Looking to Get Started...

Back from our Prewar Pileup / family road trip. Mike and Chad who set up Prewar Pileup were awesome and were focused on everyone having a great time. We did about half of the reliability run. It was hot and we had plans with family that evening. The show was at a park that had huge shade trees and everyone just parked wherever they wanted. My new friend from Fat Monkey Garage parked next to us and we had lots to talk about. My wife kept giving everyone rides in Ratty around the park. At one point I arranged to have the guy with the old original (1940?) police car pull my wife over and arrest her. Handcuffs and all. I didn’t let her know what I had cooked up. It was fun to see how she reacted. Of course she tried to out run him. I scored some more parts from a couple of guys on instagram and as you saw above from family friends in Oklahoma. I’m really excited to get started on my Okie Coupe AV8 build.

 

Looks like a great time , thanks for sharing

 

Looks like you guys had a blast. Memories to last a lifetime. Love it.......Don.

 

What can you tell me about this rear end?

 

I am guessing 35 to 40

 

Thanks Skip. Yes, I believe it is a 40; however, there seems to be something else going on here. Looks like it may have been ran upside down maybe…. Are those cut off spring over axles perches on what would be the bottom side?

 

39-40 rear with juice brakes. The rear is upside down in these pictures (or flipped over)

 

Thanks Wheeldog57. Here’s another pic. What piece has been torched off here? Same on both sides.

 

The one's I saw bolt on the under side and the spring purch line up like a 32

 

Just a guess but I would say that is the remnants of the lower shock mount

 

Happy Father’s Day! Hope you guys really get to enjoy your day.

 

Road trip with wife , paradise pa with great weather. Stop for dinner when we see some thing that looks good.

 

Okay. Another question for my posse. I’m starting to build my own engine run up stand. I need to return the one I borrowed back to my friend Raymond. I’m working on the mock up for everything first. I just realized that my 59ab has 20 inch centerline motor mounts and my 8BA has 21 inch.

My question is about the 8BA water pumps / motor mounts. Is the 21 inch for trucks or something and are there 20 inch water pumps/ mounts I can get for it? I’m also going to dive into my stack of books.

 

Got my ‘Accepted’ email for TROG 2022!!!! Hitting the beach this year with Ratty the Roadster.

 

see you there

 

I’ve transition most of my online hotrod/build posts to Instagram @tribalmonkeygarage

 

So those of us that don't do instagram might as well quit following this thread?

 

Thats Sad!

 

Goodbye then , ............"unwatched thread"

 

That sucks man. I avoid all social media like the plague. Fun while it lasted I guess.

 

WHAT!

 

I've decided to start a new thread '"Okie Coupe" AV8 Build'. Keep a look out!

 

Thank you!

 

COOLERISM!