47 Dodge Rat… Budget Build

[Ta2Don]

I picked this up from a friend a few months back and finally dragged it home to begin the build.
The 47 Dodge WD15 body and bed are mounted on a S10 frame… Plans are to drop in a Carbureted '99 Chevy 305 with a thumper cam backed with a Turbo 400 trans. As can be seen from the pics, the floor is gone and the P.O. had rigged some motor mounts that would not work for me. A proper set of V8 swap motor mounts from Trans-Dapt via Jegs are due to arrive tomorrow.
I'm in the midst of re-working a '65 Short stepper Chevy, and this Rat is a side project that I just had the need to do… I plan on this being a rather quick build as compared to the 65 that is pushing 2 years thanks to a bent frame issue...

Enjoy the pics and feel free to comment...[cl

 

[Ta2Don]

more pics

Front Clip off and funky Motor Mounts

 

[Ta2Don]

More...

Floor is gone and some other shots...

 

[Ta2Don]

…and more...

The funky flat steel motor mount on the pass side cut off, the D/S unbolted…
The Pedal car body on the wagon was thrown in the deal…
The bullet holes in the back of the cab are staying...

 

[Ta2Don]

Pedal Car

Here's the aforementioned Pedal Car…[P
Plans for it too...

 

[Country Misfit]

Looks like a fun project.

 

[Old Iron]

The good thing about the floor is, you don't have to take as much out.
I like your plans so far!!!

 

[skull]

cool

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Later

 

[AZRodDave]

Cool! Sure do like that body style. The bullet holes are awesome! And that pedal car too!

 

[Flipper_1938]

Looking at those pics, I don't think I would trust any of the previous owners "work". I would seriously look at anything he touched.

Good luck with the build. I'm building a Dodge too.

 

[rustybeercan]

Love it... one of my fav's! [cl

Beercan

 

[clamor]

Here's the aforementioned Pedal Car…[P
Plans for it too...

That right there is why I love a full bodied rat.
Can't wait to see what you do with the pedal car, too.

-Chaz

 

[Ta2Don]

Thanx

Thanx Guyz!!!

P.O. Welded the cab to the frame and bolted the bed on…[S
Gonna cut the cab loose and fab some bolt-on mounts...[
Plans for the upcoming weekend is to get the motor and trans mocked up in frame in order to mock-up steering setup and Brake pedal and booster mount… …as well as look at how to wet-up the floor frame...

 

[CORPO]

got a cool look to it, good luck fixing the previous owners work

 

[Todd]

Those dodges are getting hot. Mines been a lot of fun .

 

[I-R-POPS]

I can see it's potential. Have fun and good luck .
I'm in the process of doing a resto mod on one right now.
I really love this body style.

 

[Ta2Don]

Update

Thanks for looking in Guyz!!!

The Motor Mounts showed today...

 

[sgtpontiac]

Excellent build man....

Diggin the whole thing....[P[P[cl

 

[forbigpicture]

I'm with Sgt P on this one.......looking forward to your progress
by the way how much time in the beard build? ha i like the look

 

[05snopro440]

Thanks for looking in Guyz!!!

The Motor Mounts showed today...

Having done the S-10 frame swap and owning a V-8 S-10, I don't think those mounts will work for you if you plan to put them in the "stock" location. For the S-10 V8 you need to move the engine forward and I think you'll need to move yours back. I'm interested to see how they work for you though.

This is going to be a cool truck!

My brother had a '39 Dodge on an S-10 frame.