Hot Rods Do you seem to keep building one make & model?

Wow! What a collection, I like em all, Im generally a GM guy for the most part but something about your Tbird and 63 fords style speaks to me making those two my favorites when just looking
....A 55 chevy has always been my weakness

 

Thanks @lowbudget. Fun to build, fun to drive.

 

just gotta be square, I like early style bodies, mostly Chrysler-dodge stuff, tends to be overbuilt at the factory, easier to modify. ALWAYS stuff a small block chevy in them, in my part of the world, parts availability in remote areas is a concern, every farmer has chev stuff sitting around.

 

Yeah I am always drawn to the same cars, but partly to how i grew up as well working on cars with my grandfather. Lots of 33/34 Ford, Tri Five Chevy's, 67-69 Camaro's and 67-72 C10's. We both will get the bright idea for something out of the norm, but a good deal on one of the previously mentioned and we fall right back into it, lol. Its why there are currently two tri fives and two C10 in the garage right now.

 

Naa at this stage of life its all I can do to keep these two running in some semblance of fast and reliable......

 

My dad was a 6 cylinder 3 speed Chevrolet guy and we never got along so when I started wrenching and driving it was something other than what he liked.
I started with Ford's just to piss him off. Then the parts got real expensive for FE stuff so I went to big block Chevrolet. Then I drove and raced both small block and big block Chevies for years until the cost of Ford parts started to become more realistic.
I like little English cars with small block fords, but now I am going back to my roots.
I am in the middle of a 65 Comet wagon build with a stroker Windsor,, but I have my eye out for an FE to put in it.

 

You know me I'm working my way through my bucket list

I traded the Tbird for a 1940 sedan last week.

 

What happened to the vette? HRP

 

I have the "I Want One Of Each" mentality, so NO I don't always build the same ones!

The older I get, the more I like the oddball stuff.

Currently : 4 Pontiacs
3 AMCs
2 Jags
1 Cad
1 Chevy

Lately the 57-60 Desoto/Chryslers have been on my mind!

God Bless
Bill
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

I'd have to say that I belong to that group who redo the same one time and time over.
I had a 51 Merc for over 30 years that I most likely would still have if a guy with more money than sense caught me at a time when I was in serous need of cash. He did put a fortune in the car and as far as I know still has it tucked away in it's climate controlled garage.
I've had several 67/70 Chevy pickups go though my hands over the past 48 years and have a 71 that is a project.
Right now the projects are the 48 Chev pickup, the 28 or so Chevy frame with mish mash boat tail roadster body and Chevy grill. 31 Ford Victoria with a flathead waiting to go in it and a couple of running and driving off topic projects. No real brand or model tradition a**** them though.
I'd say that sticking with the same Brand, year and basic model has a lot of merit though. Think about it, ask a question on a specific year and model that actually pertains to that year and model and your best answers come from the guys who have done several of them. It's a lot easier to work on what you are used to than starting all over every time with something totally different.
My want to build or have to drive list includes a real variety of rigs though. The "I've always wanted" listed is rather long and far too long for a guy 73 years old. who doesn't have seriously deep pockets.

 

I gave it to my son.

 

Holy Cow, you want to adopt me? HRP

 

Hello,

When I first bought the Flathead powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery, I had no idea that in my 20s, I would buy a fixer upper 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery again. This time it had a 327 not a Flathead. But, it took a while to fix what needed to fix in order for it to be a road worthy, smooth functioning and handling sedan delivery. For someone who likes cars and hot rods, this 2nd purchase of another sedan delivery was a lot more fun. It was fun, because it had more horsepower, the interior was finished, but still needed the mechanics to get it right.

