Am I H.A.M.B. Material?

Word on the street is that you kats run a tight ship here, and I respect that. I've been on plenty of vintage bike forums that devolved into foodfights when run otherwise.

I am charmed with a semi-rustfree '60 Ford Courier two-door wagon, which I aim to make into a hiboy gasser. I envision some period-correct pieces to the mid-sixties, but I'm not a purist and that high-school shop class hood scoop from '2 Lane Blacktop' has caught my eye.

Drivetrain is undecided, but an 80's 5.0 dressed-out as a 289 is on the short list and I am in the concept phase of using original bias-ply rubber.

Since it's neither rod nor custom, am I H.A.M.B. material?

 

Sounds good.
Just don't open the hood.

 

You need to study more. There are gasser threads about real gassers you might find educational.

My gut tells me you want to build the current jacked up fad thing that is called 'gasser.' They are not, but anyway...

 

That is not gasser material in any way, shape, or form. But there are a lot of people here who will swoon over it, so you will probably fit right in.

 

Welcome to the HAMB, looks like a nice solid car to start with. I can see it the other way, slammed, and used as a daily driver. Bob

 

Lots of people that like wagons here, lots like gassers, probably should pick one. In that yard was a lot of cars that would be a better gasser. Some would be sought after that I see.

 

The first step would be to tell us just who you are..where you live and shit like that...You are not supposed to introduce your car,BUY YOURSELF

 

anybody with a yard like that, is hamb material.

 

Thanks Guys!

Technically, as a Courier, it’s a Sedan Delivery, not a Wagon. You heard me. In ‘59 & ‘60 Ford Deliveries had glass. That alone grandfathers me into Gasser territory. With no power options, spartan interiors and low resale, Sedan Deliveries were part of the Gasser scene from the getgo.

The ‘jacked-up’ fad I’m going for was popular from ‘55 to ‘70 and I’ll wager my Delivery weighs less than the B/Gas Galaxie sporting that look in this old-timey foto.

That’s not my boneyard in the background, It’s dood I bought it from, and he’s just as colorful as his collection.

I’m 58, live in East Troy, WI and am a former class-winning motorcycle roadracer on a bike I built from scratch. I own a couple of other cool cars made after 2000 and about twenty old Kawasaki’s, but will remain silent on them around these parts. The other foto is of my first Tri-Five which I got when I was 15. In my formative years, I had three of them and a like amount of ‘64 Galaxies, then came the Mustangs...Like twenty of them.

I haven’t owned an old American car in thirty years as I was detoured by motorcycles and Japanese cars. In my three-year search for the Courier I wanted to replicate the time before the BBC and Mustang, but it was best summed up by dood selling a ‘62 Catalina, who called it ‘pre-GTO performance.’ Before the Goat, Stang & Rat, life-size cars were staples in the lower Gas classes.

If you think all Gassers were Willys' & 55 Chevies, you need to look past the covers of those old Hot Rod Magazines at the race results.