1940 Ford Rat Rod Build

Just picked up a 40 ford cab for 200 with title.
the plan is to start a rat rod build as soon as some funding comes in.
the plan was to use a VW front beam with a 4cly diesel engine for a fuel effecent rod,
but then the idea changed to putting the cab on a vw pan with the air colled vw engine and hidding the engine with a bed and slamming the front beam to the front of the cab.
but now im looking at a old ford rv with a 460 with 80k on it that is just the E-series cab with flat bed. 1 ton. the guy wants 900. so i would z the frame and shorten it and mount the 40 cab on it.
but im so indecisive ill probably change my mind next week.
i just want to do something extremely different and anyone else. i guess we'll see after next pay day.

ill get some pics up of the cab.

welcome to RRR, yes pics would be great!

pics of 40 ford cab

finally figured out how to post pictures.

Hope you injoy more to come of the deconstruction of the RV!!!!

The RV comes home

paid 900 for the RV. Tom who i bought it from with his son drove it the 10+ miles to my house. It was a funny sight!!![cl

then it sat in my yard for a long while.

Started tearing it apart!

Started disassembly last week and finished with the body today. destroyed the radiator in the process should of listened to my my dad and dropped it out earlier. by the way he is the gentleman inside the 40 ford cab in my pervious post. anyways here are the pictures.

moving the cab

moved the cab from my pack yard and onto my dads truck then to his shop yard.

this morning

unloaded the cab onto the e-series chassis for the mock up to see what my next step is. channeling the body and mounting the cab is the plan.

i will be removing the doors later today and welding in some square tubbing to hold the shape while i create the new floor. im planing on using what i can of the floor that came out of the e-350 (its leaning up by the end of the truck). if anyone has any advise on this please let me know. This is my first rat build.

car hauler

that would be cool to put a flat bed of some type and make a car hauler outta it.

would be a neat ride and then find a old truck to set on the the bed and take to shows.

http://myclassicdreamcars.com/streetrods/1939-ford-pickup-car-hauler/1939-ford-pickup-car-hauler-2/

Later

thats a neat idea.
the plan as of right now is to streach out the axle in front of the engine and frame using half leaf spring and a a two link system ive scene some rats on line with that set up here is a link to the one that inspired me

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23368

also z'd the rear.

channel prepping

removed doors and welded up support work for the removal of the floor.

hopefully cutting the floor out wont be too hard. [S