My then wife said she liked driving the sedan delivery, once the bugs got fixed and parts replaced. The sedan delivery is one of the only models that had a sedan delivery flat side panel, not a sheet metal covered rear side window. That smooth panel was one thing that was nice about our two sedan deliveries. But, it was also the doomsday item that made us not look at other sedan deliveries when we were ready to get another hot rod to repair and make usable for both of us. That dreaded rear right side blind spot was too much for both of us day or night. A large truck mirror may have helped, but the stock look would have been awful.
@themoose did an insert to show what it could look like for a 1940 Ford Station Wagon based on the Sedan Delivery style and body.

I tried a modification with some windows in a Red Ford Sedan Delivery to see if it would look like the old sedan delivery we once owned. I even drew a chopped version to see if it would look good.

From a standard sedan delivery with windows:

To a chopped sedan delivery and then adding rear windows to make it a station wagon

We would probably be run out of town from the purists for such a modification, but that would be the only way to get back into the 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery hot rod, aka, station wagon version. Now, that the blind spot would be eliminated, even my wife would like to drive that cool, old sedan delivery once again, as a station wagon. The granddaughter would love to ride in the back seat with windows. The idea that we could not get our infant son in a certified, safety car seat somewhere in the original sedan delivery would be solved.

Jnaki

So, yes, early 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery hot rods are still in the picture for us old guys with some history still functioning. It is the overall look that makes it stand out a**** all of the other hot rods. Plus, one of the other reasons we sold the 327 sedan delivery was that we could not safely figure out the logistics of adding a baby/toddler car seat in the back empty chamber. We did have a light, but that was not the main thought for safety. With a sedan delivery size hot rod with windows, at least there would be a rear seat and then the seat belts/harnesses could be adapted for a safety baby/toddler car seat.

 

At an early age I somehow became a Chevy fan. While I have had other kinds they have not always been real keepers. Around 1970 I bought a 38 Chevy Coupe that I had great plans for. I then decided to get married and buy a house so I sold the 38 to my Brother. We both bought and sold some 50's and 60's cars and eventually built up a little extra cash to feed our habit. Along came another opportunity to buy a Chevy Coupe. This one was a 37 and gave me and my Brother an opportunity to build our cars together. As our Families grew we both moved on to Sedans, his always being a 38 and mine a 37. Throughout the years there often seemed to be a project under construction. Many of mine were more 37 Chevy Coupes, Sedans, a Sedan Delivery, A Panel Truck and a few Pickup trucks. So I guess my first choice has mostly been my major attraction to the Harley Earl design of a 37 Chevy. The 37 Chopped Sedan I currently have was a Family designed build I did in the late 80's. When my kids turned 17 they each got to drive the car. I sold the car in 2000 and later found it and bought it back in 2010. My Son in Michigan now owns a Custom 37 Chevy Kingcab Pickup that I built in the 90's. Other favorites have be the two 58 Chevy's, my current 56 Custom ElCamino and some non traditional ones like my unfinished 66 Malibu 2dr Nomad Wagon conversion and the several Camaro's I have owned.

 

3 Cords, 1 Graham Hollywood, 53 Buick Skylark, 3 66 Toronados, chopped channeled and sectioned 30/40 Merc convertible, 34 Ford roadster, all the same "COOL".

 

Wow ! If I ever decide to commit suicide, I'll surely look up your post to help me along ! LOL, kind of.

 

Wow ! I will surely practice social distancing if we meet ! ! LOL !

 

Suddenly you realized how much money you could've saved by taking up Crack habit... Lol..

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I have always enjoyed your comments. A bit of ********, more humor, and always very informative. I attend every Lonestar Roundup in Austin and would love to be able to meet all the HAMB'ers who post regularly including the ones from here. The meetings set up by Ryan at the fairgrounds are too damn early for this old fart ! Maybe it will happen in Sept, or whenever. This includes your antagonist from Dallas !

 

Please let me contract the willys virus !

 

On a positive note, all that money I spent on hot rods was money my wife DIDN'T get to spend on MORE shoes and clothes.

 

LMAO Good point Gary. Could be the reason folks have been "social distancing" from me for years

 

I like the rut I'm in