Art & Inspiration Before and after shots

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This is the pic when I got my car home back in 2017
The other pic is from summer 2023

 

my f1first photo from the mid 90's last photo from September

 

Hey Rusty, I’m really loving your AD Chevy, what are the details?

 

Truck doctor, sent you a pm...

 

Oh boy...here we go. I could probably fill a whole page, Unfortunately I wasn't much for taking pictures back then.
In my early days I didn't have much $, so I build some pretty "marginal" stuff. Subsequently, I would have to sell the current rod to finance the next build. As I look back, I can't believe how much energy I had.

$200 nice running '35 ford pickup with broken frame. Bought a "37 frame and transferred everything over. Drove it all through college.

 

Built this '31 coupe while in college. Ran out of money...sold it to buy college books.

 

Built a '48 Ford pickup, 302/C4 after college. Chopped it. Wife (to be) hated riding in it.

 

Picked up this $250 '51 Tudor X-drag car. Reinforced the frame and cut the roof off. 289/C4.

 

Bought this nice running/driving '56 Chevy for $300. Lots of metal work needed. 6cyl/3spd.

 

Solid old '53 Ford farm truck for $500. "Un-farmed" it...drove the wheels off it. 6cyl/3spd.

 

$125 nice running '63 Chev pickup. Lots of metal work. 283/pwrgld.

 

Older amateur restored '46 Ford Pickup for $1200. Rebuilt the 59ab/3spd. I even did a matching pedal car.

 

A friend of mine dragged this '41 Lincoln 3 window out of the woods...gave him $500 for it. Later GM frame (nothing left of original one) and about a years worth of metal work. 350/350. A guy from NYC offered stupid money...sold before I finished it.

 

Traded a roto-tiller for this '40 Ford pickup. No front sheetmetal so I adapted '37 passenger car. 302/C4.

 

$500 '39 Ford pickup. Hated that '39 grille...adapted a '36 pickup. 289/3+1 4spd.

 

Paid $2500 for this '54 Chevy Panel Deliv...an old hippy van. It was the Wife's grocery getter. 350/350.

 

Built this "phantom" Sedan Delivery from a '31 Slantwindow and a '32 tudor. 302/C6.

 

Traded the Sedan Deliv. to the late @Hamtown Al (RIP) for this '36 Cabriolet. During the "Covid break" had a chance to go through it. 302AOD.

 

Like I stated earlier, I never was one for takinga lot of pictures. Here's a few others I've had that either dont have a BEFORE or AFTER pic.

AFTER; My high school hot rod built in auto shop, '48 Chevy 283/3spd.

AFTER Bought this '58 Ranchero wrecked for $50. Replaced front sheet metal with '57 nose. 390/4spd.


BEFORE; A couple of Model T Depot Hacks I build for a buddy.


BEFORE; Bought this '32 Ford pickup for $1200...only owned for a week...couldn't resist a "quadruple your money" offer.

BEFORE; Picked up this Plymouth "coupster", but was just too ugly/odd to build.


BEFORE An $800 cobbled up '34 Fordor.
The Sedan was sacrificed to repair a buddy's wrecked '33 5 window. Sold the '26 Roadster to a HAMBer who finished it (can't remember his username).

AFTER; Picked up this '40 Plymouth in a trade...a 2 door sedan with no roof...so I built one.

 

jeez o pete....let's make a shorter list of all the cars @hotrodjack33 HASN'T owned.

 

Here's mine

 

LOL...the funny thing is, I probably forgot a few.

 

the day i rolled it off the trailer , and the day i took it for it's first ride .

 

I understand that there is nothing traditional about this. You can delete it or hate it if you are so inclined.

 

I like "Bobber" trucks...