47 Dodge Rat… Budget Build

I picked this up from a friend a few months back and finally dragged it home to begin the build.
The 47 Dodge WD15 body and bed are mounted on a S10 frame… Plans are to drop in a Carbureted '99 Chevy 305 with a thumper cam backed with a Turbo 400 trans. As can be seen from the pics, the floor is gone and the P.O. had rigged some motor mounts that would not work for me. A proper set of V8 swap motor mounts from Trans-Dapt via Jegs are due to arrive tomorrow.
I'm in the midst of re-working a '65 Short stepper Chevy, and this Rat is a side project that I just had the need to do… I plan on this being a rather quick build as compared to the 65 that is pushing 2 years thanks to a bent frame issue...

Enjoy the pics and feel free to comment...[cl

more pics

Front Clip off and funky Motor Mounts

More...

Floor is gone and some other shots...

…and more...

The funky flat steel motor mount on the pass side cut off, the D/S unbolted…
The Pedal car body on the wagon was thrown in the deal…
The bullet holes in the back of the cab are staying...

Pedal Car

Here's the aforementioned Pedal Car…[P
Plans for it too...

Looks like a fun project.

The good thing about the floor is, you don't have to take as much out.
I like your plans so far!!!

cool

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Cool! Sure do like that body style. The bullet holes are awesome! And that pedal car too!

Looking at those pics, I don't think I would trust any of the previous owners "work". I would seriously look at anything he touched.

Good luck with the build. I'm building a Dodge too.

Love it... one of my fav's! [cl

Beercan

Ta2Don said:

Here's the aforementioned Pedal Car…[P
Plans for it too...

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That right there is why I love a full bodied rat.
Can't wait to see what you do with the pedal car, too.

-Chaz

Thanx

Thanx Guyz!!!

P.O. Welded the cab to the frame and bolted the bed on…[S
Gonna cut the cab loose and fab some bolt-on mounts...[
Plans for the upcoming weekend is to get the motor and trans mocked up in frame in order to mock-up steering setup and Brake pedal and booster mount… …as well as look at how to wet-up the floor frame...

got a cool look to it, good luck fixing the previous owners work

Those dodges are getting hot. Mines been a lot of fun .

I can see it's potential. Have fun and good luck .
I'm in the process of doing a resto mod on one right now.
I really love this body style.

Update

Thanks for looking in Guyz!!!

The Motor Mounts showed today...

Excellent build man....

Diggin the whole thing....[P[P[cl

I'm with Sgt P on this one.......looking forward to your progress
by the way how much time in the beard build? ha i like the look

Ta2Don said:

Thanks for looking in Guyz!!!

The Motor Mounts showed today...

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Having done the S-10 frame swap and owning a V-8 S-10, I don't think those mounts will work for you if you plan to put them in the "stock" location. For the S-10 V8 you need to move the engine forward and I think you'll need to move yours back. I'm interested to see how they work for you though.

This is going to be a cool truck!

My brother had a '39 Dodge on an S-10 frame.