Tex's '41 truck!

[Rev Tex Devlle]

Hey tripper!!!!

i agree w/ya there rev-you and the junk magnet aren't the only one's who've sat and ponered the possibilities of a rat project.....
my 52 went thru about a year of "stare-downs" and gawkings before i ever started whittlin'

btw- since you are now "working for the Son in a chevy 41" i would like to borrow the "working for the Lord in a 46 ford"

no problem just have to talk tripper into the change!

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

more work

well since i goy layed off , got plenty of time to do more ,, put the motor in the trans and shifter, finished up the pedals and clutch linkage,steering mounted!
got to build drive shaft, builf brakes and line and run electrical, then start putin the body together!

 

[Mad-Fabber]

progress

trucks looking great
if i get me a loafin day
i'll like-ta ride up and see it

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

heyare you still coming friday night?

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

a little color!

well got bored at looking at it the way it was so i gave her some color, they say the paint i am using is made to absorb radar, . uh i am liable to need that property!!!! a after and before pics

 

[Mad-Fabber]

how now brown cow
paint looks greal
cant wait to see it hit the road

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

how now brown cow
paint looks greal
cant wait to see it hit the road

yeah thats the same stuff i used on the 46 ford, got alot of shine at first but dulls out after about a month!

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

Wheel and tire

Well i got bored again so did this, wheel 41 chevy car, tire late model dually 16in tire, hub cap 41 chevy truck, as i posted in another tthread about this combo, i had to do a mock up to see how it looked , with the ton1/2 fenders, filled the hole prety well i think, and have plenty of clearance on the stock tightrod ends , think this will work, comments suggestions, crictics all welcome!!

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

shifter nob

i found a surplus nuts and bolts joint and got me a big nut for my shift nob

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

paint

well a little farther down the line! some more paint

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

LOOKING GOOD!. Sorry to hear you had gotten layed off. Keep up the good work.

Curt

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

progress

well guys i aint posted much on this build cause it wasnt much of a build but just a rebuild of this truck someone did along time ago, i am to the point of all those little things that need to be done, but shes cranking ccharging power steer R&P is working, al that is left is a little wiring got to fine some seats ,a back glass, mount gas tank, and some interior work, but almost ready for that famous first ride!

 

[PorkChopMFMC]

I may make it that far one day.

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

well took it on a test runtoday! got to the end of the drive way and the master cylinder blew, no brakes!!! new m/c but had been set up for awhile, bur i got me another today![cl

 

[Carlos Murphy]

C&C

Chop & Channel.

Channeling is what fortune tellers do, tunneling is what prisoners do...

Another way to channel a body without removing the floor is to simply cut a channel in the appropriate place in the floor to allow the frame rail to come up into the passenger compartment, then you'll have to make body mounts to support the body. The final job would be to seal the floor around the frame which in turn would reinforce the floor.

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

well i never finished this thread so i guess i will now

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

more pics

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

stikll some more and few things that need fixed after drivin it for awhile!

 

[Rev Tex Devlle]

forgot one and the trucks a 42 not a 41 like it says in the title of the thread
serial number starts with 9bk , cab was a 1 1/2 ton truck