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dragnblazer said:
Edited: 8/5/2008 9:41:34 PM by dragnblazer
wow, this is unbeleiveable. I remember reading the feature when it came out and was touched by the story behind building it. but now to hear the story from after the feature, kinda sheds some light on what our scene has turned into
Originally posted by thacru78
People always wonder why cover truck dissapear....I think the answer is found in this thread. The truck caught on fire on the way to the shoot....yet was still shot. That's crazy to me.....Just like seeing cover trucks at shows that have been out for 9 month's, yet their still using shrader valves to air it up to roll it on and off the trailer. I thought this scene was about building trucks not paper weights. When one ends up in the junkyard everyone blames the young kid that bought the truck....I think some of the blame needs to be pointed at the builders who paint and polish a piece of shit just to push it to a photo shoot. Then throw it together and sell it to some kid right out of high school, just so he can blow a bag while doing 80 on the freeway. I see and hear of to many of these "Cover trucks" falling apart when driven. I don't see the point in that....nor do I see the point in a cover truck/best of show truck not even driveable. Just my .02.....
exactly my thoughts and what I have been saying for awhile now. people laughed at me when I tried selling my daily driven truck with a solid suspension setup, and the interior done and most of the bodywork done for $4500. yet there is a guy in town who recently acquired another very recent cover truck (I won't mention it specifically to keep from getting hit with the flame brigade of the builder/friends ect) to find out the truck doesnt even start unless its jumped off, the bags leak like crazy, the tv's and gauges arent even hooked up, they are just there for looks, the door popper work when they want, and various other things you wouldnt expect to be wrong with a truck that looks as nice as it does. worst part is, the owner was asking $10,000 for it! upon finding all the problems the new owner is now selling the truck because of the mess it really is. just goes to show, the scene isnt about the trucks anymore, its all about who you know and what clubname is on your window
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i think it is not so much the club thing but i agree with all that is said besides that ... i know a guy who bought a truck built out of texas i wont name who built it or who sold it to the guy but is was basically a candy covered shell full of nasty shit ... and the truck was a featured truck in street trucks .... the guy who bought it asked me to do some work on it .... started out small just re plumb so the thing didnt leak ,but when we got underneath the truck and pulled the interior we kept finding more and more stuff built wrong and crooked as hell like someone took some beer bongs then decided to weld the notch in ..... if you ask meit is not how they look it is how they perform ....... anyone can cut something up and roll it on and off a trailer it takes real talent to make it work right and be safe at the same time ..... just my 2 cents not trying to make anyone mad but hearing all the issues with the truck and knowing it got featured .... i know people with trucks just as bad ass but are built 10 times more solid but cant get a feature because some stupid small rule like not enough under the hood mods .... so it can be shit and not work it just has to have mods and look preety ........ stupid shit if you ask me