Well I guess its time I introduce myself. Ive been too busy reading through the site to really write much. My name is Cole, I'm from Orangevale, CA(about 30 miles west of Sacramento). I'm 29 and have been wrenching on cars since I could pick up a wrench. I have had fast cars, big trucks and lately been collecting up hot rod projects. I have been building 4x4 rock crawlers and competition buggies for 10 years and am bored with it. The only thing that excites me these days are old cars and trucks. My grandpa and I hit every swap meet possible and I bring home stuff every time. He has a '32 Ford 3 window coupe that he's had since the fifties, so I have been around hot rods as long as I can remember.
My projects are:
1957 GMC 2 ton C.O.E. Its complete and runs. I want to put a Cummins diesel in it some day and make it a car hauler.
I have 2 1930 Buick 4 door sedan bodies. One is a model 45 and the other is a model 61. Bodies are very complete but wood is gone. Those will be fun. Im still collecting parts for those. All the Buick people say im crazy for attempting to build them. I think they are just mad that they will be hot rods.
I have a 1929 Chevy 1/2 ton truck that was my dads in high school. He sold off a lot of the parts when I was young, but im about to buy a solid '29 chevy truck missing just the rear of the cab, which I happen to have.
My most recent is a 1933 chevy 1/2 ton truck, It is almost all there. Im leaving all the fenders on it and maybe not even chopping it. Im going to put a 235 inline 6 in it and use it to drive me and grandpa to the swap meets. I will start build threads on them when I start. Until then, I will be reading and absorbing info. I'm a member of another "rat rod" fourm, but this place seems way more my style.
My projects are:
1957 GMC 2 ton C.O.E. Its complete and runs. I want to put a Cummins diesel in it some day and make it a car hauler.
I have 2 1930 Buick 4 door sedan bodies. One is a model 45 and the other is a model 61. Bodies are very complete but wood is gone. Those will be fun. Im still collecting parts for those. All the Buick people say im crazy for attempting to build them. I think they are just mad that they will be hot rods.
I have a 1929 Chevy 1/2 ton truck that was my dads in high school. He sold off a lot of the parts when I was young, but im about to buy a solid '29 chevy truck missing just the rear of the cab, which I happen to have.
My most recent is a 1933 chevy 1/2 ton truck, It is almost all there. Im leaving all the fenders on it and maybe not even chopping it. Im going to put a 235 inline 6 in it and use it to drive me and grandpa to the swap meets. I will start build threads on them when I start. Until then, I will be reading and absorbing info. I'm a member of another "rat rod" fourm, but this place seems way more my style.