Finally--First drive

[Willowbilly3]

Rain showers all day, but drove anyway. 1940 Dodge. Slant 6 for power.

Coolness!! I can only dream of how the first ride might be.

 

[Scuba]

Car looks great , great pictures

 

[Z.Z.Rat]

Great looking ride! Really like the patina it has. Hope your summer is full of rides. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gww]

great work... hope your able to enjoy it now.

 

[hotrod preacher]

two thumbs up.....way up![cl[cl[cl[cl

 

[PA41]

Another 'attaboy' from me too. Good on all counts.

Onlyiest thing I could think of to add to it would be a artsy/ratty Teardrop trailer. With a dually rig ya need something to tow.

Thanks for showing us.

PA41

 

[Bigt442]

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[klink]

Very Nice! Love that inline. After you get the engine dialed it'd be great to hear it! Any plans for a you tube video?

 

[izzy]

cool truck, good luck on the maiden cruise. I agree with klink, would love to be able to hear it.[cl

 

[Mr.Gussett]

You nailed it! Top notch![dr

 

[lowersplash]

sweet looking ride[cl[dr

 

[6PACKRAT]

Another 'attaboy' from me too. Good on all counts.

Onlyiest thing I could think of to add to it would be a artsy/ratty Teardrop trailer. With a dually rig ya need something to tow.

Thanks for showing us.

PA41

We have talked about the teardrop trailer deal. I'm looking for some of the "right" rusty roofing tin to build it with. A couple of houses in my area have it--I'm just waiting. The idea seed has been planted.

Once again--THANKS to everyone for the comments. Can't wait to park it next to some "high doller" rods at the cruise this Friday night!

 

[6PACKRAT]

LOVE it!!!!! Looks great!!!

What kind of throtle response do you get with that carb intake set up?

Been thinking about doing something like that to mine!!

I drove it into town for the first time tonight. This is alot of carb for such small inches but throttle response was very, very good. It really pays to have someone who knows the carbs to set them up for you. Mine were done by Buzzard Carburetor in Fort Pierce, Fla. Took them out of the box, bolted them on, set idle and mixture and went to town.

 

[440Clark]

You built one heck of a truck, we want a You Tube video! With some in car footy as well! Please?

 

[John T. Hodgen]

Love the trk, I had a slant 6 once that I loved and it would pull anything I wanted. I'm Chapter Director of the Mountaineers of Wv on the TearJerkers site(teardrop camping/building) forum. I have a woodie that I built and also have a '47 KenSkill built in Burbank back in the day. Also on T&TTT (teardrops & tiny travel trailers) site, builder's forum. They have alot of free plans of alot of different TD's. I've seen one made with corrigated steel...cool for a Rat.
If you need any help with questions on building a TD, pm me. Good Luck with that build, Later--John T.

 

[jchum]

nice truck! Patina is killer realy diggin the duels and the carbs

 

[Crossfire]

Dually rat

Killer build,you gotta build you a dually trailer for it. The little teardrop would look like a Peterbuilt pulling a VW. Bet you had a killer grin the first time out.[cl

 

[1 hooliganz]

i like it something different