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Congrats from another "'40 Model"....I am building a '42 convert for my 72nd!!:) Bring the delivery to Yuma for Midnight At the Oasis in March....
I am on the + side of 70 years and still have grit under my fingernails and a love for hot rods and customs. Pics show my car that I have owned...
I have been searching (with no success) for an excellent series of posts that document a really talented guy's efforts in building a killer...
Thanks for the kind words....but we are concentrating on one process at a time!! Getting the beast back together again and completing the...
WOW...what a lot of work on the '53. Looks great.:cool:
A big THANKS for your efforts. Looking forward to getting a copy of the book. And, holding my breath to see if the Pete Brock '46 Ford convert...
Call Mary at (406) 761-1643....she is one of the officers of the Skunkwagon Antique Car club in Great Falls. Knows everyone and has been around...
Report #9 Fully roughed in.....7 concentrated days ! ! This shoebox is now fully closed in and waiting for the long process of finishing and...
You are a fine, talented, creative photographer. Thanks for sharing.:)
Thanks Gary, but the real credit goes to Maaark!!:cool:
Report #8 Front valence panel, final firewall welding, etc Today, we worked all around the car, mostly closed it up with doors and decklid fit,...
Report #7 Moving to setting and altering front sheet metal We took the front clip and removed some of the obvious interfearance sheet...
Report #6 Closing it up The driver door is fit, passenger door cut and fit and hung on what turned out to be totally worn out hinge...
Report #5 Well the deed is done....body was carefully lowered to meet the mating surfaces. Lots of pulling, pushing, nursing the edges as...
Here is a pretty descriptive picture of my son doing a front fender a few years ago. Lots of welding and sheet metal work!:cool: We will be...
Report #4 (take a little out of the middle!!) After several hours of itching and scratching, measuring, running tape lines, it was time....
Report #3 Propane torch, heat gun, scrapers of all size and shape were put to work to clean the inside of the quarter panels, etc. And then, we...
Wow....you are in LUCK!!!!;) Take it from a retired Marine...Yuma is HOME. Great smaller town, loves service folks, plenty of HAMB-type gear...
WOW...just WOW. You are the man. That more door is now the sweetheart of the ball!! What a great accomplishment. Drive the beasty to...
Report #2 First, teardown. Seems odd to blow apart a running car...but that's how its gotta be. The car came into the shop and was emptied...
Report #1 We fell into a '50 Club Coupe in Salt Lake and imported it into Montana for major surgery. This car has near perfect floors because...
I built a front-engined V-8 Corvair convert for a guy in Texas and it turned out to be VERY quick, totally cool. Pics attached.:cool:
Allen: Thanks a bunch for your help and continued info as you solve this problem. I am about to SECTION this running, driving shoebox and...
Can someone lead me to a power steering setup for my shoebox that is quick and simple?? Do not want to do a suspension clip or major work. Is...
Progress Report #27 I took the empty '54 Ford dash, cut it in half and mounted the driver's half so that I could get a feel for how the GM...
Dittos on all of the remarks and credits!! Very well written, excellent photos, nicely organized.;) Russ V.
Progress Report #26 After marking out the required cuts, I pulled the front of the car apart and relieved the firewall. The engine/trans was...
Progress Report 25 The front sheet metal was added back to the car and a '46 radiator stuffed into the remaining space......once again, good...
I am a soft, warm and fuzzy, very unassuming guy until it comes to rat (garbage) rods. These cars illustrate what is wrong with...
Don't want to piss on your parade, but rat rods suck. Most show no style, no engineering excellence, no effort to develop safe, well-packaged...
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