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Offline Engineer

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Have you noticed?
« on: November 01, 2015, 08:59:49 am »
There have been some really nice square body trucks in TV advertising lately.

Lifted 4x4s that are really nice looking. Two of Larry the Cable Guy's Prilosec OTC commercials contain three different square body trucks. These are recent commercials not 30 year old advertising. :)

Larry doing donuts: (my personal favorite)
http://youtu.be/-mYP7eiz5Co
If you look closely at the interior shots you will see the dash pad is cracked.

Larry playing with a slingshot:
http://youtu.be/r_s8fmGxuXg

NAPA commercial with guy digging a pool for his neighbors:
http://youtu.be/BJNnNhJ6BwQ

Brett Favre hocking Wrangler jeans:
http://youtu.be/IBk3HgVoBMg
Oddly there are multiple Wrangler commercials with Farve that are exactly identical to the others but if you look you'll notice the red truck is not always a Chevy but brand X.
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2015, 09:05:19 am »
I've noticed those too. 

As I recall, Wrangler has also had several magazine adverts with a GM truck
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2015, 03:55:29 pm »
I have noticed more and more square bodies showing up on TV.
Maybe one day your monster truck will show up on a commercial.

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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2015, 04:10:44 pm »
I have been noticing these pop up at random lately too, and to tell you the truth, there ain't a darn thing wrong with it! I love it!
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2015, 11:31:42 pm »
I saw a nice Blazer parked on the street in front of the butcher shop in the last episode of Fargo.
It's been a LONG time since I have been called a newbie. Just sayin....

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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2015, 11:34:16 pm »
i want to say larry was driving an old chevy in one of his movies also. even around where i live i had the only crew cab i could find. now i see one at least every other day lol. but mine still stands out from the rest with the tommy gate
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2015, 01:41:54 am »
And the knock from the I6 probably gives yours away too lol.
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2015, 07:16:46 am »
knock no exhaust and sometimes smoke lol
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2015, 12:00:40 pm »
I ment the normal noise that Cummins make while running, that noise is not normally associated with a square.
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2015, 01:40:25 pm »
yeah. you can see the gear heads turning when they hear the knock. others just think its a diesle but some can tell me what motor it is
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2015, 07:55:36 pm »
Yea I figured.
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2015, 09:31:49 pm »
Then you have this guy. Hes a local with what appears 44s and 4" lift and a 4cylinder Cummins nv4500
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2015, 03:27:44 am »
I had a buddy in high school, 2 years younger than me, he built a rat rod ford pickup with a super short bed, chop top, super low, big tires and put a Cummins 4 cylinder in it. I don't know much about Cummins but I think he called it a 4BT, that sound right? He turned the injection pump up a little and that thing had great power, got up and went great, made alot of noise and had a turbo on it. The exhuast dumped right out the right side of the truck from a big exhuast tip. I wonder if I still have pics of that thing....
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2015, 07:06:11 am »
4bt is right for the 4 cylinder or 3.9 the 6bt is the 6 cylinder and is the 5.9 or 360 (but thats gets confused with dodges v8 360)
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Re: Have you noticed?
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2015, 08:50:26 am »
I wonder if I still have pics of that thing....

id love to see it
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