The "Beater" Truck Thread

[98sierra4x4]

Yes! I want to see those rusty crusty beater trucks. The ones that have been around the block once or twice. It doesn't have to be yours. It just has to have "character" or "patina".

I will start:

You must be registered for see images attach

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[98sierra4x4]

You must be registered for see images attach

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[thz71]

Yes! I want to see those rusty crusty beater trucks. The ones that have been around the block once or twice. It doesn't have to be yours. It just has to have "character" or "patina".

I will start:

You must be registered for see images attach

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey that's my truck! Lol

 

[98sierra4x4]

Hey that's my truck! Lol

Haha. I liked that pic. Whats the story on that fine piece of ****? Lol


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[thz71]

Haha. I liked that pic. Whats the story on that fine piece of ****? Lol


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's crushed into a rectangle lol. Just sold the trans out of it yesterday in fact

 

[21Actual]

Give me a few days. Building a wood flat deck for my beater/winter chev this weekend.

 

[PolarBear]

My 96 started as a beater....

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

Now, not so much of a beater...

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

 

[thz71]

You must be registered for see images

You must be registered for see images attach

 

[someotherguy]

Stuff that came into my lot that actually ran/drove:

Hard-hit in the cab, repaired, hit again, also repeat hit in the front clip:

You must be registered for see images attach

Every panel damaged, interior ragged, engine smoking, with nearly new MB's? Whatev:

You must be registered for see images attach

Yes it runs and drives!!! Yes that's trailer harness wire holding the hood shut!

You must be registered for see images attach

Goosneck rookie nightmare, Vortec big block/NV4500

You must be registered for see images attach

Ran like a freaking champ, was engine/trans/harness/etc. donor for my bud Rob's truck

You must be registered for see images attach

Richard

 

[someotherguy]

Some that they would have kept driving, if they could have:

300K+ miles, trans went out 3rd time, they said F it:

You must be registered for see images attach

Chocolate milk oil 4.3 V6, TH400, barely moving under its own power:

You must be registered for see images attach

Blew the trans up muddin' it, front was packed with mud...

You must be registered for see images attach

4L80E locked in forward regardless of which gear, including reverse

You must be registered for see images attach

Engine knocking, trans f'ed up, duke boys jumped so hard it bent the frame at the rear bump stops

You must be registered for see images attach

Smoking like a mosquito fogger, almost no compression left at all, but it would move...barely...

You must be registered for see images attach

They pulled the smashed hood and kept driving like this until the transmission went.

You must be registered for see images attach

Richard