The Jalopy Journal
Great looking ride so far. Thanks for the inspiration. We are just beginning to work on a wheelchair accessible ride for my son too. We are...
Thnaks for the info guys. I looked in the dennis carpenter catalog and can only find bed stip bolt kits. The whole front end on my panel was...
Well we are beginning to assemble the front end (fenders, hood ect.) for my son's wheelchair accessible '49 F-1 Panel. I wonder if anyone can...
welcome from Edinburg!
I've been looking for a Panel/Suburban to convert into a Wheelchair accessible vehicle for my son and I've finally found one. I came accross a...
So are you gonna sell the trucks too?
Thanks big, I'll get those demensions out to you tonight. Thanks, TD.
Finally someone else from the Valley. Welcome.
Cool info gobig, Maybe you can post some pics of your ride.
Ol Deuce, Can your son get some pics, price more details. Like I said we are open minded.
TM2C, Thanks for the idea but we are trying to keep it in the Hot Rod arena or atleast something that we can take to a carshow or cruise....
Yea MilkMan, I offered to buy her a shed or a storage in trade for the truck but shw wouldn't budge. I'll wait a couple of weeks and I'll go...
Dang-it! I went to go see that chevy van like the Clean Cut bread van but the little old lady wouldn't sell because she wouldn't have abywhere...
Dang! That is one cooool bread truck. I'm sure we won't have headroom clearance problems in one of these. I know exactly where one is. I can't...
Check this out. After seeing the pics posted by Gigantor, my wife remembered seeing an old military truck with a "box" in the back. We went to...
NEW QEUSTION???????? Is it possible to drop the floor on a '54 Chevt suburban? I found out there is one near by. Seems like I might...
Hey 73, Good Idea. I remember seeing an old Willys/Jeep military ambulance or transport truck near by hear I'll go check it out.
Monsterflake, I called that Countyline Classics place and they said the Milk Truck is gone. It would have been a cool project though.
Snapper, Thanks for the cool link we are getting all kinds of cool ideas. Now he wants one of each. Monsterflake, We both liked the idea fo the...
WetAtt, Thanks for the positive words. We hope to find a project soon. The milk truck, Econoline and all the other ideas really look cool....
Kuztomz, That idea sounds good. I'd like to see that design your talking about. Lux, I've starting looking for a suburban from that era. We...
Ollin, I like your vote. It looks do-able. My son is 14 years old and he wants something more "mean looking" but I think if he sees some more...
Creepy J Thanks for the info. I've used the lift on our van to lift some engine blocks and transmissions thats whats cool about having a W/C...
Kustomz, Those are some pretty good ideas. The boom lift would be too risky the wheelchar alone weighs atleast 350lbs. We have a lift on our van...
Kustomz our current van has a lift at the moment but she is getting tired. Our biggest problem is headroom. I showed my son Craigs ride and he...
I went ahead and measured my son while he was sitting in his chair and I determined that we need at least 60 inches of clearance for him to fit...
got any pics of the '58 Mercury. Are you in Pa? I might be too far away. I,m in Deeeeep South Texas by the Mexican border.
Hey Django, I just got off the phone with Craig. He is one cool guy. We talked for a while and he gave me some pretty good advice. He has some...
The bread trucks look really cool. I'm still freaking out with the Craig Wilderman ride. I was on his website and reading his bio kinda sounds...
Wow! I've gotten some very innovative ideas from everyone who posted thank you for the feed back, advice and encouragement. We were also...
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