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I'm not a big fan of these creations, but whatever floats your boat. I guess building one of these things keeps people busy and out of the streets. I would rather have the yellow/black on in post #22. They made the cab buy cutting the back off of a President/Commander sedan and welding on a cab back panel. They sectioned the rear fenders to fit a custom-made box. The box sides were relatively expensive compared to the Big Three practice of using straight box sides instead of stampings. I wondered why they would stamp the box and cut the fenders instead of using a straight side box and modifying the fender dies until I got a good look at them. The box sides are identical, so one die to make. Each fender would have had to have a separate die.
OK enough truck history.
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