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earthman said:

In the back of my feeble old brain i was dimly thinking, is there.............but nothing bubbled to the top. So i just took a Grandpa nap. Sorry Torchie.

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No worrys Eman.. I've been working on it so long even I forget what it is supposed to be sometimes.
Torchie.

Torchie said:

You are right about that Never. Smartest thing to do would to leave the front clip as stock and just concentrate on some cool body mods and a chop.



Hey earthman. What am I building. Chopped liver.........
Torchie.

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What Torchie said.
Torchie maybe we're not building customs [S

Well went over to Ratchets house today to look at the donor vehicle. Think I am going to be able to get a lot of good useable stuff from it! Now I just need to get around to pulling the stuff off.

soltz said:

What Torchie said.
Torchie maybe we're not building customs [S

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this getting painful!

A friend of mine has an "on again-off again" custom project.....and early 50's Pontiac that has a cool setup but it's been awhile since I've looked at it and can't remember exactly how he did it. It slides forward about 3 inches before it tilts, and I think he used those 5 mph bumper shocks to build the sliders out of. Don't know when I'll be visiting him again but when I do I'll try to get some details and pics for you.

Love a 54 as a Kustom not a gasser. I was looking for a 54 HT when I stumbled on my 52, would really rather be doing a 54.
Kustoms don't have tilt front ends........ chop it drop it French it pancake it but please no tilt!. We need some pics of your progress, love a full bodied kustom.[dr

earthman said:

this getting painful!

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It's all good [cl

cosmic12 said:

We need some pics of your progress, love a full bodied kustom.[dr

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When ever I get to working on it there will be pics. Almost started pulling out the motor and trans last night, but the stuff with the dodge has me kinda bummed. Probably in a few weeks I will start making a LITTLE bit of movement on it.

Ratchet was over the other night, we did a little fat trimming. Car is much easier to move around with out this big brick in the front. My lift table doesn't like holding it..... Tractor didn't like lifting it...... But oh well. Going to split it and start pulling it apart to freshin it up a bit.

Hey man. I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses a chunk of firewood to hold a motor straight up. Hahahaha. Looks like a beast.

blacksheep said:

Hey man. I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses a chunk of firewood to hold a motor straight up. Hahahaha. Looks like a beast.

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That chunk of wood is very versatile also.... Calibrated for different heights and has anti rotation devices.

definitely looks beastly!

Got the missing inner fender from ebay yesterday. Now just waiting for it to hit my door. Then I can start putting together the front end to get a better feel for what we got going on.

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Torchie.

MMMM parts.......... It showed up yesterday! Hope to start putting it together this weekend to see what we got.

Put the front fenders on... barely..... got a look at it with more metal. Looks like it was a good investment! Need to put a lot more bolts in and more parts on, then start some fun. But for now I like it.

What's not to like, sweeeet [cl

So I scored a 9" from a 73 F250 last night for $75..... Thought it was a good deal.... Think I will be putting that under here.

Neverdone said:

So I scored a 9" from a 73 F250 last night for $75..... Thought it was a good deal.... Think I will be putting that under here.

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Cool, 9" in a F250[S

its what he claims. Though I have not went to look at it for myself yet. It's a 2WD truck with a 390 and a 4spd. Again that is what he claims. I have not went to look at it yet. But if it really is a 9" I will take it and run.