Fast an loud swepty episode!!

[Oldguy]

Okay, finally got to watch the show. Those guys are dorks. They seem to use the same ugly wheel and tire combo on everything. That's reality all right. The world is full of idiots and they prove it! Mike

[RAYMAN]

I do think that Hobcobble is right they should have put the lettering back on the truck, but they are hacks so that just fits there screwed up out look. Taking the letters from the truck is like taking a mans manhood, its just wrong.

[Hobcobble]

I do think that Hobcobble is right they should have put the lettering back on the truck, but they are hacks so that just fits there screwed up out look. Taking the letters from the truck is like taking a mans manhood, its just wrong.

I was thinking a bit more about this..... and I wonder if the letters just
fell off the hood due to the fact they used a chevy engine in it?
John

[DavidWymore]

You know, we may not like the style, but unless someone can get under the truck and under the hood and see how the welds look, how well the changes were executed, we don't know if they're hacks.

[66patrick]

These yo-yos are indeed hacks. Look at some of their previous episodes and I will guarantee you will reach the same conclusion!

[DavidWymore]

I don't watch TV at home, but I've seen some of the episodes elsewhere. Seems they never get into the details, so there's no tellin'.

[willys70dodge]

I'd like to see Counts Customs do a $50,000 sweptline!!!

[mousecat]

Either way you look at it, like it, hate it, want to blow it up???

I would say the show did it's job!!! Getting interest, heck just take a look here on this forum..... 5 pages on this topic so far!!!

Like I said before, I wasn't a fan of what they did to the truck, but I'm happy that it was on TV!

[facechicken]

You say that now, but wait til you go to buy your next parts truck......guy with the parts truck see this episode.....suddenly his $300 parts truck is $1000 to $1500 cuz there was a $50,000 one on tv that had the good "patina" and now since its the new fad, his truck suddenly isn't rusty anymore, it's patina'd

[soopernaut]

You say that now, but wait til you go to buy your next parts truck......guy with the parts truck see this episode.....suddenly his $300 parts truck is $1000 to $1500 cuz there was a $50,000 one on tv that had the good "patina" and now since its the new fad, his truck suddenly isn't rusty anymore, it's patina'd

I think Sweptlines in magazines also have had that effect as well. The more exposure they have the more people will want one. There were a couple of other ones on TV, like the Cherry Bomb truck and Bubba Storey's Dude.

I remember the early days of this forum when $1000-$1500 could get you a decent truck. There are a few here and there but it isn't common anymore.

[Hobcobble]

You say that now, but wait til you go to buy your next parts truck......guy with the parts truck see this episode.....suddenly his $300 parts truck is $1000 to $1500 cuz there was a $50,000 one on tv that had the good "patina" and now since its the new fad, his truck suddenly isn't rusty anymore, it's patina'd

I think Sweptlines in magazines also have had that effect as well. The more exposure they have the more people will want one. There were a couple of other ones on TV, like the Cherry Bomb truck and Bubba Storey's Dude.

I remember the early days of this forum when $1000-$1500 could get you a decent truck. There are a few here and there but it isn't common anymore.

Seeing as though there's an ever dwindling supply of nice MoPar cars, it makes sense that enthusiasts
are starting to pay attention to the trucks. I have a friend who does body/engine restoration work on [mainly]
on old Dodges and Plymouths. He's been drag racing as well for 25+ years. We grew up together and got
into MoPars together. When I started working on Sweptlines, he thought I had lost my mind. Now that he's
paid attention to the trucks a little closer and found out about CSS/HPP and other models like the Dude
and big block Adventurers, he talks about them a lot more..... even to the point of keeping his eyes out
for a nice one to restore.
John

[66patrick]

Same thing is happening in the hot rod world, kids. Time was if the car wasn't a '32 Ford or a Tri-Five Chevy two-door hardtop or ragtop, no one wanted it. Then, as the price on those started climbing in the late '70s (and never stopping!), then other makes and models started to go up. Then, where the hell are the two-door cars to build? People started building four-doors and wagons, because the two-door cars were so damn high!

So, now that the cars are priced stupidly, people are turning to trucks. First, it was the AD Chevy pickups, then the '56 F100, then the '67 - '72 Chevys and Fords. As those are getting pretty damn high priced, people are looking for alternatives. The Swepty is that alternative now. Even among hardcore A-, B-, and E-body nuts, (the same guys that take a mint C-body and pull the 440 for their bastard R/T "tribute" builds!) the Swepty was never even considered as a build possibility; never mind the fact it was a Dodge! Guess what? Now suddenly, they are "discovering" them. Hell, I know several guys that are now hot-rodding Internationals!

