Cargo Capacity Slightly Diminished, But Totally Worth It!

by Murilee Martin

Updated: March 8th, 2011 Published: January 11th, 2011

cargo capacity slightly diminished but totally worth it

Here’s a totally practical daily driver I spotted on the south side of Denver a while back.

My sources tell me that this Svenmeister Hardcore Kustoms creation, which appears to be a ’49 Ford pickup, was driven to the salt flats and back immediately after completion. Must have been a rough ride, but who cares?

The only disappointment about this fine machine is the small-block Chevy, though the cop-enragin’ straight pipes compensate somewhat. If ever a truck needed a Lincoln 462, this is it!

#1949Ford #CurbsideClassic #Custom #Customs #Denver #DownOnTheMileHighStreet #DownOnTheStreet #Ford #HotRod #RatRod #Truck #StreetRod

Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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Budda-Boom on Jan 12, 2011

You had me at "totally practical daily driver". Cool ride.

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Thomas Curt on Feb 26, 2011

Cliche yet?

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