Projekt Cheap and Free Gasser

Hopfully it will get on its Wheels in a week or 2... I will PM u when it happens!

Halle

 

This should make a bad gasser, keep us posted on your progress, Hank

 

skimming thru the thread, i do believe that wagon is too rusty for a hot rod project.....maybe you should mail it to :me in the usa.....i will see that it gets parked next to my 72 blown vega wagon in my garage untill i can "dispose" of it properly .........


cool ass car , gotta ask, what are those rims??got a side shot of them??????????

 

This is going to be an awesome little gasser. Nice work!

 

damn, this is a coooollll damn build!

 

Here is some pics of todays cutting and welding...

Had to narrow the rear frame so the tires would fit. We cut of 4" on each side. Hopefully we will get the leafsprings and Volvo rearaxle in place tomorrow or Thuesday.

 

They are home widened 5-spoke rims. Traded them from a friend at work for a case of beer!

 

Norrland here's the link for the stickers I have, let me know! Rocky
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246585&highlight=stickers

 

Thanks man.

Wait for more to come on this Crazy Swedish ride....:-}

 

this is gonna be COOL!!! i cant wait to see it rolling, and im sure you cant wait either!

 

This thing is freakin awesome i can't wait to see it setting upright with the tires and rims bolted on.I can't believe i missed this thread.I love gassers they are probably my favorite type of car outside 30's era rides.

 

If everyting works out it might stand on it's wheels next weekend, i hope!!

 

cool project. Ihave never seen a car built upside down.

 

Will be kind of a suprise when we flip it on it's feet then and se how it looks...:-]

 

what kind of truck is the red one you pulled it with. I have never seen nothing like that before

 

did you guys just roll that thing over on its head and start cutting? im building a husky hillman for a customer, i could just roll the little pig over on a mattress. sweet!

 

The truck is a Volkswagen transporter from around 1995 or so...

 

We first rolled it on the side over to old tires and ater cutting and welding some we rolled it over on its head like u see on those pics. Just weight like nothing or almost nothing!

 

neat. can't wait to see it right side up.

 

While i was working today Kimmen made some progress with the Gasser. He welded the new rear frame and got the leafsprings in place. He also finished the rockers and the second wheelwell and he cleaned up the rearaxle from all braces and stuff as u can se on the cellphone pics below.








Stay Tuned as they say on TV!!

 

Is it next weekend yet ?

 

Could bee soon if everything works out nice. Otherwise next weekend could be in 2-3 month!! *LOL*

This evening we just mocked up the rearend and starting to reworking the frontend. just got a pic from the rearend mockup. Stötte på lite patrull as we say in Sweden!!

 

This build rules!!! Love your rotissere.

 

I love it, keep us updated!

 

Yeah, this is a great thread! Cant wait to see this car upright. Very Cool!

 

gettin close! aww man im anxious to see it rolling now

 

I have to ask.how wide is this rearend? and how wide is the body on the van? Looks in the pic as if the outside of the drum is only a few inchs away from the body. Oh this is just getting too cool can`t wate to see it upright on wheels.

 

Carbody is around 58" wide and the rearend is 53" and the rear with tires is 68". So the tires vill be about 5" outside the body on each side.

 

There was some trouble when we should get the rear tires monted. They didn't hold the air. And we found out that i leaks in the weldings where the rims are widened and welded. So we got to take care of that and then we can mount them and maybe get it on it's wheels

 

I was ondering the same thing