I was at a car get-together last might at a local Sonic, where there were close to 80 hot rods, trucks, you name it. Lots of guys there that have been into hot rods for many, many years. The subject of that F&L Swepty came up, and nearly all of them were on the same page about it...specifically, it was MAYBE a $10K truck and nowhere close to $40K-$50K as "Dick" claims, and that clearcoating "patina" is about as stupid as it gets. If the body is apart, PAINT the damn thing! Several have used the Crown Vic sub in other truck builds, and it is a great setup and cheap to get, to boot.

When it gets down to the truck itself, I do NOT like the who-knows-how-many-miles-are-on-it GM drivetrain, the clearcoat nonsense, the ridiculous price, and the ultra-stupid "rim"/O-ring wheel-tire combo. Oh, and that dumba$$ single-wheel burnout - could you have sourced a Posi unit somewhere...Dick?

[rockingkay]

You say that now, but wait til you go to buy your next parts truck......guy with the parts truck see this episode.....suddenly his $300 parts truck is $1000 to $1500 cuz there was a $50,000 one on tv that had the good "patina" and now since its the new fad, his truck suddenly isn't rusty anymore, it's patina'd

I think Sweptlines in magazines also have had that effect as well. The more exposure they have the more people will want one. There were a couple of other ones on TV, like the Cherry Bomb truck and Bubba Storey's Dude.

I remember the early days of this forum when $1000-$1500 could get you a decent truck. There are a few here and there but it isn't common anymore.

ok, This is what I am talking about. Here in Fla. scrap is bringing $10-11 dollars a 100 lb. That would be $200 to 220 a ton. I know we all want to get stuff as cheap as we can, but, I would like to think that a good part truck is worth more then its weight in old washing machines and rusty drums.

[bradthomasss]

My son saw the "Fast N Loud" truck at the local drag strip.
No it wasn't racing. It did draw a crowd.

My son has been a Dodge fan since he was very lil.
We are looking for a Swepty to restore.
He drives a 97 Camaro Z28.
Son asked to trade him.
The guy said "If you had a truck, I probably would"....

Don't think he is very happy with his shop truck...

[66patrick]

I don't see why the guy shouldn't be happy! He traded $10K worth of junk and an office renovation for a $10K pile of junk with a DODGE tailgate on it! I wonder how many people give him sh!t about the trade? And, ask "when are you putting the letters back on the hood?"...LOL!

I can BET he is unhappy, because I'm willing to bet the truck runs for crap with that unknown-miles GM engine and trans in it, and that brake system from Hell. Oh, and I can only imagine how that POS drives with the 24" "rims" and O-ring tires!

[WD]

Haven't been here for awhile, but this topic drug me back home...

That truck should be parted out or sold to somebody who'd finish it properly.

Chassis mods are fine, police package Crown Vic is adequate for 1/2 ton shorties, short bed = toy, have 2 full sized shorties, one Dodge, one C10.

Engine swaps, if you are going non-Mopar, then it makes more sense to go with a 351W, 390FE or 460, at least you can reach the distributor. All the computer controlled gee whiz latest and greatest eco-friendly engines and confuser controlled slush boxes look out of place.

Dubs, on a full sized Dodge beater truck, necessitates a .22 short through the ear canal. Save that garbage for the 73 and newer GM fans rolling on P205/70-15, those trucks are less than useful anyway. Cargo rating on my 85 C10 short wide, including passengers, fuel, oil, spare tire, etc, is all of 900 pounds. Just a funny looking car... My 69 D100 has hauled more than a ton, several times, without issue.

We got rid of our satellite tv earlier this year. Don't miss it. I swapped cafe racer and related nonsense for Archie Bunker... fair trade.

Who wanted a 1/2 ton but has a one ton? Straight trade, 69 D100-128 with 318/727 and 3.55s. Needs rewired and new floors, door bases and tailgate. Typical $900 Sweptline, from WA, now in TN. I'd prefer a ton and a half, but will swap for a same shape 1 ton, drag her down, drive mine home with you.

[POWWAG]

So it's way past the episode airing but here's my 2 cents.

Tube axle from Speedway and MOPAR crate motor. Less work more profit. But the did eat it on the Ford gasser, maybe the wrong auction ya think.

What's wrong with doing a Volare clip? Sometime back there was a thread on this site about it and it seemed to work good.

I'll chip in on Richard's alcohol treatment. I love Tom but I think he's already a wet brain.

Don

[WD]

Man am I glad to see you upright and online...

[jeffz]

Yeah, that gasser was one of their best efforts. The green metalflake with big flakes, and yellow tinted windows probably make some people sick, but I liked it. At least they kept it Ford powered.