no one died and made me anything i'm just saying the facts. i didn't start this thread or this debate .it was here before me and it will be here after.everyone likes what they like and there's nothing wrong with that.i never said i hate bobbed deuces just that i would do it different .maybe i would do one in a 4x4 if i was gonna make a plow truck out of it. but i just think there are several different ways to do things.
if a guy came into the shop i work at and said he wanted us to make his car faster,handle better and stop better . he would be pulling his car out of there as soon as i said lets cut it down and make it shorter .rather than put a motor with more power in and add some better shocks and brakes. . it's your truck and your opinion that's cool this will go on forever . maybe we should have a different forum for bobbed deuces .maybe they should be in the CUCV forum .this would end a lot of the tension between the 6x6 and 4x4 guys
I agree that everyone is entitled to their opinion, what I do not agree with is the way that some people express said opinion.
I think constructive criticism is a good thing, like if you see something that is not safe and you bring it to the persons attention. Or even a little teasing like if someone paints their truck purple. But to just basically say that something is stupid and if you do it you are stupid... well, can't really see how that could be a good thing.
Cutting a car down is just silly. The best comparison is chopping a motorcycle or cutting up a truck to make a ratrod (which handle worse, drive worse, etc). But a bobbed deuce actually steers better, brakes better, and if you run the bigger tires as most people do with a bobbed deuce, it rides better on the radials and drives faster. You also drop 5k lbs so the truck is quicker accelerating and gets better fuel mileage (I know, I know, your truck gets 15mpgblahblahblah, but it would get better if you dropped 5k lbs and lost the friction of the other tires), easier to maneuver around parking lots, on and on and on.
I LOVE 6 wheeled deuces, and I LOVE bobbed deuces. To me it's apples and oranges. They are different. To me it's like comparing a Jeep Wrangler to a Ford F350. Two different things.
Also, as you know, this is the DEUCE MODIFICATION AND HOT RODDING forum. If you look up "Hot Rodded and Modified Deuce" in the Webster Dictionary you will see a bobbed deuce sitting on 395's (what would you put as the picture, a stock deuce with bigger tires and a muffler?). Bobbers are the essence of modifying and rodding... are they not?
Not even sure what to say about the CUCV comment... just shaking head.
Last but not least, IT IS MY TRUCK, I PAID FOR IT.