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[DOUGIEB59]

i havent done a good job of documentating the build but here we go...
40 chev cab, some kind of bed, and some frame rails...

 

[DOUGIEB59]

more stuff / less hording...

kinda like in the movie "Iron Giant" when the machine got blown up and began to pull itself back together.

 

[DOUGIEB59]

tube framer...

a special thanks to bennie, the old man who donated the frame rails, and rusty old model a bed (i think). and lotsa beer to continue the dream...[cl

 

[DOUGIEB59]

rust and sticks

having never done this before i want to Thank you all for letting me look over your sholder as you built your rides... gave my little pea brain lotsa ideas, and gave me the excuse to buy a plasma cutter and a new welder[

 

[DOUGIEB59]

luck vs. sense

two things that amazed me... how things would just seem to fit, kinda like puzzel pieces, or a model when you were a kid. and two, how that after a few cold oned i was actually believing that i could bend the metal to my will...

 

[DOUGIEB59]

out of propane, and beer - time for bed!

its funny, if i sit down on the couch, i can be asleep in minutes, if i go the garage and get busy, 3:00 am is not a difficulty.

 

[Flipper_1938]

What was the frame in its previous life?

 

[skull]

nice

l like it[cl

Later

 

[pcdimis]

I'm digging that frame..do you have any close up pics of the steering set up?

 

[DOUGIEB59]

Reply

Frame, was a gusseted roofing frame, you can kinda see it in the avatar, plenty heavy... The steering is a trans am tilt column, shortened 3" and affixed through a colapsable shaft to a manual 68-ish mustang box, with a cross steer set up, and a pan hard bar.
D/b

 

[DOUGIEB59]

da guts

i dont really have any good pics of the interior, gut i kinda am proud of it... the same trans-am that gave up its steering column, also donated its brake petal assembly.
found a spoon type accelerator petal from a really early ford pickup. got honda prelude bucket seats (including the retractable seat belts) and a hurst quarter stick for the powerglide, but my favorite is: the push button start out of an old international cab over.

 

[DOUGIEB59]

motoring

the mill came out of this fine donor vehicle, 350 jenkens rebuild w 60k ish, it got new(er) chevy "turbo" heads w 2.02 valves and a high output comp cams marine cam... the cross ram prob isnt the most efficient, but i think it looks cool. and the fenderless fenderwell headers are out of some ol chevy II

 

[DOUGIEB59]

the beginning of the end... not really!

for the inagural ride we went to the gas station to fill up w some good sunoco 260... or next best thing.
am pleased w this project, at least with most of it, so far... now comes a diff breed of fun with "betsy" or maybe "ginny"

 

[DOUGIEB59]

one last thought...

figured iv earned it!!

 

[hflhfl]

Looks great. Nice job ! 3AM ? Geess that would mean i. Would get an hour sleep [cl

 

[Sam_Fear]

Now chop the top 2" and it's done! Looks good even if ya don't.

 

[offroadrolls]

Outstanding!! Wish I could build one that quick. [cl

 

[babyface]

Cool! [cl

BF

 

[DOUGIEB59]

Now chop the top 2" and it's done! Looks good even if ya don't.

am fraid...looks like a ton more work, and the scars on my hands are just now beginning to heal..

 

[skull]

like it

is there a electric fan under the radiator?

no rear window?

l like it

Later