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steve sellers (aka sellersrodshop) [ View ] [ sellersrodshop@comcast.net ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] old hickory, Tennessee (615) 585-6385

after sitting idle for a few years, i've finally started back on my 36 ford truck project. here are a few pics of the work to date. the chassis is a fatmans, w/ air ride front, 2004 ford 4.6 sohc w/ police package, aode, 9" versailles disc rear. the cab has been suicided, with a "mucho time involved" cut down 50 ford car dash.

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Posted by BigAlBre  -  10/06/2007 07:08 PM Steve, super looking project.... I love the dash too Big Al sittin back pickin & grinning in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999   Posted by DavyJ  -  10/07/2007 03:11 PM good concept with the dash, these trucks always look great, there is one at York every year that has been adapted to car front sheet metal, amazing. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by BigAlBre  -  10/07/2007 03:14 PM The beauty of using a car cab is the extra room you gain and the longer doors.... I had a friend in calif that did one... it looked factory.... Big Al sittin back pickin & grinning in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  10/22/2007 04:23 PM got the cab & front end mounted up & fitted over the weekend! everything went together really well for the initial fitting. i'm running into alot of strange things with this fatmans chassis. the rails are formed different from a stock rail frame & things that originally needed spacers dont, while other points that originally mated against the frame need spacers. the 4.6 sohc is fitting in pretty well. good clearance all around. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by rc57  -  10/24/2007 12:20 AM looking great Steve never pet a burning dog! [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] colgate, Wisconsin Charter Member since February 2004   Posted by DavyJ  -  10/24/2007 02:22 AM good stance, it looks like it will sit just right. How much is out of the roof? Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  10/24/2007 08:02 AM the cab hasn't been chopped. i don't prefer the 35-36 trucks to be chopped, they get really wide & long very quick. just messes up the lines if you know what i mean. got the column hung & the seat base lowered 1 1/2" today. also made the e-brake cable brackets to mount the cables to the versailles disc setup. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by BigAlBre  -  10/24/2007 10:28 AM how's the leg room?? Big Al sittin back pickin & grinning in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999   Posted by DavyJ  -  10/24/2007 02:33 PM here's a pic of a '36 we helped build a couple of years back. I know it is a Chev,instead of a Ford, but still similar lines, just great trucks Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  10/24/2007 03:21 PM al, legroom is great! i'm 5'10" & i can stretch my legs out straight with the seat back. after the headrests are cut off of the fiero seats they will slide back another couple inches. they hit the cab reinforcement that runs under the rear window now. davy, chevy had the right idea of styling the mid 30's truck front ends to match the car sheetmetal. should have kept that policy for 1 more year with the 39 model though... would make for a killer ride now... sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  11/26/2007 07:15 AM finally got time to install the new hagan triple opening hood hinge assy. & new hoodsides this weekend. (been laying hardwood floors, painting walls & trim & got new carpet in the house last week.. the price to play with "our" toys gets high at times !!!!) had to get solid hoodsides & add "blisters" from so-cal to clear the heads on the 4.6. i REALLY like the hagan hood hinge assembly!! it's really a nice setup. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by Red's Place Custom & Restoration  -  11/28/2007 01:55 AM always liked those trucks too bad I am too tall to enjoy one. Since you put the 4.6 motor in the truck you can let me have the 3 deuce setup for the big block ford I see in the one picture. RED Red's Place Custom & Restoration [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Charlotte, North Carolina   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  12/13/2007 04:13 AM got a few more items done today. the column drop has been fabricated ( wanted something tapered & curved to better blend into the dash), along with the overhead console that will hold the radio. i will also be adding small extentions to each side to house the headlight & wiper switches. i'm aiming at keping the dash smooth & "knob free". also have the new guages recessed about 1" into the original bezels & glass. they kinda look like they are floating in space. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by dhethrington  -  12/13/2007 01:07 PM Nice job Dave Hethrington [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Zeeland, Michigan   Posted by 29robert  -  12/13/2007 05:16 PM Lookin good. Keep us posted 29robert [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] La Verne, California Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by DavyJ  -  12/14/2007 12:56 AM Awesome fab work on that mount and radio box. Can't wait to see this one done. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by 56chevytruck  -  12/14/2007 02:52 PM looking good. Say What... [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Midlothian, Texas   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  01/02/2008 02:24 AM progress has slowed a little over the holidays, but have a few more items fitted, the lower dash & a/c cover are in progress,some cardboard mockup patterns made & the tailgate fitted i'm using a 37 gate to get rid of the monster "barn door" hinges. the gate will pivot on home made teflon hinges. almost ready to order wheels! sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  02/13/2008 10:13 PM well, have some more things done ( trying to keep up with "meangene"! ) but not many "photogenic" items. i did get all the underdash items transferred to metal & installed & the new tailights are in. after years of planning on installing stock type 36 car front & truck rear bumpers, i've done an "about face" & decided to fab up my own versions. while the originals look nice, they just don't flow with the body lines to suit me. see what you all think of the new front bumper. i spent all day saturday with the torch bending this thing. it's 3/4 solid rod, so should be pretty sturdy. