I have been thinking an s-10 pickup has everything a hotrodder could want,good brakes,stick or auto,bolts right in,v-8 bolts right in,air,cruise ,tilt,they are a dime a dozen,modern day model T,I did some searching and found lots of people thinking the same,my idea was move cab and motor back for better weight distribution,shorten box or build new short,narrow box, I could easily meet that $3000 goal people keep talking about. Has anyone done this and does anyone have a pic of one,the only reason I can see for not doing it is might be ugly but it would be fast,light,cheap,my definition of a hot rod. I would bet when people started pulling "unneccessary parts" fenders,hoods,bumpers,ect. off of 20's and30's cars to make hot rods, "citizens" probably thought they were ugly too