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    what would be a fancy work truck?

    The neighborhoods I service for my real job, scrap near, and live near are filled with Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Jaguar, etc cars and SUVS. If I were wanting to get a work truck that would fit in what would it be? Does Jaguar make a F-350 clone? Just figuring someone on here would know. Thanks.



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    A jacked up new Chevy 1 ton, king cab, long bed with bull balls hanging from the rear bumper would surely make you stand out!

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    I think Lincoln still makes a pickup i believe. Mark LT I think it was.
    Someone once asked me if my Toyota Tacoma was a Lexus.

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    I get lots of "That's a nice truck" compliments on my plain, work-truck model Ram 2500. It's silver with the chrome bumpers, cab clearance lights and factory fake chrome wheel covers, and it does look pretty sharp on the rare occasion that it's cleaned up. I've seen plenty of trucks almost identical to mine, but with the dull black bumpers/grilles and steel wheels.. and they're ugly! They look like a construction company fleet truck. Sometimes, just a few low-level "appearance" goodies can go a long way and yes, make a big difference in how others perceive the truck.
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    If I were to do it in style I would go for a Lincoln Blackwood, just like the way it looks. You could always get a Mercedes Unimog, they are unstoppable and hey its a Mercedes. Old Land Rover trucks are good too if it has the Rover V8, same identical engine as a Buick 215 so you can toss the side draft carbs and put on a 2 or 4 bbl intake.
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    Now that's scrapping with class.
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    Would have to wear a Tux, hat, cane, spats...

    May get lucky and invited into the "club" if ya cruzed the hood in this.

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    gety yo a old caddy flower car

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    Um.....if you can afford a Lincoln Mark IV Scrappin truck, just possibly you don't need to scrap...!!

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    Add a pickup bed and this would be some great advertising with your company name on it, a baby Peterbuilt or KW.
    It mounts on a pickup truck frame.



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    I can't decide to either get an F-150 Platinum or a Raptor......test drove the Raptor a couple months ago..........What you guys think??

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    When my truck was in the shop, my friend let me borrow his Platinum. Now that is a sharp truck...
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    I know this is old, but:

    I'll go the other way- sure, anybody can buy a new truck if you have enough money or credit. But, how about a sharper old truck? You don't see them everyday. Even though it's far from perfect, and looks better in photos, my 1987 Chevrolet turns a lot of heads:


    Plus, it's a whole lot cheaper than an F150 Platinum! If you have the money, consider going even older. There is a man in town who restored a Studebaker Champ- that truck catches my eyes every time it goes by!
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    I like the 70's International Harvester trucks. I have a 1972 half ton that needs A LOT of repair, but it ran and drove like a champ when parked. Then I have a 72 or 74 not sure of the year at the moment as they are much the same,lol. But It's a 1 tom crew cab with a big vintage utility box on it. Years back when I was advertising I would haul many old upright pianos home with it as you just backed up to the door or such, put a ramp across or where required and roll it in and put a couple straps on it, load the ramps and you were on you way. I did VERY well on the many pianos I hauled home. Some were nice enough to sell and trade whole and others had nice wood and such that people wanted to make a bar or such from. And then there were the brass or iron harps, strings, brass peddles and many times ivory veneer on the keys. It was all marketable pretty much. Just some odd crappy wood was left over from all. Wish I could find a hoard of old up right pianos. There must be a few old hoards stored away from the days when I was hauling them home as fast as I could find them as they were obsolete in the NORMAL world.

    But back to trucks. The International crew cab is also 4x4. I would say that it is my favorite vehicle here besides my 72 Cadillac ambulance that will never be on the road again. It's mostly a big curio for looking at and storing things in. The International can be fixed up and on the road, but I doubt I will fix it up and use it as I don't require a large vehicle anymore for personal use. But I might fix it up some day just for the fun of it. Haven't thought much on it as most times I forget that such things are even here,lol.

    I also have a older Int that I don't like the look of as it's the girly shaped ones. I like the Land Rover looking 70's Internationals as they are boxy.

    A interesting story goes along with the older International truck. I traded a new in the box Atari 7800 for it years ago. I drove the pickup home and parked it where it still sits rusting away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matador View Post
    I know this is old, but:

    I'll go the other way- sure, anybody can buy a new truck if you have enough money or credit. But, how about a sharper old truck? You don't see them everyday. Even though it's far from perfect, and looks better in photos, my 1987 Chevrolet turns a lot of heads:

    Plus, it's a whole lot cheaper than an F150 Platinum! If you have the money, consider going even older. There is a man in town who restored a Studebaker Champ- that truck catches my eyes every time it goes by!
    I think this is one of the cooler member trucks we've had on here, no offense to all the others. This member just took it up a notch by actually cleaning it up and still making it a "work" truck. And could have entered it into a car show if he wanted. In fact he belonged to a car club as his "other" hobby.

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