So, Been lurking here and on Jockey Journal for a while. My BSA is now in running condition, will not say that it's done as it never will be, and my non hamb friendly truck is in progress. I have spotted another project in the weeds on a back road 1940 Ford pickup (i think it's 1940) The condition of the truck is as follows: No drive train, frame is there, Cab is whole, no windows, fenders there, bed sides and front there but rotten at the bottoms. Hood is gone. Most of the sheet metal still has some girth, there is, of course, a bit of rot at the bottoms of the doors etc. Not looking to make it into concourse quality just a fun little beast. Keep on passing it and seeing the potential, just don't want to get one too many projects that will never be done. Damn vehicles, this is a sickness, but one i can handle. I have searched here on the HAMB for where some of the projects started, found some but still want to see more.
There's a few really good before and after threads on here if you do a search. That said, here's what I started with... After a LOT of work...
Old dirt track body, doors welded shut, all wood inner structure gone, no trunk lid, hood, etc. just a body and barely that. Building a frame, framing the doors and jams, made a trunk lid, bracing the body. Good luck with your if you decide to get it.
Man can't believe you took that good of a coupe and cut it up like that. And put a Ford grille shell on it...
Ditto.....I mean its still a cool car but coukld have gotten a wrose cab to do that and had this for soemthign really cool. To each their own
my 33 chevrolet was two doors swinging off a cowl and lots of pieces that laid flat in the bed of my truck.
Wasn't tryin to tell you how to build your car, just sayin if you're not gonna use much of one (like you did) then go find one that aint as nice to start with
John T is a friend of mine. All the extra part's were sold off it wasn't like he tossed them in the scrap pile. Everybody always says you should start with the best car possible. Besides there is so little available for early Chevies you would be crazy to start with a POS, believe me I know. I sold off my half done 34 Olds because I got sick of looking for parts that don't exist. Mat
Yeah my dad has a 1934 Chevy 4 door master sedan and I'm building a 1932 Chevy coupe, definitely not like buildin a Ford. I ain't tryin to tell him how to build his car and it's good to hear he didnt scrap everything else, but I also know how hard it is to find a good solid Master chevy coupe too, esp one thats all there. Just seems with no more of the original car then he used a rougher body would have sufficed is all im sayin.
Ya know, I'd LOVE to see the magazines throw a little thumbnail photo or two of the "BEFORE" shots in with their features! (new editor of R&C, are you listening?) Back in the late 80's a buddy of mine and I found an (off topic, sorry!) '69 Hemi Charger being used as a parts car and rescued it. The friend that we sold it to did a rotissiere restoration on it and when the magazine guys did a feature on it we told them that we had photos of it sitting out behind the previous owner's shop, looking raggedy, parts missing, etc. and they begged us for the photos... Well, they never used them in the feature, and we had a HELL of a time getting our photos back. Point is that when the magazine features only the FINISHED product, the readers have NO idea what it looked like when it started, all of the work that went into it, and how drastic that the changes were. It really might be kind of fun to see how involved that the owner got in the process and what parts that they started with. But that's just my $0.02!!! Here's the 49 Dodge truck that we've started taking the cab, front clip, and bed and putting it all on the 95 Dakota. Wish me luck!!!
That's cool I know he got a hell of a deal on the car. I guess when you're dealing with 75 year old cars. You take what you can find and he happened to find a complete car. Btw nice work on your 32. A 32 chevy coupe is a killer body style you don't see everyday. Mat
Yeah thats true these cars arent gettin any easier to find. Preciate it and yeah that 32 was kinda given to me. Wouldn't have been my first choice to start with a dirt track body but its what i've got ha
Since when do we as Hambers need the approval of others to build a hot rod,a restored car,a old original or a POA. Build what you want with what you find,,I have worked on rough old chevys and I can attest that Johns car was probably on the way to being a hot rod faster than spending months making patch panels,,,been there done that! I try to start with the best car I can find that suits my purpose,,would I start with a cherry 1932 Ford and cut it up like John?,,,no, that ain't the style I like but it's his car and his money that built it so I say good job! One other point I would like to make,,, I don't really know why John decided to post a photo of his car,,It really looks like he started with a pretty nice car,but looks can be deceiving. HRP
Anyone that starts with a GM bodied car in the early 30's or late 20's is a hero. They are basically metal skins nailed to a wooden framework. A major undertaking. I have built cars from crap before but never tackled an early GM yet. Love a 29 chev, but don't have the guts to build one. With a GM I would have used the best body I could find too. There are no rules in cutting up cars. Pat.
most of my friends think i should of made an ashtray out of mine, heres some pix http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff267/new_falcon_owner/falcon/
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