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A friend of mine bought this car in 2000 and drove it about 300 miles before he put it in a storage unit until I bought it from him last week. I pumped the tires up and rolled it into a trailer to bring home. When I got it home I drained the tank installed a new battery and fired it up. It had...

Is anyone going to the Redneck Rumble in Lebanon Tenn Sept 16-17th. I'm on the east coast of NC and am going to make the trek. I talked to some guys at another show that said there would be 2000 cars there.

I'm installing the floor in my truck next week and will soon need to put in some pedals. Where can I buy pedal assemblies with the master cylinder and clutch slave cylinder in the kit? I need one that mounts to the firewall with the master cylinder outside the firewall. I can find the brake...

I started this build in 07/08 and lost interest. I've loved rats since I saw the first one. I needed a lot of help and someone to keep me on track. I'm back with a vengeance. I bought a frame that a friend built for a Fairlane project that didn't work out. I have a thread on here about chopping...

Hi gang. It's been a while.......a long while! I started a rat build in 07/08 and kinda petered out. I took all my stuff to my bil to finish as he was out of work and bored. He hurt his back and was unable to work on it after I got it all moved. It sat in his shop for 6 or 7 years. I recently...

Hey Guys, I've been on a cruise out of Miami to St Thomas, Puerto Rico and the Grand Turks. We drove down there from Jacksonville, N. C. in the south east part of the state and boarded the ship in Miami. We were gone for 9 days and I've missed posting and looking on the board. It's terrible to...

Hey Guys, Here is another little (maybe not so little) score that I made a couple of weeks ago. I advertized for a set of S10 V8 headers. A guy responded and when I went to look at them they were still on the 350 Chevy. I ask him why he just wanted to sell the headers and he said that he wanted...

A few Rats from the Myrtle Beach car show today. I think this was my favorite

I check Craigslist 3 times a day looking for deals. Several days ago I saw a 32 or 33 Ford grill listed for $35.00. My heart stopped for a few seconds. I emailed him and told him to call me and I'd tell him which one it was and that I wanted to buy it. He called me back and said that it was...

I know it's probably a stupid question to ask with just a pic, but I can't find any #s on these heads. I think they are Chevrolet, but I'm not sure. Where should I look for #s. On the inside of the heads there is a # 20. That's all I have been able to find. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...

Well, I finally got around to taking pics of the 41 Caddy that a lady gave me today. I think it's gonna make a fine "Rat". The interior is rat (real ones) eaten, but it's all there. The rear fenders are gone and that's a good thing. When I opened the hood I smiled because there was a big old...

I'm working on a 50 Chevy truck. Chopped top, S10 frame and 350/700R. I pulled the cab and bed off the frame about 3 weeks ago and told a friend that he could have the frame. It's been sitting in my yard waiting for me to get the running boards off. The motor and trans are still on the frame. I...

Well, after much thought we started the chop of my 50 Chevy truck today. I decided on 4" Everything went good so far. Some of you have said that you don't have to be exactly on line and that's a good thing. I started one cut with a hack saw to please the rod gods, then went to the sawsall. I...

A friend of mine that has chopped several tops came over today and we taped off the lines for me to cut. He doesn't use the laid back A post method. His method will cut the top into 5 pieces and then fill in the gaps. I hope this is right. Please add comments because next week I'll start...

Hey Guys, I'm going to post a little story of a recovery of a 47 Crosley from a barn that's leaning and unless cleaned out soon will probably fall and crush thousands of dollars worth of car history. An 83 year old lady that my wife and I help out has 15 to 20 50's and below cars and many, many...

I was at a friends today and I was rumaging through his woods and found a 39 Dodge truck cab and front end. The cab is very bad but the grill is so cool. I would love to have it and save it for a future project. He said that he wanted $400. for the all of it. I think that's a little high since...

Today I found a man restoring a bunch of old Hudsons. He had about 6 cars in his garage in various states of completion. I personally don't think he'll ever finish any of them. I found a set of wide whitewalls sitting in the corner of his shop and I asked him if he wanted to sell them as I was...

Hi Guys and Girls, I'm new to the forum. I live in southeastern N. C. in Jacksonville. I'm 60, act 20, and love all older cars. I have a 30 Model A hotrod and just pulled a 50 Chevy truck out of a barn after 33 years of slumber. I want a ratrod but this truck is to good to rat. I'm going to put...