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With any type of project, shop, or show truck there's tons of modifications that can be performed, but for those who wish to grab the attention of the crowd, you have to do your homework! To build an wicked hauler, first you need to think it up and then put it on paper. Once you have a plan it is time to work for that much needed attention on the show fields. Keeping in mind you ride will be among thousands of other show vehicles!
One such way to get anyone to stop at your truck and move in for a closer detailed look, is to change the front end. Its a common trick now days for a truck owner to swap out the front end for a Caddy clip on a Chevy pickup or suburban. That's one of the first ways to really get those shudders to release on your ride. Of course, to some owners, a front clip swap is child's play! Some really hard core enthusiasts will even modify or swap out the rear of a truck for either an older or newer look. For instance, some owners of 1970's and early 1980's trucks have swapped out their stock rear ends for an updated 1990's back end.
But why stop there? Other owners want to keep the locals guessing by shaving the entire body clean of its former self. They will even go so far as to swap names and slap on a newer front end with all of its badging to make you think its a different type of truck!
The newer and older truck trends are becoming endless. Now it is very common for a front end swap out so enthusiasts are starting to take it to the next level when it comes to front end swaps. Now, here's something that caught my eye a while back in a few magazines as well as here on ESM, the front end swap of a Chevy S-10 with a Trailblazer front clip. Not real new, but I haven't exactly seen tons of these swaps... as of yet. I am sure that trend will become more popular such as the GMC Envoy front end swaps have become. In a past issue of ESM we featured Joe Schmelzer's S-10 that had such a swap and damn did it look good! Hats off to the skilled hands of Jason Bullock and company for pulling it off!
So here we're approaching the new 2005 year and we are all wondering what's gonna be the newest and coolest front end swap, or newer way to grab attention on the show fields that seem to be flooded with popular truck trends. If SEMA, this past year, is any indication of what is to come, we are in for a very good year!
Until next time... keep on Kruisin'!
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