All over the map with this truck, just use it to kill time. It's made up of cheap cl***ified site parts mixed in with left overs and give aways. I'm into it for under a grand just needing some decent front tires to make it a roller. The pics consist of making the front kicks, then the frame. adding 6" to the body and bracing it up. engine mounts from a set of 37 wishbones. First ***embly of the front suspension. Mystery to me front wishbones, quarter elliptical front suspension inside the frame and some wide 5's. dash is a swap meet item that was labeled '38 ford. I will update as I hurt myself, like I did this evening. Burned all the skin of my middle finger wire wheeling a set of reversed Buick/Ford wheels for my '31.
Are you keeping the wide fives? If so **** Spadaro sells a nice adapter. Go for the turbo just watch the compression ratio and boost FE engines will ping on cheap gas. We had one with a water injection system on it that worked pretty well to deal the pinging
7 1/2 weeks from a bare frame to burning tire, got it ready just in time for an end of summer bbq saturday. besides having to change just about every steering component length, it works fairly well. upper steering arm is much to short.
doubt the turbo motor will stay, thinking y block with pipes sneaking out from the frame kick, full hood and take the rear "deck" off and have a nice modified.
Interesting build, I feel it would look nicer if the front frame kick-up was just out of sight in the cowl. Cool all the same. JW
Update new owner here, picking up where it was left off rebuilt and added rear brakes then built box and channel for the wood deck added wood added some firestones, got the windshield cut, and added headlights all for now!
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