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by meangene  -  02/15/2008 09:24 AM steve,i hope your not trying to keep up with me i'm falling behind,keeping posting pics. really like to see other progress,do you go to goodguys nashville?we will be there ,if so maybe we can meet up, even a blind hog finds a acorn [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Labadie, Missouri   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  02/15/2008 10:27 AM lets do that! in a perfect world, i'll have mine done for goodguys. i live about 10 mi. from the stadium, so would be a perfect shakedown run before louisville. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by meangene  -  02/15/2008 07:18 PM we stay at my sisterinlaws house ,it real close to the lake don't know the name but near the dam,so it not a bad drive for me from there,how close are you from there? even a blind hog finds a acorn [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Labadie, Missouri   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  02/15/2008 07:39 PM there are two dams nearby. old hickory dam & lake is about 10 mi. north of the show site & percy priest is about 6mi east of the site, right on interstate 40. i'm actually in between the two, about 4 mi each way so will be close either way. as time gets closer, we'll plan on getting together, maybe round up a few other "ruffians" from the site that might be attending. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by meangene  -  02/16/2008 08:02 PM steve ,found out that the dam is percy prierst seem like were close would like to link up and meet you and any others that may be there.hope to meet you then even a blind hog finds a acorn [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Labadie, Missouri   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  02/24/2008 07:47 PM finished fabbing up the rear pan tonite & have the tag bracket recessed & the rear bumpers fitted & tacked together. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by rtiedt  -  02/24/2008 01:43 AM Hey Steve its been awhile.Was surfin on here and saw your blogs.the trucks lookin good.have to give me a shout sometime like to come and see it. rtiedt [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] cross plains, Tennessee   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  02/24/2008 01:53 PM sent you a note on the email system. come by anytime, visitors always welcome! sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  03/02/2008 02:07 PM new shoes!!!! sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by 12gauge  -  03/08/2008 07:19 PM Thanks for putting up with all my questions today...your workmanship is awesome! Bob F 12gauge [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Brentwood, Tennessee   Posted by meangene  -  03/09/2008 09:46 PM steve ,looking good really like the wheels,the truck is coming along great!!! even a blind hog finds a acorn [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Labadie, Missouri   Posted by 31tudor  -  03/10/2008 01:02 PM Cool rubber bands! Eric Hibbs [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St. George, Utah Charter Member since January 2002   Posted by jsrodder  -  03/10/2008 01:35 PM Are those the new wheels from Billet Specialties? rockymountainrods.com [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Aztec, New Mexico   Posted by DavyJ  -  03/10/2008 06:01 PM those are big hoops! That truck is getting close now! great job. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  03/10/2008 09:33 PM thanks for the comments! the wheels are boyd crown jewels( which are manufactured by american racing now) & are 20x8.5 rear, 17x7 front. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  03/22/2008 10:13 PM haven't had much to comment on lately, just been doing some fitting & finish bodywork. i did finally decide on the layout for the a/c condensor cover & control mount. i still have a few mounting brackets to add for the under dash skirt, but most of the fabrication work is finished. the control mount shape mimics the side mirrors & tailights, so i guess "oval" is the theme on this one! i've been working hard enough this week to wear out my "shop helper" sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by DavyJ  -  03/23/2008 01:14 PM Steve, are you sure you just weren't working such long hours that you forgot to feed the guard dog? love that control panel mount. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  03/24/2008 10:27 AM davy, i'm sure tammy will back me up on this... these dogs let you know really quick when it's feeding time!!! sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  04/15/2008 01:55 AM the bed floor is fabbed up & fitted now. i'm reversing the usual wood floor with steel strips to steel floor panels with wood inserts. we did the same with my dad's truck, & it worked out well. i just need to drill the holes & get the wood inserts planed down just a hair to fit. i'm also thinking about mounting this old trunk in the bed for some dry storage. what do you all think? yes or no? sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/15/2008 07:52 AM looking good steve , i like the trunk. be a great place for the batt. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  06/11/2008 10:12 AM been having back problems for a couple months & haven't worked on any of the projects, but am starting to do a little bit now. here is the final assembly on the bed with the strips installed & the gas door in place: sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by brian41chevy  -  06/11/2008 11:12 AM Looks good Steve. Hope your able to do more work on it soon. There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] New Lenox, Illinois Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by BigAlBre  -  06/11/2008 12:16 PM Steve, is that dash out of a shoebox ford? looking gooood Big Al sittin back pickin & g