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Posted: July 28 2007 01:12 AM
 
Tony Moore (aka sloper38) [ View ] [ ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Sydney, Australia

 I'm X38 on any other sites.
 
I'm not competing with Don, but I've started a new project for someone. Seems I have a common theme too - pickups, no floors or subfloors to begin with and "can you make something out of nothing"! This one's going to be a '37 pickup and it started as a 157" wheelbase TRUCK! Some stepup from last year's A model RPU. Anyway the owner cut the frame in 2 and got most of it sandblasted, along with the cab. Now I get to do the rest. Front end is XJ6 Jag, rear leaves and a 9." Engine is a 302 Cleveland (yes, we made 'em) I pulled from one of 2 mid 80's Fairlane the owner has for parts. C4 tranny. Well, this is it so far. I took 52" out of the frame length to begin with.


Oh, and because I can put 5 photos, here's a piece of meat.
 
 
 
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Posted by rc57  -  07/28/2007 09:02 AM
you gonna chop the cab or the meat?
never pet a burning dog! [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] colgate, Wisconsin Charter Member since February 2004
 
Posted by dixie  -  07/28/2007 10:25 AM
Man all i can say is you really must enjoy punishing yourself. Wouldn't wanna pay the bill on this one. JIM just drinking coffee on saturday morn in beatiful downtown dade city fl { temp 90f already}
jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  07/28/2007 11:59 AM
love them old ford trucks. a pain to build but look really killer. why not do the build in builders corner so we kin watch
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by da34guy  -  07/28/2007 04:46 PM
Tony, All I can say is "GOOD LUCK" with this 1

Did ya bite off more than ya can chew?
Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001
 
Posted by sloper38  -  07/28/2007 07:56 PM
Don, I'm still chewin'! Here's the secret though, the owner will be doing all the body fixing once I get the subfloorage sorted out. He also has his own sheet metal shop (stainless commercial kitchens etc)and will make the bed. We'll use a new '37 tailgate. Man that chassis channel is heavy guage, must be 1/4 inch or close! Not like flipping car frames around.


Nice red truck Shine. Nowhere near as common as the 35/6's.
I'm X38 on any other sites. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Sydney, Australia
 
Posted by dixie  -  07/28/2007 08:35 PM
Man Shine thats a mighty black cat laying there.
jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  07/29/2007 11:03 AM
that's the bad bitch ! dont have many critters around here. she prowls at night. only black cats or really fast ones survive out here.
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  07/29/2007 11:07 AM
tony, i feel stupid giving you advise but if i dont i'll feel worse. i've done a bunch of old ford trucks and it amazes me how out of square they are. i guess being run down dirt roads does it. just a heads up. i do my floors and stuff with the doors on now.
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by carpro1946  -  07/29/2007 01:02 PM
I do a complete grid of 3/4" 16Ga. or heavier square tubing frame under the floor of all these style pickups that I do. This way I have my seatbelts and everything rigid. Then I make my floorpans out of 16 Ga. and weld them to the grid. I also make a trap door that unbolts in the toeboard on each side so I ccan route my Heat and A/C hoses and wireing much easier and better hidden. Talk about a nice setup. This makes the cab very rigid and safe. Also stops the door "wanders" later on.
carpro1946 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] hebron, Maryland Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by sloper38  -  07/30/2007 04:15 AM
Out of square you say Shine? This cab was like a wet roll of toilet paper that got dropped on a concrete floor from 20 feet up. Still is for practical purposes! No way known would the doors fit as it is. After I took out the front cross member and did the frame shortening thing I squared up the frame. The whole thing is drafted on the floor off a centreline. In the bare frame shot you can see the start of the floor subframe, that will be the starting point for truing the cab. It's 35mm square gal which, as luck would have it, is the same thickness as the original wood subframe this cab had. Floor frame will be skinned top and bottom. We don't do frail round here, it won't be wobbly!
I'm X38 on any other sites. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Sydney, Australia
 
Posted by sloper38  -  08/03/2007 08:36 AM
Now we have some suspension travel at the back. Yes, it's heavy duty.
I'm X38 on any other sites. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Sydney, Australia
 
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