Well I was at a friend's body shop one night drinking a few brews. I found an old color chip book and was looking for something gold and I found a chip named Goddess Gold. That did it for me.
Posted these on another "Before and After" thread a while back. 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. 1972 $200 nice running '35 ford pickup with broken frame. Bought a "36 frame and transferred everything over. Took about a month and a half. Drove it all through college.
Early 1980s. Bought this nice running/driving '56 Chevy for $300. Lots of metal work needed. 6cyl/3spd.
1980s. Solid old '53 Ford farm truck for $300. "Un-farmed" it...heavy 390 C6 gave it a nice rake...drove the wheels off it.
1990s. Older amateur restored '46 Ford Pickup for $1200. Rebuilt the 59ab/3spd. I even did a matching pedal car.
Mid 1990s. 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.
Early 2000s.Traded a roto-tiller for this '40 Ford pickup. No front sheetmetal so I adapted '37 passenger car. 302/C4.
2005. Paid $2500 for this '54 Chevy Panel Deliv...an old hippy van. It ended up being the Wife's grocery getter. 350/350.
2019. Traded the above Sedan Deliv. to the late @Hamtown Al (RIP) for this '36 Cabriolet. During the "Covid break" had a chance to go through it. 302AOD.
As I stated earlier, I never was one for taking a lot of pictures. Here's a few others I've had that either don't 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 when I had the Cabinet Shop. 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.
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