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Russ Connolly (aka screw) [ View ] [ hereweis@nb.sympatico.ca ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Gray Rapids N.B., Canada (506) 843-9997

I once read an article in some Rod magazine that talked about the fact that when Henry Ford came out with the 32 Ford, It was touted as the CAR FOR THE COMMON MAN, Henry wanted EVERY working stiff to have one. Well that might have been possible back then but NOW!!!??? I personally don't know any blue collar working stiff that can afford a 32 Ford now-a-days since they Start around 40 grand! That's a small MORTGAGE for some of us poor folk!!! SO, I got this Idea, Tell me what YOU think. What if a guy was to say find a reasonably priced fibreglass body kit, a Frame from some type of common Newer vehcle that would suffice, then instead of loading it up with loads of BIG BUCK BLINGY stuff like big fancy rims, flashy 20 thousand dollar engines, fancy interiors and elaborate paint jobs, a person could install a very plain-jane, factory rebuilt 350 engine,( with a warranty) No chrome, no fancy stuff, plain valve covers, stock air breathers etc. etc. THEN, you install a plain-jane factory rebuilt tranny and rear end-both with warranties. Wheels and tires would be very ordinary types. Say a plain black rim with a baby moon or someting like that. The interiors could be finished but don't do it up fancy. Just have an old bench seat from an old van, recovered with cloth only, maybe some cheap carpet, a guage or two or three, plain door panels, maybe even no headliner. Brakes, you could go with whatever is the most inexpensive and if that means drums on all four corners, than so be it. The point is, is to build the car as cheap as possible. CHEAP in the "money" cense. I think if a person could DO that cheaply enough , they may be able to bring the price to purchase a Hot Rod down far enough where the COMMON MAN (or WOMAN) could once again afford to fullfill their dream of owning a real hot rod. Leave it up to the buyer to improve the car. Maybe they could get headers for Christmas ,or a new steering wheel for fathers day, who knows. I think it's a plan. you could have three body styles. A 3 window, a 5 window, and maybe a high boy style, Paint them all black, have as little chrome as possible other than headlight bezels,mirrors and door handles, stuff like that. I'm goin' to clear out my garage and get started...................now if I can just find my piggy bank!

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Posted by awsum34  -  04/12/2008 07:21 AM There's quite a few out there that are like that. The reason some don't notice, they don't have all the chrome and bells and whistle. If people would take noice, those people are out driving them, going to shows and having fun, (and not sitting around waiting for the jugdes), They are sitting back off the main entrance at the main shows. Take a look at the event coverage on this site, Look at the cars in the back ground, you'll see them. awsum34 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Overland Park, Kansas   Posted by Streetrodder007  -  04/12/2008 08:25 AM There is alot of cheap stuff already out there. Problem is, most of it is junk, unsafe- and thrown together with no safety or skill put into it. Streetrodder007 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Port Huron, Michigan Charter Member since April 2006   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/12/2008 08:33 AM been done before. ARC ( almost ready to cruz ) didn't fly back then . everybody and their dog is trying to do this selling from rollers to running. there is no cheap way to do it. you can buy a finished car cheaper than you can buy all the parts . dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by 41 Kustom  -  04/12/2008 09:15 AM I think that kind of 32 would be refreshing. I personaly think 32s are an overrated car. I'm ducking because the bullits are flying. Thats just my opinin, that and a quarter wont get you a cup of coffee. Some cars are just over valued. I for one am good with idea of getting the cost of street rods down. If you buy a basic roller and do the upgrades yourself It's giving the owner a chance to work on the car there self. Built it your own garage, or some of it. Shine I have to disagree. You don't have to have billit this and billit that. Some thoughtfull use of paint and other mediums can turn out a car that will turn heads. Thats it for me, I think I'v started enough trouble for today, see you later guys. 41 Kustom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Essex, Vermont   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/12/2008 09:44 AM maybe you should do some research first. since i do this for a living i have. a body/chassis starts at around 16k+. there are adds everywhere for these packages. as for prices they are about as low as it gets. biggest problem is junk built crap priced like a foose built car. the average selling price for streetrods is around 30 to 35k for a quality built car. in all my years doing this i have never had a customer ask me to use wrecking yard junk to build their car. as for billit i use it because 5 years from now it will polish and look like new. cheap chrome junk will be rusty and butt ugly in no time. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by cr55  -  04/12/2008 10:09 AM Shine, amen to that statement!.......CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by da34guy  -  04/12/2008 10:21 AM Hey Shine--- Let's see if anybody can do it!!!!! Ya hit the nail on the head again. I'm sellin 2 right now @ the cost of parts and materials. Have sold 6 in the past 2 years and have had VERY satisfied buyers. Ya get what ya pay for!!!!!! Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/12/2008 10:25 AM i can just see a deuce body on a ford ranger frame . dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by da34guy  -  04/12/2008 11:23 AM Kinda FUGLY!!! Ya think? Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by cr55  -  04/12/2008 11:33 AM I remember some company selling willy's bodies on an S 10........CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by dixie  -  04/12/2008 11:40 AM a 4 x 4 ranger frame i got to see this thing when he gets done. dam i though my hiboy was a plane jane. jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by Starfire  -  04/12/2008 12:34 PM Sounds a bit like Russ is longing to return to the real roots of hot rodding. It was fun, as those of us old enough to remember can attest. And Yup we did use mostly stuff from the salvage yards. And before Vince Edelbrock discovered the SBC it was flatheads and Olds rockets. I still have a thing for the Rocket engine that reached it's pinnacle in the form of a 394 c.i., 345 hp, 10.5:1 compression engine. I'm guessing one of those will still easily outperform any more recent Chevy engine one can put together. I know it hasn't been that long ago that I totally wiped up a Saleen Mustang with one of my '62 Olds Starfires. Guess just for the heck of it I need to find me an old 1930's Ford something and drop in the extra 394 I have just to show the younger crowd what real hot rodding was/is all about. It wasn't about chrome, fancy bucket seats, and spending a weekend hanging around with a bunch of people talking about their losses in the stock market. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/12/2008 12:50 PM i'm only 57 but i've been in this all my life. dad ,older cousins and such. i NEVER saw one of them pass up on some chrome. this true hotrod bs is getting old. had there been billit available back in the 50's the cars would have been covered in it. maybe you built yours butt ugly on purpose but the hobby has always progressed. i remember some of the junk thrown together back then too. but to say that is true hotrodding is bs and you can blow that smoke up somebody else's butt cause i aint buying it. i have been in this thing since grade school and done nothing else so i have seen a little of it too. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by da34guy  -  04/12/2008 01:00 PM Go Gettem , ya ol Porchdog!!! I with ya. Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by screw  -  04/12/2008 02:15 PM I think Starfire is Right about me wanting to go back in time so to speak but I also think I've failed to get my point across to the ol' porchdog. When I said to use the seat from an old van or something , what I really meant was to find an inexpensive type of seat that would maybe be used in the rear of a vehicle of some kind and purchase it NEW from a distributor or something, NOT to go to the f--k'n JUNKYARD and fetch one! And yes, I think you were right about the billet in the 50's being available and also about the fact that there IS alot of junk out there but that ( in alot of cases) isn't the PARTS's fault! It's the moron that put it together. I still think if a person was to use inexpensive .....NEW parts AND put it together PROPERLY and TASTEFULLY one could bring down the price of owning a cool hotrod to the point where I don't have to walk around all spring long with a lump in my throat because I've got the HOT ROD BLUES.( That's when you have to stand on the corner and watch your buddys drive by in their cool cars cause you work paycheque to paycheque and can't afford a cool car.................THAT"S the HOT ROD BLUES) screw [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Gray Rapids N.B., Canada   Posted by Starfire  -  04/12/2008 02:24 PM Well Shine, it would seem you just ain't quite old enough to have been there and done that. It appears to me your experience is building street rods for others who can't and have some "American Graffiti" "George Barris" concept of the roots of hot rodding. There is nothing wrong with that other than a real hot rod is not going to be a show car. Hot Rodding was about speed, drag racing (legal and otherwise) and not about an artistic statement. Hot rods were built by good old boys with mechanical skills for the purpose of racing, plain and simple. They were also built using salvage parts unless someone scrapped up a little cash and bought a cam or intake from someone like Offenhauser, Isky, and Edelbrock. The fact they/we hung out at the local drive-in burger joint was just side fluff and the social aspect beyond the racing. George Barris worked for Disney and had a virtually unlimited budget to build the cars he built. Barris was not really a hot rodder in the basic sense. He was a Hollywood set designer of sorts but he none the less caught the eye of Petersen publications who managed to put him in the public eye and also promote something that wasn't really a basic part of hot rodding. And don't get me wrong, Barris did some neat things which basically gave birth to the idea of Street Customs and Show cars. