Can it be done? build a complete car in 3 weeks?

Billetproof is june third and i think i just fucked my self for it.

Today i was fliping thru the local autotrader looking for a late model fixer upper to make some cash on to help fund the plymouth build. And of course i had to look at the "restoration autos" section and the very last add on the page read, "51 ford project car from kansas 500 obo"...

so i called on it right away and got his wife she said to call back later. So i did and set up a meeting time. drove the 50 miles out there and me and the ole lady were happy as hell we did.

The car is real clean in about 10,000 peices but real clean. and a big suprise for the deal was it comes with a 49 4 door parts car. the 4 door is rusted real bad but has tons of good parts for it.

So i looked em both over real good plus all the other goodies the guy had laying around. and said he has a deal. he asked if i had a trailer and when i said no but uhual does he said well hell the 49 is allready on my trailer why dont i bring em out to you. I asked what he wanted for that and he said nothing!!!!

So how much more kick ass can this guy get. get two cars for a killer price plus he is going to drive 200 miles round trip to bring them to me. Needless to say he will be getting kicked some xtra money and a case of beer for his troubles and i dont care if he wants it or not. its just good karma to do such a thing after he is willing to go out of his way.

So now that the story his told here are the plans...
3 weeks running driving car. but not just a car a Kustom one.
Body is allready unbolted so i figured hell my as well channel it then i wont have to mess with the suspension so much
And any kustom needs to be chopped right?
so i have three weeks to wire it put my xtra sbc and 700r4 in it redo the brakes/fuel lines. chop and channel and put it all back together.
I think it can be done. it will suck come three weeks from now when i can hardley walk or talk but it should be fun any way.

So im going to try like hell to do this and try to show most of it on here for you guys to see. Ill have my trusty beer consuming side kick fathack to make fun of me as i work so that may slow me down a bit but some one has to take the pictures right

I take deliviery on the cars saterday morning work will began as soon as there in the garage.

wish me luck!

 

Good luck, keep us posted.
Mick

 

i don't know which is better drag racing, street racing or racing to get a rod done for a big show...

....and the race is on!

 

Wow. I am in awe. Keep us posted!

Tucker

 

Hope you get it done!!! I want to see this car at billetproof!! I'm racing to get my '54 Link done for the same show. The 5-0 is bolted in, we'll be working on the wiring this weekend (hopefully fuel, and brake lines too!!) I'm not getting as crazy as you, but I'm still havin' fun!!!!!

Where was this car at?? I'm west of Adrian and east of hillsdale and I keep seein' more iron every day!!!! And I haven't even traveled the dirt roads yet!

 

Foose says it is done in 7 days.

 

well it was on a dirt road in south lyon. yea well see if i do it. im feeling preety good about it since i have all day every day to work on the car. and money from the herpie sale to fund it.

It will go on ebay right after billetproof so i can put the money from it into the plymouth.

 

You just need a camera crew, and a big fat guy with a dyed beard to keep you motovated!

 

Your insane !
I hope all of your elfs show up to work everyday......

 

Hopefully the mushroom people can give you some assistance in between their hectic schedule. Keep us posted

 

So my phone rings tonight, and there's this stranger on the other end babbling incoherently over a loud, buzz-bomb exhaust system about buying two shoebox Fords and how we're gonna get one done for Billetproof!

Then...his phone goes dead (or he saw a bunny), and I almost dismissed it as a crank call until I saw this thread!!!


Ha Ha Ha!! As head of the Elf's Local 101, I may just have to attend a meeting with this clown tomorrow over the whole thing!!!

 

yea turns out my cell phone dont work to good in bfe but alex thought it was funny as hell that i kept talking to you for like 5 min before i relized you were gone. u missed the best parts of the story haha

where is a bunny?

 

Ha Ha Ha...now THAT I beleive!!!!

 

Geez...I am just getting started on the 49' chevy...I can't even see having it anywhere near done in three weeks....

 

if I was able to get the '55 done in 6 days, when even YOU said it couldn't be done, then you can definitely do it in 3 weeks!

 

you sir, are a lunatic... but i LIKE that about you... must be a GMB thing cause i do that kinda shit myself from time to time.

best o luck... dont forget to write your weight on the wall of the shop so when you fall down among all the shit thats gonna be layin on the floor we know how much of it to pick up and keep as you

 

haha good point i hope i dont look like you did last year by the time this is all said and done

 

Hey fucker! Why's it gotta be like that?!?


and just when I was about to offer some help...

 

It's not like you have anything else to do

 

good luck! keep us posted

 

my point exactly...haha

Steve you looked beautifull last year in a havnt slept in 48 hours and just rode 50 miles with open headers and a 5.13 gear kinda way

 

3 weeks, dirty'll you'll piss it in ......

good luck man, i'm looking forward to this one.

 

*sniff sniff* I love you too Bryan!

Seriously fag, if you do need any help and I can scrape up a few minutes of spare time, I owe ya anyway...

 

3 weeks? We built the world famous 9day car in 9 (that right) 9 days. It was in GG pro pick 2 times Indy and Columbus and on the louisville Nats Circle.Ain't that right Brandon? Time to wake up that 354 hemi again. What about it Brandon?
Jim

 

dude...Marshall built one in 3 days...the car is still on the road now...5 years later....

 

As long as you get it running good you me and 51merc can be the fenderless doorless hoodless custom jalopy hotrod club, I'm pushing this movment dammit!

 

your not gonna fuck up ANOTHER good old car are you??? i sincerely hope you learned something after fucking up that last chop job... if this deadline means cuttin corners and doing things half assed i think you'd be better off taking your time. i suggest taking as much time as is necessary to do the job RIGHT. thats all i'm trying to say. it is certainly possible to do it in 3 weeks but will the results be worth it???

i know i'm sounding like the worlds biggest asshole right now and i don't care. i also know your going to do it regardless of what i say but i seriously hope you prove me wrong and it does'nt look like some hacked up POS come BilletProof. Don't just prove you can do it, prove you can do it RIGHT.

good luck. i mean that.

 

...i'll even come out and help if i can find some free time.

 

Maybe you better get a HAMB Chop together. Or a HAMB Thrash or whatever. I bet you'd get a big turn out.

 

whats the problem? boyd does it all the time.

-danny