Fake is Dumb

[StevenGuthmiller]

2 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

Of course, real wood station wagons took a lot of work to keep them looking good, so the fake stuff gives you the look without the hassle.

Maybe this is one piece of fakery that isn't so dumb after all.

Personally, I find very few of the referenced fakery "dumb".

It's all about style and what the consumer likes at the time.

 

I don't have any issues with fake scoops, simulated wood grain, etc.

Some of our most iconic cars have fake components that added a very nice styling touch.

 

The '58 Impala just wouldn't be the same without the front fender port holes and rear quarter and roof vents.

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Bucky]

We've had "leather grained" vinyl and plastic interior parts for a long time.

[gtx6970]

Im thinking the op was having a bad day and needed to vent about something,,,,just didn't matter as to what

[DukeE]

3 hours ago, gtx6970 said:

Im thinking the op was having a bad day and needed to vent about something,,,,just didn't matter as to what

LOL. As long as it was a REAL vent.

[StevenGuthmiller]

32 minutes ago, DukeE said:

LOL. As long as it was a REAL vent.

 

 

 

Steve

[iamsuperdan]

Personally, the fake stuff doesn't bother me much. It's all about style.

Additional vents, exhaust tips...it's all good.

 

And I love woodgrain wagons.

For some reason though, fake dash trim bugs me, and I can't explain why. I think there was just so much of it that looked so incredibly fake.

 

 

Forgot one. My old Ram truck had fake hood scoops on the Sport hood, and a fake intake in the lower front bumper. All just styling.

 

[Greg Myers]

[Greg Myers]

14 hours ago, gtx6970 said:

Im thinking the op was having a bad day and needed to vent about something,,,,just didn't matter as to what

By the way, the op's name is Greg Myers.?

[CapSat 6]

2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Forgot one. My old Ram truck had fake hood scoops on the Sport hood, and a fake intake in the lower front bumper. All just styling.

 

Well...the original Cuda's and Challengers had fake scoops in their twin scoop hoods, too...

I had a '74 Cuda with one of those hoods. The previous owners made those scoops real (meaning: they cut them out).

The only "real" benefits those "real" scoops had were:

1) they let copious amounts of water into the engine bay.

2) once, we were having a tuning session, and briefly ran the car without an air cleaner. We had a backfire out of the carb, which, hand to heart- shot flames out of the scoops.

That was one of maybe the 3 coolest things I have ever seen in my entire life!!!  

[espo]

5 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Personally, the fake stuff doesn't bother me much. It's all about style.

Additional vents, exhaust tips...it's all good.

 

And I love woodgrain wagons.

For some reason though, fake dash trim bugs me, and I can't explain why. I think there was just so much of it that looked so incredibly fake.

 

 

Forgot one. My old Ram truck had fake hood scoops on the Sport hood, and a fake intake in the lower front bumper. All just styling.

 

Very nice looking pick-up.  Dodge has after market kits in their parts department that would make that a ram air hood. They also offer a nice low back pressure exhaust system.  

[iamsuperdan]

3 hours ago, espo said:

Very nice looking pick-up.  Dodge has after market kits in their parts department that would make that a ram air hood. They also offer a nice low back pressure exhaust system.  

Thanks! The Ram Air Hood  kit doesn't do much for performance though, and the AFE intakes do the same job for less. I went with an MBRP exhaust on this one. Sounded killer! Replaced it with a Ram Rebel and did the same mods. Enjoyed that truck even more.