Why should I buy a Pick-Up truck?

[Martin71RS]

:1st: when I have this.....

I have allready transported a complete exhaust system in the same way and doors/fenders etc. inside the car.

(Suzuki Alto displacement: 900cc 3cyl weight: 600kg, these are NOT typo's :rolleyes: )

I allready stripped about 95% of the subframe after I got it home yesterday.....now finish it, prepare for POR15 and paint it.


Martin

[Goatman]

Let's see you fit the engine in there....

[Martin71RS]

possible....but I transported that in the daily driver before this one...

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/04/w12polo472cui77liter01-1.jpg

[vintageracer]

Why buy a PU truck?

Because EVERY redneck car guy needs a PU truck!

Geography knows no borders when it come to rednecks!

[Goatman]

And what you're doing screams redneck..........

[RaceMan]

Well I would say because your less likley to get speeding tickets but I don't think you have to worry about that lol:lmao:

[Martin71RS]

well actually I would like to have a Pick-Up but I just cannot afford it.....
Besides the costs of buying one we pay roadtax according the weight of the vehicle. (for a decent Pick-Up it will be between $125~$150 a month) then there is the fuel costs overhere at around $7 a gallon....

not complaining though... I still have the Camaro and it will be driven again once finished!

Martin

[andrewb70]

Check out his location guys!

Awesome work Martin.

Andrew

[MarkM66]

That's great!

[Steve68]

I have a 95 Passat VW pick up truck. the back seats will lay flat, carried everything from a load of block to engine parts!

Good job Martin!!

[bigvegan]

$7 a gallon?

Wow.

That would pretty much bring hot-rodding to a dead stop if that ever happened over here, unless we all started working on electric/biodiesel machines, which is pretty unlikely.

That said, a 7+ liter Ford Powerstroke running on used cooking oil might make for a unique powertrain.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

thats comedy..

[Kenova]

possible....but I transported that in the daily driver before this one...

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/04/w12polo472cui77liter01-1.jpg
:lmao: Oh yeah! That brings back some memories. In 1977 I bought an almost new '77 Astre (think Pontiac Vega). A year or two later I changed appartments and moved everything but the couch with it. After I bought a house it was again used for moving duties. At one point I had two SBCs in the back (disassembled) and even went so far as to pull the hatch off so I could move a refrigerator.
Now I have a pickup and a '77 Vega. My Vega is leading a very pampered life compared to my old Astre.
Ken

[MonzaRacer]

Hey Kenova get this I am putting a 77Monza together for ProTouring and a buddy has just got a 75Vega.
Gotta love the Hbodies and rightnow it has the S10 brake conversion for 5 lug but I am thinking of going up to zQ Blazer spindles and some Vette brakes too.
And I have my 78 C10 with 91 Suburban nose and Air Ride too.Thats my parts hauler.
Lee

[CliffS]

Haha LOL!! You're lucky you do not live in the big city like me...don't think the cops would allow that.
On the other hand you make some progress!??!

[Martin71RS]

why cliff....it was strapped down and not going anywhere....I guess they could have given me a ticket for scratching Suzuki paint:poke:

Anyways...I got it home and spent a few hours with a wire brush on an angle grinder..... yesterday degreased all the parts I had stripped and etched them with metal ready....I will probably paint them this weekend with POR15.

I am also working on an update on my page....I'll probably post it after the weekend.

Martin

[WS6]

Well, I was gonna say because a diesel ram will fly with a few mods, but at $7 a gallon for gas and truck weight tax, I'd step it back to a little nissan 4 banger truck.

Anyway your ingenuity is praise worthy. I sure as hell wouldn't have thought to use something that small to haul anything but a bookbag and some groceries.