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[Jstpssng]

Stacks on a pickup have always amused me, all the more so on a gasser. Were the materials used from Home Depot?

I saw the truck again today... 5" chrome pipes sticking about 18" over the top of the cab.
But if it makes him happy, who am I to argue?

 

[tacticalturnip]

Ayuh, not my cup of tea- it'll always make me chuckle, but if the fella likes it.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Growing up in the 50s & 60s I can count on one hand how many people we knew, friends & neighbors, who even HAD a pickup truck.
Before Home Depot or Lowes Dad or Grandad would get lumber from the sawmill by two pieces of rope tied to bumpers carried underneath a Packard. They also had a homemade roof rack, wood with suction cups for the roof.
The only thing diesel would be like a bulldozer.
I can't remember anyone waxing a car until the 60s.

 

[dodge man]

My wife’s nephew had a Cummins truck several years ago with a stack behind the cab. Obnoxious outside the truck, worse inside it.

 

[deserteagle71]

My wife’s nephew had a Cummins truck several years ago with a stack behind the cab. Obnoxious outside the truck, worse inside it.

Newest thing around here with the young Cummins owners is running a straight pipe exhaust (no catalytic converter or muffler). I can hear them coming a mile down the road, can't imagine listening to that for more than just a minute.

 

[Rockbadchild]

There is one guy back home with a deleted diesel with a stack through the hood, that thing sound like a airplane... It scream deleted, the hood and roof is all black and yet he doesn't get pull over.... go figure

 

[nisaacs]

My wife’s nephew had a Cummins truck several years ago with a stack behind the cab. Obnoxious outside the truck, worse inside it.

What's not to like? Cummins, trucks and stacks go together...1st Gen Industries has some beauties that he restored.

"The amount of fun being had at any point in time, is directly proportional to the amount of fuel being burned" - John K. - 1st Gen Industries

My Cummins powered '74 F-350

 

[tacticalturnip]

The stacks on the flat bed Ford look alright, but I just can not appreciate them coming up through a pickup bed, not at all.

Those trucks are, otherwise, absolute works of art.

 

[CH4Ohio]

The stacks on the flat bed Ford look alright, but I just can not appreciate them coming up through a pickup bed, not at all.

Right! I always wondered how long it would take a bale of hay to ignite if stacked up against the bed stacks.

 

[ruffdog]

Right! I always wondered how long it would take a bale of hay to ignite with the bed stacks.

More smoke the better, right?

 

[deserteagle71]

What's not to like? Cummins, trucks and stacks go together...1st Gen Industries has some beauties that he restored.

To each his own. But stacks serve a purpose on a big rig. On a pickup truck they look silly and out of place. My opinion.

 

[bigtiller]

With an acetylene torch, an arm load of used exhaust pipe bits and pieces, and a hand full of clothes hangers, my buddy welded a pair of stacks on a '55 ford pickup.

It was fun to follow it rumbling through town in low gear during a cold winter night. The steam and smoke coming out of the pipes was mesmerizing.

 

[Rockbadchild]

hey hey guys come on, you forgot to mentioned the radio antenna. If your going to have some stacks you need the roof radio antenna.

 

[Hay Dude]

If you can’t do stacks on your Cummins Ram, you can always do this:

 

[WinterDeere]

If you can’t do stacks on your Cummins Ram, you can always do this:

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You've probably heard of the Trabant, or "Trabby", which was the only car available to East Germans under communist rule for almost 50 years. It was designed in the 1950's, and never changed, the body was made out of compressed cotton and it had a 2-stroke engine that ran gas/oil mix.

Anyway, when the wall came down and East Germans could finally buy wester automobiles, all of these old Trabbys became useless lawn ornaments... parents would give them to their teens or a nephew who needed a cheap/free car. And because they were totally worthless, kids would do things like cut the roof off to make it a convertible, etc.

So they started having these "modified Trabby" contests, which were always hilarious. Believe it or not, one I saw was a cement mixer!

 

[WinterDeere]

Truck status changed this morning, to “In Production”. Estimated delivery is 2nd week of July, but I find they usually run faster than estimated.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

You've probably heard of the Trabant, or "Trabby", which was the only car available to East Germans under communist rule for almost 50 years. It was designed in the 1950's, and never changed, the body was made out of compressed cotton and it had a 2-stroke engine that ran gas/oil mix.

Anyway, when the wall came down and East Germans could finally buy wester automobiles, all of these old Trabbys became useless lawn ornaments... parents would give them to their teens or a nephew who needed a cheap/free car. And because they were totally worthless, kids would do things like cut the roof off to make it a convertible, etc.

So they started having these "modified Trabby" contests, which were always hilarious. Believe it or not, one I saw was a cement mixer!

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My Grandfather bought Mother a new Crosley which she had when she met Dad after WWII.
She worked downtown and it wouldn't make it up a steep hill beside the fire station, except for this 6'6" fireman would always run out pushing it uphill.
That fireman years later became my father-in-law.

 

[WinterDeere]

Build status switched to completed. Just waiting on shipping, now.

 

[Hay Dude]

What “keller” (how we say “color” in Philly suburbs) did ja get?

I just extended the warranty on my 2020 for another 2 years 25,000 miles. Transferable and pro rated.
Gonna slap my new Continental Terra’s on it and go a little longer while waiting for the hydraulic lifters to fail (or pay “Dave” $10,000 to change them out). Also quaking in my boots waiting for the bolt to fall into the valves.

Looking forward to seeing the changes in ‘27/‘28.

 

[Jstpssng]

That was quick!!!