Sloppy Jalopy (27 day build for the pileup)

So were sitting around a local cruise night at the ice cream shop one sunday night bored outta our minds and fellow club member george says to brian and I " hey lets build a car for the pileup" our reply was " but we have less then 5 weeks. Well why not try. SO the following day i start hunting for a body and stumbled across a solid 34 ford truck cab(minus the doors) which we chopped 6". We pulled the drivetrain out of our doner car (87 caprice wagon w/ a olds 307). Brian had a rolling chassis from his 29 model a sedan. We pulled the front end and rear leaf spring off of it and they decided to build a new frame from scratch. I picked up some 2x4 square steel for the frame and brian started to lay out chalk lines on the ground to figure out where the rails were going to go. The total time was 27 days, most of which were at night after work. every motor mount bracket, rear end brackets (which were made twice because they changed there design), steering, transmission,headlights, gas tank mounts were all made from scratch. We scrapped together all the parts need, some donated from freinds and made it happen. Those two are very talented and what they do and I was very inpressed by the outcome. They cruised around the neighbor hood for the first time the night before the pileup and the maiden vayage was 70 miles to the show. It didnt skip a beat.

here are some pics from the build in no particular order.

 

more pics

 

and more

 

finished!!

 

All of our cars!!

 

That has to be some of the biggest kick ups i have ever seen and the tallest suicide mount in history. Thats bad ass you guys got it done. So what was the total cost build on that if ya dont mind me asking. i Dig the hell out of it with the big A wheels on front

 

I think he spent a total of 2500 or so. Thats including the brand new coker classics which arnt cheap and all the misc b/s.

 

What he said.......
At least you found some doors to use...they are about the hardest part of these trucks to find.

I like the way you layed the side rails so the fat part was up instead of putting them "upright" .... it's something different i like it...makes it unique (well the whole frame is unique)

 

Bob, you guys should be fucking proud.

 

The guy we bought the cab from had a lead on a set of doors that were ruff but they worked out, and when we went to get them the guy happened to have a corvair steering box we needed. so it worked out okay.

 

Thanks chad!! I learned a lot on that build. those two are amazing!

 

Rulers!

 

thats badass man.. amazing car and an amazing thrash to get it done

 

nothin' good ever happens at the ice cream shop

that's cool

 

damn! thats flippin badass. i wish i could find a body or cab like that.

 

And now you want to sell it to ME!

Hah, took a good look over this car at the Pile up, the frame work was bad ass and the ride looked SICK

Great job on the build, wish I had the talant!

 

actully he's thinking about selling it. Did you see the frame on the sedan that was next to it? They did that one too. its bad ass

 

yeah bob, you guys did a SICK job on that ride... almost makes me wanna farm out my framework to you guys for my rod,, ~~/.// but congrats man, wish my beater had made it down there to see ya!

 

You and your posse build a fine sloppy jalopy. Dig the frame, those are serious kick-ups.

 

great build!!

 

I was hoping to see your car. You guys have to bring it to our halloween party on the 22nd.

 

halloweeen party.... hmmm... im TOTALLY down... wheres it located... we will get it there... ran or shine, <LOL>/// you need to see those bald tires in action!!!! LOL.. ghetto car, thrown together in a week, LOL!!! crazyness

 

27 days worth of midnight oil! That's some dedication! Oh and a bit of talent! Awesome ride!!!!!

 

That car kick'd ass, esp. when I read the sign about 27 days. Glad to see it there.

 

Nicely done! 27 days, low budget, way cool. Now go park it next to a 30K pickup and see who gets the attention. Way to go!

 

you guys are going to make me feel like a pussy now everytime i say i dont have the time or money to build a car. Thats motivation right there. The truck looks great.

 

Thanks for the compliments, i guess when you put your mind to it, it gets done. I think when you put a deadline on building a car, you keep focused and dont lose interest.

 

Sure did, both frames were knarly!

 

That's an incredible amount of work for 27 days. Thanks for the project pictures, and nice work on the frame!

 

You aint built just a car you built a Bitchin car....good on ya