Trucks: Urban Myth and Outback Express
Pod Name: urb_out.pod
Version: MTM2
Completed: 19 December 2000
[Textfile Updated 28 January 2003]

The utility or 'ute' (basically our version of the pickup) pretty much typifies the Aussie way of life. They are rugged, and deliver some of the comfort and handling of a sedan with the practicality of having a large truck bed.
I made these two trucks to demonstrate what could be done with my Falcon XF/XG ute body that I have packaged on my site for people to download, repaint and use as a basis for their own trucks. These were inspired by customised Falcon utes I have seen around my hometown, Bathurst. With these two trucks, I wanted to express the difference between the outback and the city, but use the same vehicle as the base. Bathurst is a unique a mix of outback town and bustling city - it's not a huge metropolis like Sydney, but nor is it just a small community like Lucknow.
Urban Myth represents one end of the scale - the city dweller, outfitted for urban cruising and showing off. It originally started out as a silver truck, inspired by a vehicle that lives in my end of town, but then I saw another with a gold paintjob, so I just had to repaint my version to be gold! It carries a number of fancy parts - side skirts, a deep front bumper with large air intakes and grille, a deep rear bumper, and a silver rollbar - just like the two vehicles it was inspired by. The wheels were made by me using parts from many different wheels - the three-spoke alloy wheel was taken from one set (basename 'old'), the Bridgestone tyre wall from another (basename 'blade') and they were all applied to a different .BIN model (basename 'Ab') to create my own custom wheels (basename 'myth'). A few  decals - Bridgestone, Ford, and of course the truck's name, Urban Myth - on the truck body, the addition of some custom-made exhaust pipes out the back, and that was it.
The other truck, Outback Express, was also inspired largely by a vehicle I saw in town. It represents the other end of the scale - the tireless outback workhorse, used for all the duties on a property. In such an environment, fancy front spoilers and deep side skirts would be ridiculous, so this truck carries only the no-nonsense additions. First off, there's the extra lights - two foglights on the bumper, and two driving lights and two floodlights on the rollbar. It is also fitted with a front bullbar to protect the vehicle in case of a collision with an animal such as a kangaroo. The wheels are just plain old grey steel - no sense in having expensive wheels in the sheep paddocks! It also has an assortment of decals applied to it, and finally, to give it that paddock basher feel, I have painted dried mud on the sides and rear of the truck.
I am very pleased with these two trucks, as the theme for each really shines through and they complement one another perfectly.

THANKS:
Frame: Garret Lockhart

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That's about all... have fun with this!

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