I think that the height of your truck is great. This is the height that
Chevy should have done it originally. Love it.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joe Garcia
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 6:40 PM
To: Bill Bailey; Trucks
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] How low is too low?
Wow.......your truck doesn't look that low to me. Heck, they would
throw
me in jail......ha ha ha The other bad thing is once they get to know
you
and your truck they'll always be looking for ya!!!
You would think they would have their hands full ticketing all the
little
cars the kids drive with the ground effect kits that have to drive out
of
the parking lots at an angle to keep from scraping.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bailey" <billb1@mindspring.com>
To: "Trucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:33 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] How low is too low?
> I've been reading some of the comments concerning the down in the
weeds
> stance that some people prefer on their old truck and I thought I
would
> pass this along.
> Recently I have run into quite a bit of trouble in Virginia with the
state
> police ticketing for being "too low" it has happened to my truck and
to a
> truck of similar ride height that belongs to a friend of mine.
Interestingly
> enough both tickets came within a few hundred yards of on another.
> Apparently in the Commonwealth of Virginia the police have squashed
crime
to
> the point where all they have to deal with now are middle aged men in
the
> truck toys, hardened criminals that they be.
> I don't think my truck is all that low (you can see it on my website
below
> and judge for yourself) but apparently it doesn't meet the
requirements of
> some irrelevant law buried deep in the Virginia codebooks. Something
to
> consider when you're building a truck..who wants to be hassled by
trooper
> with nothing better to do everytime they take their truck out?
>
>
> =========================
> Bill Bailey
> Hagerstown, MD
> 1957 Chevrolet 1/2 ton
> http://members.tripod.com/~oltruck/
> billb1@mindspring.com
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