with a 10' flatbed, believe the other is a 1/2 ton. Can't remember if it's short or long bed. Don't know anything else except they are not visibly crumbling to dust from the highway. I can take a look this Sunday (going home anyway) f you like at one or either?

I'm late to the party but yeah! Get me a number if they look doable. I'd sell my dually F350 to come up with another old truck ;).

Clem
April 13, 2009 8:13 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

VERY nice. I remember a tip in Car Crack about using comet and a wet sponge to clean up old paint, and it promotes the patina look. I tried it on part of my old honda and it turned out nice.
April 13, 2009 9:13 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

This one seemed pretty darn original to me.

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