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Old 02-02-2012, 11:15 PM   #31
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Problem is, if you fit a bigger engine, who's to say the steel they use will accomodate the same stress and load as the F150 is rated to take.

My money is on the thing warping like someone hit the lightspeed button.
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Hmm...how to say this tactfully...

Given the widely reported "quality" of Yank trucks in recent years, the Chinese one couldn't be much worse...
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Old 03-02-2012, 12:42 AM   #33
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China is LHD... so much for importing it here.
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Old 03-02-2012, 10:16 AM   #34
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China is LHD... so much for importing it here.
JAC are sending us that body with another front end, so it would simply be a matter of putting the 'F-150' front and rear clips on and away you go.
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Old 03-02-2012, 10:41 AM   #35
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JAC are sending us that body with another front end, so it would simply be a matter of putting the 'F-150' front and rear clips on and away you go.
you cant be serious....................
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Old 03-02-2012, 12:08 PM   #36
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Holy crap my soul just vomited, that thing is wrong!!!
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