LC_Hamma said:
I was thinking <snip>........ Tell me what y'all think:
Well. I, for one, do not realy care for the modern look of current SUVs. I prefer the olden look. Square, boxy, utilitarian. If it's not needed, cut it off. Form follows function, as the FK often states. The flat fender jeeps, early broncos/blazers, Willeys, Scouts. The 25s and 45s. Our illustrious predecessor, the 45LV. All had the "look", but without trying to have the "look". It's like being cool without trying to be cool. They had the 'Look' only because that's what they "were".
Fortunately, as Pigowners, we happen to have one of the few remaining examples of this early Hybrid. A vehicle that can travel on the street and on an extremely difficult trail. One of the finest off-road capable rigs that is (usually) street-legal.
That is the look that those automotive doofuses are trying to foist on the automotive public by gluing fender flares with fake attachment hardware molded in to ordinary SUVs (there's nothing "sporty" about a Pig. Or a Sherman tank). Usually accompanied by big decals-"4X4, "OFFROAD" etc...
Dude; a Pig, just being a Pig, already says offroad. Everybody who's anybody knows it's a 4x4. No need to gussy it up. The more you make your Pig trail ready, the more it looks trail ready. Can't help it. Add a little lift, some bigger meat, lose the shiny wheels, trim some fender, add a dent, don't ever wash the outside of it and you've got a killer lookin' rig. A rig that looks like it can go anywhere because it can go anywhere. A rig that routinely turns heads.
Is that what you're lookin' for, Bucko? It's almost easy, all you gotta do is be true to the design, the intent, the spirit of the Pig. Everything will take care of itself.
Ask me how I know.
If I had a Pig that didnt have a good body, I would be cutting. Hell I would to my 60 if my wife would let me 
that "look" spoken of is timeless and is the essence of swine!
