|
|
|||||||
| Builds! Post your project here... show us what you're up to! Please Note: This section is for "Builds" ONLY! |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
07-12-2012, 12:40 AM
|
||||
|
||||
38 Chevy sedan
 ) Anyhow, here it is with some explanation... As it was when it first came indoors...   As you can see, somebody had spray bomb crap all over it and the passenger's side was sort of a pinkle color...  Notice my neighbor's IH pickup on the left...I want it!  One Saturday afternoon, my son asked if he could bomb it flat black. Why not? It can't look any worse. I masked off the rough side and let him have at it...  I liked it. I liked it a lot and the fire was lit. So, I started into the body, roughed out most of the damage and pieced the rear fender back together.   Some more rattle can and it's starting to look like a car again. I stuffed an old slick and wheel in the opening. Hmmm...  I love a fat tire, and the bigger the better. So, I figgered I should tub the car for maximum rubber. 
__________________
- The distinction between psychological illness and creative thinking is wafer thin - 1937 Chevy Coupe 1938 Chevy Sedan Photo Posting and Resizing 
|
|
#2
07-12-2012, 12:50 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Car lift you lucky dog. nice project.
__________________
Think I'm strange, you should meet the person that occupies my mind 
|
|
#3
07-12-2012, 01:15 AM
|
||||
|
||||
project
you have a project
 and here l thought you were just another pretty face Later 
__________________
my opinion only, valid where prohibited, for official abuse only.  1928 maxwell hybrid build/drag car http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37455 1948 dodge truck in deceased son's memory. http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/sho...odge+truck+son 1930 2dr mopar. http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthr...ht=30+mopar+dr
|
|
#4
07-12-2012, 02:07 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks GJunktion. At this point in my life I can't function without the lift so I'm very happy to have one!
Skull, I'm as pretty as I can be. Moving along, I cut the floor and split the wheel tubs down the middle...  Squared, leveled and braced the frame. Built a body support and whacked the rear frame section...  I narrowed the rear section, installed a transition crossmember, and welded the section back in. Now I need a rear axle. How wide for those alum slots I have? I did some measuring and thought for a while. Hmmm...I have a narrowed rear. How narrow is it? Measure it. A little too narrow. Thinking again........still thinking.....it could work.....with BIGGER tires and wheels. Yeah, that's it, BIGGER! Problem...I don't have anything bigger...thinking again....aha! I do have something bigger....in the shed! So I go to the shed and drag out an old used up pair of 14x33 slicks. I knew I was keeping those for something. New problem. No wheels wide enough for the much wider tires. Think Flintstone, think...it's only mock up....I have wheels...in the scrap pile. So I made a pair out of four steelies...  That's all for tonight.
__________________
- The distinction between psychological illness and creative thinking is wafer thin - 1937 Chevy Coupe 1938 Chevy Sedan Photo Posting and Resizing
|
|
#5
07-12-2012, 05:00 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I'm liking where this is headed already!
 
__________________
My '53 Willys Build thread My Current Off Topic Build Paradise Road First House on The Right "Sometimes a right proper choking is "just what the Doctor ordered". " -- Dr. Crankenstein"......... Ratrodsrule.com. A hot rod refuge from the vulgar, the crass and the profane." -- bob w "I need to get my front bumper calibrated. It makes more of a BANG!!! type noise." -- Flipper
|
|
#7
07-12-2012, 09:01 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
You've been holding out for almost a 1,000 posts?!?! Looks like that ones been beat badly. What's with the pass side windows - they look black? Was it used as a store sign or something?
Looks like it's gonna be a fun build, so we'll need constant updates. (Chop?)
__________________
Not so current build - '29 A Rats-N-Rice. Drivers! - '48 Olds '63 F100. Pile of parts - '30 Tudor. "Tough to find rolling papers that size, but it tastes like plastic bags and smells like arrogance!" -Dr. Crankenstein
|
|
#8
07-12-2012, 12:00 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
This looks like it could be promising. What kind of heartbeat is in the works?
__________________
People need to starting basing value of things for what it really is..... 13 cents a pound "Driving a rat is sorta like dropping your pants in public. You never know how people will react!" - Some Old Guy Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic. My 41 Dodge OldWing YZ125 Barstool The Lambretta LI125 "Original Ganster" Bertha '54 Chevy 210 Home Away From Home "The Teardrop"
|
|
#10
07-12-2012, 02:08 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
 The "good" side and the windows were spray bombed, some clown's vision of a streetrod, I suppose.Quote:
__________________
- The distinction between psychological illness and creative thinking is wafer thin - 1937 Chevy Coupe 1938 Chevy Sedan Photo Posting and Resizing Last edited by Dr Crankenstein; 07-12-2012 at 08:36 PM.
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
