NON Chevy’s in the Wild

[tarussell]

Another one for the Jeep crowd

 

[tarussell]

A couple of TLC’s spotted today

 

[imiceman44]

My Brother had a 1980 MGB ( I never knew what the difference was with the addition of the “B” ? ) and while he was away attending business in Desert Storm for Uncle Sam and I drove it for a few months while I was putting a SBC in my old FJ40 TLC - at 6-1” and 200lbs. back then it was a tight squeeze.
I drove it with the top down mostly not because I liked it but it made it a whole lot easier to get in and out of.

First, the MGB is the bigger convertible, the MG midget is the tiny one.
Then you have the GT which is the hard top coupe.
And yes even the MGB is small but it was fine with me at 5' 11" 170lbs, but it was much better with the top down

 

[tarussell]

First, the MGB is the bigger convertible, the MG midget is the tiny one.
Then you have the GT which is the hard top coupe.
And yes even the MGB is small but it was fine with me at 5' 11" 170lbs, but it was much better with the top down

I’d would’ve never made it in a regular MG then!

It had a motor out of a 69 MG of some sort with dual Webbers on it - it wasn’t what I would call quick but if ya rev’d it high enough while running through the gears it was kinda fun.

 

[nvrenuf]

My uncle has 2 MG’s, a later model Midget convertible and an MGB GT coupe, both are in excellent condition. He’s had the coupe since he was in college, he’ll be 70 this year.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Gonna be honest - not what I pictured when I heard the song.

 

[shady]

I had a couple of those with the idea of doing a hotrod Lincoln.
Then realized that the 4.6 engine is a great long lasting one, but a MF to actually work on/modify.
Maybe an LS swap...

 

[tarussell]

Really nice 65 Goat - sounded great too!

 

[nvrenuf]

An “interesting” Ford I saw at lunch.

 

[tarussell]

An “interesting” Ford I saw at lunch.

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Did it have the name Frankenstein on the plates - that’s an odd combo of drivetrain parts right there.

 

[Wes Harden]

Bump sudes never had an extended cap. There were a few crew cabs, I think those were gov contract so not many surviving

 

[nvrenuf]

I’m guessing it was a Chevy duramax chassis based on the front suspension and how much frame you can see. It had a big dia exhaust turn down at the back of the cab

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Coil springs in the front and 6 lug. Not a Duramax.

 

[nvrenuf]

Yeah, I missed the 6 lug part. Since there’s so much frame showing I thought it might be an HD chassis and missed the lugs. I guess it’s just a body swap onto a C1500 of some kind (I don’t remember seeing CV shafts).

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Could be a Ford chassis. The F150 went 6 lug 20 years ago.

 

[nvrenuf]

Could be a Ford chassis. The F150 went 6 lug 20 years ago.

Sounds legit. I was confused by the lack of “ears” on the bottom of what I expected to be a 10 bolt (with my GM chassis theory).

 

[ktmoutfront]

Parking lot at Home Depot was almost empty. This guy's parks right in front of Eileen's car.
It was a nice original looking truck.

 

[tarussell]

Parking lot at Home Depot was almost empty. This guy's parks right in front of Eileen's car.
It was a nice original looking truck.

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Maybe he wanted to class up his truck by parking close to da’ Vette.

 

[70jimmy]

Not a bad bullnose.

 

[bigjbear]

Don’t think it was a Chevy. Had ‘39 plates on it. I-285 around ATL.