Mecum Machines: Custom COE Coolness

Jeff Glucker

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We love cab over engine trucks. This one isn’t quite as cool as the one in our marketplace, what with the modern bed out back.
Still, it’s a brutish looking beast up front, and it’s got a 454 sitting right below your ass.

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Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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13 responses to “Mecum Machines: Custom COE Coolness”

  1. danleym Avatar
    danleym

    The cab looks good, but putting a modern bed on an older pickup ruins it everytime.

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    1. LTDScott Avatar
      LTDScott

      Seriously. I've seen this before on lots of old trucks. I don't get it, there are plenty of older step side beds to choose from.

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    2. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      A mechanic at the Audi dealership next door to my office drives an old Ranger with a late-model Flairside/stepside bed. Ruins both, in my view.

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      1. papamarc Avatar
        papamarc

        Your dad would like to have a truck.

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        1. MVEilenstein Avatar
          MVEilenstein

          Your son has one he'll sell you cheap. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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    3. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      And the bed is mounted too low; it doesn't meet the height of the cab.

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      1. OA5599 Avatar
        OA5599

        I would have gone the other direction and lowered the bed to the height of the front fenders. It makes the truck a lot easier to load.
        I always wonder if the guys who buy CXTs thought those 5 foot high floors would be good for Harley hauling.
        <img src="http://www.dfwdriveyourdream.com/events/images/full/65.jpg"&gt;

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  2. Sting shift Avatar
    Sting shift

    I thought that Mecum required all hotrods to have 350s.

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    1. Stigshift Avatar
      Stigshift

      Damn borrowed iPad! – stigshift

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      1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
        Jeff Glucker

        ha… yes, a shit load of 350s here.

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  3. jarque Avatar
    jarque

    <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-io4g6i-S6Eo/UFUo7jk17hI/AAAAAAAACEs/–kzG5DuNEM/s871/IMG_2810.JPG&quot; width="600">
    <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Nl8oVLmQWVo/UFUo1kODKZI/AAAAAAAACEI/SAy4533Dm54/s1307/IMG_2807.JPG&quot; width="600">
    <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4BMcuFaPkks/UFUo3PHgcxI/AAAAAAAACEY/a1OEhVfyCJ8/s1307/IMG_2808.JPG&quot; width="600">
    I like this one better.

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  4. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    Poor Jeff. He posts something he thinks is cool, and we rip it to shreds. We're so mean.

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  5. Garland Avatar
    Garland

    I love COEs, but the bed ruins this one for me.
    Modern beds don't always look bad, but they definitely do if there's no attempt made to try blending the body lines.

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