adam f
Well-known member
New guy here. First let me start off by saying I've NEVER built anything but 4x4's. Toyota's at that! I have a 1988 4Runner with a 85 straight axle and a 350 SBC. I'm a mechanic by trade, but I want to try my hand at building a rat rod.
I rescued a 1952 Ford F1 that had been sitting in someones yard since the 80's. It is rusted pretty good. But it does have a flathead V8 that turns over by hand.
My plans are not set in stone, but I want to chop a few inches off the bottom of the cab, chop a few from the windows, and channel it a bit. I want it to be low. No fenders f/r, maybe run the hood. Big zoomies on the flathead. I want to be able to drive it on the highway, with my wife, and eventually my 2yo daughter.
Keeping the patina would be nice, but I plan on doing a bit of body work to get it structurally safe and sound, and I don't think it will look right if I had a bunch of new metal patches mixed in there. I'm thinking flat black or tan maybe.
This is what she looked like before I rescued her
I rescued a 1952 Ford F1 that had been sitting in someones yard since the 80's. It is rusted pretty good. But it does have a flathead V8 that turns over by hand.
My plans are not set in stone, but I want to chop a few inches off the bottom of the cab, chop a few from the windows, and channel it a bit. I want it to be low. No fenders f/r, maybe run the hood. Big zoomies on the flathead. I want to be able to drive it on the highway, with my wife, and eventually my 2yo daughter.
Keeping the patina would be nice, but I plan on doing a bit of body work to get it structurally safe and sound, and I don't think it will look right if I had a bunch of new metal patches mixed in there. I'm thinking flat black or tan maybe.
This is what she looked like before I rescued her