How did your first project turn out? Pics? Im searching for a t coupe for the right price and when i find it, it will be my first project. Any tips for a new guy and or things to keep in mind? thanks kyle
Tips: Measure measure. dont buy cheap stuff just **** it up and pay the extra 10 dollars for the good drill bit, chop saw blades etc. Buy what you want to put on the car dont listen to other people and there ideas UNLESS they are safety and actual good ideas. AND FINALLY DONT BE SCARED TO DO ANYTHING JUST THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pothole is right. Buy good stuff, do what you want, and enjoy it. I try and envision what i want to accomplish, and rarily stray from my plan, except when i can't get the original plan to work just right! I read another of your posts, where you mentioned you were under 18. It's good to have you on here, and you probably learned from the other post that there are some ***holes here! But most everyone, even us ***holes, will try and help.
do some research on what your looking for and have a idea of what you want and what it will take to get it were youwant it. you get what you pay for and parts add up fast.
A model t coupe once you find one. Can be built fairly cheap and safe. If you stay away from the glitter. You're on the right board, with a vast information network. Just choose your words carefully when posting. and be a little thick skinned. And I feel you will achieve your dream. Good luck...ghost steel wheels 250 inline six cylinder mild chop, or not auto or standard good junk yard seating
this is my first project. I am 24 and i started this when i was 23. You will get some **** from the older guys on your build sometimes. but just remind them that they did stuff when they were younger that the old timers didnt like. Then they will get that little smile and agree with you. Just have respect for everyone. But this a pic of my car and i started out with not knowing anything to knowing quite a bit so take your time.
this was my first "project" at 16.. didnt run.. did the basics, but never got around to the stance i wanted! shouldve kept it
Ya i've heard to measure many times over * i agree*, but how hard is it to chop a body? for new parts i figured a new front end but maybe a camaro rear and a boxed a frame as i've been told would fit. BTW nice sedan pothole Thanks for all the replys, Kyle
first project.29 Ford RPU(fibergl***). Wait for a steel body. I thought I would get out cheaper with fibergl*** but in the long run it cost about the same and was not worth a hoot when finished. Blame it on a lack of knowledge and a lack of HAMB.There is a lot to be said for a steel body. It has soul. Good luck and post pics.
My first project was my '51 Chevy 1/2 ton. My Dad and I swapped to a later model I6 and a good friend painted it black for me. That was in 1976. I still have it... Here's a pic... I forgot I have the same pic as my avatar...
I like the color on the truck, you ever actually used it to haul stuff. i saw a guy who plowed with his haha
Do each step right the first time. Frame off, clean as a pin to start with. Because there's always enough time to do it over. A couple of guys have already talked about picking a project and having a plan. ................... ......... I guess my first project was painting our Model A that we got from our grandpa in about 1950. Painted it tu-tone blue with a brush and put 15" steelies and fender skirts on it. Used a brush made of "China Hair". Shined great and you couldn't tell it was done with a brush. Those brushes cost 5 bucks then, more than all of the paint did. Now a good brush costs near a hundred. Took the skirts off fixing flats and never had time to put them back on, was having too much fun driving it into the ground, wearing it out..................
Well, I guess my "first" project would be my '57 Buick. I bought it two years ago. I have a lot of hours in it. I don't think it'll ever see the road, at least not with me in the driver's seat. It's too big of a project for a kid like me. I want to do it right, and I don't have the means, but I have too much p***ion to take the easy road. The car is just too nice to throw together. I'm thinking about selling it, actually. Then I have the '63. Technically it's my second project, but it's the first one I've driven on the road or anything, so it feels more like the first. You know what I mean? It's like when you're a kid, and you have a girlfriend, but you don't ever do anything with her... and then you get a real girlfriend... Well yeah, it's kind of like that.
Kyle , If we knew what you have in mind we can help you find the parts and offer the best help in getting your project going . I am sure someone out there might have something you want at the right price . We can help ! There are also some great books and DVD's that can really help you with your project too .
Finished mine before digital cameras hit, so i'll have to dig out, and scan the pics. One thing to remember ***DON'T RUSH*** Rushing yourself on your first project is shortcut to disaster. Your lucky though, Most of us didn't have the hamb when we started and had to figure everything out and find parts ourselves. This place is a veritable plethera of knowledge and spare parts. things that took a week or two to figure out, or find ten years ago (before I had innernets) , now take a day or two. Good luck on your future project, and keep us posted when you get it! Oh, my first project is my avatar. currently rebuilding it after a terrible wreck a while back.
Well i have been looking for a T coupe body for about 1k, but heres the catch the north east ****s when it comes to model as or ts so its hard to find one for the right price in my area. I have had it up on the wanted cl***ifieds under the ***le or Ford 1919-1932 becuase i figure i could settle for any of these at the right price. I just dont want a touring, or something like a T- bucket.
AMEN BROTHER! I rushed to put my 31 together to go to it's first cruise, only to have the bed nearly fall off half way there. I rolled in with the bed in the "dump" position because I forgot some bolts. I was so stoked that I didn't even notice it until I got half-way across the parking lot and someone pointed it out to me. Luckily Yngrodder had welded up some "just-in-case" brackets from the rear crossmember to the bottom of the bed and they kept it from sliding off into traffic.
It's been said a million times, and I don't want to discourage you, I'm sure there are many who will do that, one of them may even be you. 1. You gotta have time, money or talent... If you are lacking in any of those 3, be prepared to more than make up for it with the others I had no money or talent, so it took me 13 years to take my first drive after buying $1K body. 2. Be prepared to take at least twice as long as you think it will and it'll cost twice as much as you think it will. Mine took 3 times as long, and the bodywork hasn't even been started. Once you do your first one, you'll know how long and how much to estimate for the second one. 3. You can buy the right parts the first time and save some time, or you can buy the wrong parts and save some money, but you you'll have to spend time to make them work, or go back and even then you may go back and buy the right ones... 4. HAVE ONLY ONE PROJECT!!! Everything else will be a distraction, you will be spending money buying parts for 2 projects and neither will get done. 5. Make it stop, steer and go before trying to make it pretty. 6. Don't go into debt, you can't sell a pile of parts and expect to get anything near what you paid for them. I'd take your $1K and continue to save until you can find a car that runs, but needs cosmetics and minor mechanical work, fix it up and sell it to buy another, better car, untill you have the money to buy EXACTLY what you want... Building a car from scratch is a labor of love, impatience and lack of money will result in a rotting car body in your back yard 5 years from now.
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