Finally got a project

[tiny1]

few pics floor still working on it. Excuse the crooked bead rolls I tried to blame my wife for them being crooked but she wouldn't have that so its my fault lol

 

[tiny1]

Its been super hot here haven't been able to get much done. here is a few more of the floor and suicide doors.

 

[tiny1]

suicide doors

 

[Gastrick]

Everything is looking sweet Tiny. The suicide doors are cool.

 

[24dodge]

thats coming out great Tiny , great job , looks like your corn is growing good too

 

[Bonehead]

Doors look real good, grill shell looks good too.

 

[tiny1]

Thanks guys.. I wished it would cool off a bit I might get a little more done. Its been between 105 & 12 heat index the last week.

The bottom of the doors were in bad shape so we decided to cut 4 1/2 inches off the bottom and make a dummy running board to hide the muffler the tail pipe it will exit in the back corner of the cab.

 

[Thunder1]

The truck is bitchin Tiny! I have a 51 F-1 cab that I have similar plans for. I've searched all over the net for some pictures of a rat rod Ford truck that comes close to what I want to do with mine. Yours is the best example yet. However, I'm planning on building a really long wheelbase (11 1/2 ft.) truck without a bed. It'll have a really low stance as well. After I bought my cab I thought I might have made a mistake because of it's larger cab size compared to the earlier trucks. But now after seeing what can be done with an f-1, I'm feeling A LOT better about my cab.

Thanks for all the pics and the great job your doing explaining your progress.

How about an update on your progress? - It's been awhile since you've posted anything new.

Thunder1

 

[Gastrick]

I'm planning on building a really long wheelbase (11 1/2 ft.) truck without a bed.Thunder1

You are going to build a bedless truck with a 138 inch wheelbase.. That's usually called a dragster .

 

[FlatBroke]

I thought a dragster was 150 and over.....

 

[Gastrick]

I thought a dragster was 150 and over.....

Depends on the era. The forever famous Greer, Black and Prudhomme dragster was only 112". Very short by todays 300" top fuel standards.

Tiny1 better hurry back with an update. His thread is being hijacked.

 

[tiny1]

Haven't posted much in a while i have been under the weather and missed a month of working on truck but all's well again and were back at it. We finished up mock up and took it apart last weekend and after sitting for a month here in south Alabama the rust bunny took a good hold of it. after a few days and a lot of grinding disk it was ready for paint.

 

[tiny1]

Here she is with the paint

 

[tiny1]

all the batwings, Hairpens , rear end front axle is gloss black. lol i know its suppose to be a rat rod it is just a painted one

 

[24dodge]

Glad everything is good with you Tiny , a shiney rat rod ?........HMMMMM , might be a new trend ..........24

 

[Gastrick]

Welcome back tiny, I was starting to wonder what happened to ya. The chassis looks nice. Dang rust bunnies.

 

[Joeb]

hehe rust bunnies

 

[FlatBroke]

Tiny,
looks like Y'all been busy down there.
Progress looks good as always.
Hate to hear you were under the wether, but glad to hear you are OK. Sooner or later I'm gonna have to suck it up and drive down your way and see if I can't offer you a cold one in person.

 

[tiny1]

thanks all the paint turned out good except a few love bugs stuck to it extra horse power.

Sure Flatbroke y'all come on down anytime!

I got the rear end back it it today and rolled it out in the sun took a few more pics

 

[tiny1]

I primed the bed today. I wanna go for a ride .. Got a pic of another project i picked a 46 ford its in rough shape but it can be fixed with a little elbow grease. The wife said I'm crazy i traded a good 1990 Nissan truck for it lol