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Ha! I just reread my previous post and realized I transposed the channel address of my YouTube channel! Doy! Lots of derp with this one I swear! It's actually MERC2130 not 1320 like I posted.........Durr... https://www.youtube.com/@MERC2130

I got the front-end parts on a black Friday special and saved a few hundred bucks! Picked up a Chineeesium plasma cutter as well. We'll see how well it works.....Got one wall of the garage done with plastic to keep heat in better than nothing until spring...Hopefully I will be ready to work in...

So, the garage, which was packed full (See the last video on my channel, "MERC1320" on YouTube, is getting cleaned out. About one more good day and I will be ready to put up the 8 mil plastic "Tent" to keep in some heat so we can start building! I'm posting a link to the video showing how packed...

Got a Gen 1 SBC and rear mockup tires. Decided the LS didn't look right in the build. Think I'll run this setup and start looking for a big block to build with an 8-71 on top. Gotta clean the garage out and get it ready to heat so I can work since the temps are dropping here.

Progress! Cab is off and now mock-up can officially begin! Took a bit to get the cab off the chassis by myself with one good leg but I managed. I'll start getting measurements tomorrow or Monday and figure out dimensions and draw up a frame blueprint. Then mock up the frame in 2x4 lumber to get...

My helping paws today.

Progress! Doghouse off! Check out those beefy wheel spacers!

I think I have the audio thing figured out so I am going to shoot some video today with the Canon. It should look WAY better than the stupid GoPro stuff. And have actual audio. Today begins teardown! Pics to come this evening.

Gene49, I am thinking the same thing except from the rear window! I'm going to free the cab from the frame after removing the doghouse and engine/trans, support the frame at both ends, and cut it right behind the cab. Lower the frame section holding the cab enough to reach in with the cherry...

A link to the YouTube channel. I made an intro video of the build but the audio is garbage. Turn up your sound until I get the audio figured out. The channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MERC2130 Intro vid:

So, a few months back, I decided to build a drag-and-drive car, meaning it gets raced at a drag strip and driven to another track and repeat, up to 5 times in 5 days. No trailer, no support vehicles, no nothing. You break it and can't fix it in route? You're done. Get caught trailering from...

I ate half a cheesecake today. I skipped chemo today-I'll go tomorrow. I can't figure out how to get the cab off my 53 truck. Guess I'm renting a forklift for the day. It's suddenly cold in Indiana! But I scored a huge box of Car Kulture Delux and Hot Rod mags for $10 on marketplace today! Wow I...

I may not go drag and drive with this after all. The wife says I wouldn't be able to get in and out of a cage very easy and she refuses to try to. Maybe just make it LOOK fast lol Blown Big block maybe?

The cab is found! '53 4100 1.5 ton former farm truck. I'll take the cab off for the build and squirrel the rest away for another day. Now to get the cab off the chassis! Hmmmmm.....I need a forklift lol

But my wheels are shiny!