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Recently updated on February 23, 2022 at 11:04 am
You love him or you hate him, the Rat look! Older vehicles, which are the exact opposite of oldies that you get to see in the glossy magazines and that look as if they were freshly recovered from the junkyard, are currently booming. However, this is not a real patina, it is one artificially produced rust arbor lookwhich comes about because the sheet metal of the vehicle is specially processed. But in this case there is even a real patina that adorns the Chevrolet 3100 pickup. It was not artificially processed, because only the ravages of time formed the unmistakable structure that has attacked the entire body today. Of the "Dirtybird“Called truck, which got its unusual nickname from a bird's nest in the roof, which is still in the same place today.
Untreated, original Oldti truck!
It will soon be auctioned at Mecum in Kissimmee, Florida. The auction starts in January, but there is officially no expected auction price to be achieved. So it will be a big surprise what proceeds the extraordinary pickup with the bird's nest in the roof will bring to the auction house at the end of the day.
Ironed smooth and modernized can anyone in the age of Restomods be, but this truck shows the courage to be ugly, and with it a certain strength of character that many high-gloss classics lack. Once you've looked at the patina and decided to love or hate it, you become it 19-inch chrome rims from ESR with BFG Sport Comp 2 tires catch sight of. They look very sporty with their double-spoke look, but do not match the vehicle at all. You would rather expect it on a new BMW or VW, but not on a patina-laden truck from 1951.
The body was lowered, and the monster that slumbers under the hood is allowed to use its exhaust gases sidepipes to blow out into the world. The ladder frame is still original, but modern things like that held it up front suspension of a Mustang II, a double adjustable Viking coilover kit, or one Multilink rear axle, Moving into the truck. In addition, there are now four Disc brakes with EBC coverings for adequate deceleration values, and bring the load to a safe stop even from high speeds.
It's sporty in the cockpit!
You may not believe it at first, but with the classic bird nest and Patina look fine Interior sporty too. After getting started, you record Racing bucket seats Place, is by SFI-Racing harnesses lashed, and when you look over the shoulder you can see a roll cage, which is supposed to provide more rigidity and stability. Other safety features, about which we are unfortunately not aware, should also be in the truck.
LS-1 engine with a displacement of 5,7 liters
The Suction gasoline, which makes fire under the bum of the old warrior, is normally installed in much modern performance models from Chevrolet. Coupled to a Six-speed manual transmission (T56), he only drives that Rear wheels at. Unfortunately, we don't know anything about the exact performance data, but there should be more than enough power.
Our Conclusion for the Chevrolet 3100 Pickup from 1951:
To be honest, we would have liked to have made it a little more stylish and spruced it up, but tastes are different. If you like the patina look, you are welcome to click on the picture gallery that we have added to the post. If we get more information about the changes, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply use ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!
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