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board and out of the junk pile *Update*5-23-11
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 12:43 am
by oklamopar
well i was board today. Wife had Steroid shots in her back so why she was resting.....
thought about doing stacks.....don't want to cut my steps until i have another pair.
so i laid them sideways. I'll get better pics in the day time.
like/dislike.its all OK
Not functional until i decide if i like them So Far I like
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 7:06 pm
by DocsTruck
Really love those Keystones dude!!!
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:04 pm
by WD
Run them as side pipes. Looks great...
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:49 pm
by sweptlinemike
Very nice looking rig....
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:42 pm
by moporridge
We had a neighbor in the early 70's ...72-74 with a silver 69-71 Sweptline Utiline that had Cragars and side pipes...In 74 he bought a new 360 powered Barracuda with the Rallye package.....and quickly added Cragars and sidepipes...Needless to say this wore off on me a little......
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:30 am
by rickharrold
sidepipes look good, but i have always wondered how staks would look on a ute.
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:22 am
by Hewy
[quote="oklamopar"]
"....don't want to cut my steps until i have another pair.
so i laid them sideways. I'll get better pics in the day time "
Could you fab up sheet metal as a step, as there will be a hole in it
for the pipe anyway ? Ya keep the original step just in case.
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 11:00 am
by jgeebee63
Those Keystones do look great! The side pipes look really cool on there. I really like how the truck sits. Great work!
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:35 pm
by demulsion
I vote make them functional!
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:34 am
by 66patrick
NO on the sidepipes as you have them! Run them like a LRE through the steps.
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 2:52 pm
by jimmy
I love the side pipes too.
Hope your wife is OK!
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 4:19 pm
by 71mopardude
The pipes and the keystones give it a great old skool look .. and i love the hood idea .. i was thinking about doing something similar
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:30 pm
by oklamopar
jimmy wrote:I love the side pipes too.
Hope your wife is OK!
She's better thanks.
Thanks for the comments and compliments.
Keep em coming.
This is my favorite hangout on the web
Re: board and out of the junk pile
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 11:48 pm
by Cageman
hard to tell in this photo, but side pipes are cool!
*Update*5-23-11
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:02 am
by oklamopar
Well after church the wife need to lay down. so i mowed the yard and sanded and painted a decent front bumper. i found it at my moms hose in my parts stash.
and then got another wildhair. since the bed floor needs to be replaced, i decided to try the pipes vertical. made brackets and hooked them up. Again i'm not sure.
Re: board and out of the junk pile *Update*5-23-11
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 8:50 am
by Oldguy
Of the two I prefer the stacks. Was never fond of what we used to call "lake pipes", I'm assuming that was because of the early day dry lake speed racers. Anyway, it's your truck. Whatever floats your boat.
Mike
Re: board and out of the junk pile *Update*5-23-11
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:06 pm
by WD
Stick with side pipes. Everyone and his brother is putting stacks on again, at least late model diesels and big blocks around here.
Re: board and out of the junk pile *Update*5-23-11
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 11:58 pm
by Boons
WD wrote:Stick with side pipes. Everyone and his brother is putting stacks on again, at least late model diesels and big blocks around here.
Ditto
If your going to put stacks on you better put a big "TAPOUT" sticker arcoss your back window and get yourself a flat bill hat to top it off.
Re: board and out of the junk pile *Update*5-23-11
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 1:03 pm
by oklamopar
Boons wrote:WD wrote:Stick with side pipes. Everyone and his brother is putting stacks on again, at least late model diesels and big blocks around here.
Ditto
If your going to put stacks on you better put a big "TAPOUT" sticker arcoss your back window and get yourself a flat bill hat to top it off.
wow
if i stick with stacks im thinking rebuilding with straight pipes and flappers on top. should make interesting sound with camshaft thats in it..
Re: board and out of the junk pile *Update*5-23-11
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 8:38 am
by WD
Flappers are getting wimpy. Factories are using really thin metal, the flap bolt tears through. Or the too small flapper bolt breaks. John Deere has decent ones, but they cost 10x what they should. And they still don't last very long. Put one on a 3020 diesel a month and a half ago, have already had to "modify" it back into shape with a 5# hammer and anvil...