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by 41 Kustom  -  04/12/2008 02:46 PM I told you the bullits would fly!!!!! I mean no disrespect Shine. If you add up what it takes to really make a frame, you can do it for a lot less than a company wants for it. I'm not talking running junk and not being safe, my grand kids go with me all thay can. So what I put together is definatly safe. We as a streetrodding comunity have to curb the cost of our hobby. Take a young guy listening to two older guys like us saying we have 40 to 50,000 grand in our cars is going turn them off right there. The last Nats I went to had a dinner for the streetrodders and as I sat there looking around all I saw was gray hair and ( I'll say it) old guys. If we are to keep srteetrodding alive we have to make it affordable to the younger generation. Even the street machines and pony cars are priced out of sitght. I'm glad no one Knows were I live!! I have to go now, I THINK I'M HIT. 41 Kustom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Essex, Vermont   Posted by DaveHughes  -  04/12/2008 02:56 PM so let me see if I understand This new found philosphy of "hot rods' If it isnt built in a 50s fashion with vintage parts then it isnt a hotrod?? If 50's hotrods were so wonderful I wonder why the sport evolved into what it is today?? Why wouldnt everybody be driving 50's cars? I dont think its because they cant afford them- or because they could build one. And as Far as The olds rocket 394/345 outperforming any recent sbc- My best friend has new chevy ss pickup with a little procharger some injection work and cam. runs 11sec flat.and gets 20 +mpg dont imagine the "rocket" would stack up. I dont make BIG money and I certainly dont have the nicest cars around but I didnt start with what I have now either. Find a body style you can afford and start there. A 32 ford is not a cheap place to start. Buy and sell- trade around untill you get more what you like.The percentage of streetrodders that went out and bought the exact car they wanted for there first rod would be very small..Shine is actually going to build inderweed mostly from salvage yards to prove it still can be done- atleast that was the last I heard.It would be worth following for any one wanting a good inexpensive rod. DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by 41 Kustom  -  04/12/2008 02:58 PM Sh#@, my address is at the bottom of my post, Honey, get wagons in a circle, were in for a long night!!!! 41 Kustom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Essex, Vermont   Posted by orphans2  -  04/13/2008 05:42 PM After reading Shine's last post, all I can say is that he is right as usual. That being said I think I will mosey on over to the HAMB and get my fill of traditional sh*t. Party on guys! Keep your head down Jan! LOL orphans2 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Stewartstown, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since November 2001   Posted by Starfire  -  04/12/2008 04:45 PM No point in anyone getting the wagons in a circle. Hot Rodding of times past and today's Street Rodding are really two different things. The first clue is in the common usage the word "Hot" being replaced with the word "Street." Hot Rodding and Street Customs to some extent merged in the late 1950's and early 1960's to create the "Street Rod." Drag racing became big business and the concept of owning a hot rod manifested itself to some extent in "store bought" cars that looked like the pictures in Hot Rod, Rod & Custom, and a host of other magazines of the 1950's and 1960's, and of course Milner's car in American Graffiti. Were the "Hot Rods" of the late 1940's and through the 1950's safe? Hell no, at least not by today's standards. But then by today's standards the typical family car was not safe either. I really don't remember anyone being killed in an accident involving a Hot Rod in those times, though it probably did happen somewhere. I do remember more than one person being injured at the strip when pieces of a clutch plate came up through the floor and were flying around the inside of a car. That is obviously what lead to the scatter shield requirement at the sanctioned strips. Could an old fashioned hot rod be built cheaply today? No! The reason being the old fashioned salvage yard of the era hasn't existed for several decades, unless one just happens to know of a cache of old stuff the EPA hasn't found yet. They do exist though. I happen to know of one nestled into the bowels of an old rock quarry making it impossible to see unless one is in an airplane or helicopter 200 miles out in the middle of no where. And the woods of Arkansas, East Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia still hide a few old abandoned salvage yards. But they are rapidly being cleaned out, probably thanks to satellite imagery which now allows one to see a skunk's behind from 200 miles up. Heck I can almost see the fish in my pond with some of the imagery now on the internet. And no, Dave an old fashioned hot rod with an Olds Rocket engine is not going get 20 mpg., but it might turn in the 9's with a super charger or a couple of 4bbls. Back in the early days of hot rodding no one was concerned about taking a long trip with their car because it just didn't happen. Maybe a hundred miles to a strip on occasion, but that was about it and gasoline was about 19 cents per gallon so no body cared if their car only got 10-12 mpg. No one went off cruising to some far flung cruise-in or car show. Why? Because that type of event just didn't exist. And if it had, most of the "cushy" Street Rods of today with their sound systems, air conditioning, and tons of chrome would have been laughed at for being a "Candy Ass" Sunday cruiser. Admired maybe but still laughed at. The fact is there is really little relationship between today's "Street Rodding" and old fashioned "Hot Rodding" beyond general appearance of some vehicles, be it good or be it bad. Beyond that it would be doubtful if one could build one which would pass inspections for licensing for the street as they were done 50+ years ago. That is of course where the benefit of having a title for a 70 year old car might come in handy. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by DaveHughes  -  04/12/2008 05:09 PM Honestly , I have better things to do then argue as to if streetrodding is better today than 50 years ago- Frankly I dont care. I Have a STREETROD- as do most others here-(hence the name streetrodding.com) if i only wanted to go fast I would buy a dragster. I didnt live through the fifties so I really dont care how they did it then. This is how it is NOW. And I LIKE it.. I dont want to hear anyone crying around about it being all wrong- cause it aint how it used to be. Nothing is how it was 50 years ago. This didnt happen overnight. It has evolved over years and years. I like getting in my candy ass STREETrod with air and going somewhere and not being worrying about getting there. Not that I dont like SAFE traditional style rods of the day. I also like what the majority on here have. DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by grant6s  -  04/12/2008 05:20 PM WE ALL DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. SOME DO BETTER FINANCIALLY THAN OTHERS SO WHY SHOULDN'T THOSE FOLKS BE ABLE TO SPEND WHAT THEY WANT IN WHATEVER WAY THEY WANT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR WAL-MART'S AND BERGDORF GOODMAN. grant6s [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Washington, New Jersey   Posted by 41 Kustom  -  04/12/2008 06:37 PM When I put the arrow on my screen to click and the hand appears the middle finger comes up not the pointer. Witch one of you guys did that? 41 Kustom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Essex, Vermont   Posted by RedricoAdelphianet  -  04/12/2008 07:03 PM 41 i dont think MOST young guys today are liking what we like, they tend to be more interested in the rice burners with fart can technology. RedricoAdelphianet [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia   Posted by cr55  -  04/12/2008 08:05 PM 41, That's damn funny, the arrows and the wagons! Redrico you're right on the money with the kids today. Put a mega stereo in and a coffee can on the tail pipe and you are good to go. But I've got to hand it to anyone who can build a car today no matter how much it cost. And if you have a pro shop and try to make a decent living, God help ya! I think the build shows on the tube are just fantasy. Impossibe for the average guy to build a car in a few months much less 7 days. With the availability of well built and safe parts out there, it's crazy for anybody to have an unsafe car out there. If you can't afford to build it safe then wait until you can! My hat is off to people like Shine and the rest of them,it's a hard business. Any time you have to deal with the public you deserve something extra. Built custom homes for 22 years so I can relate. Allright enough ranting and raving, I feel better now..........CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by DavyJ  -  04/12/2008 10:32 PM Economical rods are out there all over the place. At the last show i saw several cars priced in the fifteen thousand range,No they were not 32.s but they were decent looking late 30.s to mid 40's rides that would provide years of enjoyment for the owners. As for the cars of the fifties, hell i once bought a channelled 31 roadster built in 1959, it had a chrome front, rear and tranny so rat rods were not all that was built back then. If you want to step back in time, pick your era, build your car your way, just do it safely.If you want that 32, just do what i did, build several later model rods, sell each one for a small profit and work up to what you want. You can't bemoan the price of parts that are required to build a new car, everyone who touches it has to turn a profit or they wouldn't be in business. 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 DaveHughes  -  04/13/2008 12:53 AM Davy is right on the money= He has had lots of rods and building what looks to be a fine 32- but he didnt start there. There was a 38 chevy sedan just added today to this site for 15k. Dont know anything about it but looks like a decent economical start, Resonable cars are still out there. DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/13/2008 08:36 AM hell i'm just gonna sell all my junk. too shiney and reliable to be a real hotrod . still trying to figure out what i've been doing for the last 35 years since i aint old enough to know anything about them. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by cr55  -  04/13/2008 10:25 AM Shine, OPINIONS are like A......S, everybody has one! Keep building your way. I looked at your pictures of the cars you have built, I'm impressed. I don't think anyone meant any disrespect to you, but us young guys have to take a little riff from the oldsters once in a while! Thanks for the advice on the vibration. ...............CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by gman0046  -  04/13/2008 03:22 PM Hmmm, a 62 Olds 4300 pound Starfire wiping out a Saleen Mustang???? Olds Rockets out performing SBC's????? Don't know about everyone else, I'm just a little sceptical, those 5.0 four speed Mustangs are no slouch and haven't seen any Rocket powered cars run in the 9's lately. It takes a lot of bucks to run in the 9's no matter what name is on the engine. gman0046 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Anchorage, Kentucky   Posted by RedricoAdelphianet  -  04/13/2008 12:23 PM GMAN im a little scepitcal also, but i must say that starfire to me seems really intelligent from what i have read in his posts. IMO. RedricoAdelphianet [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia   Posted by DaveHughes  -  04/13/2008 02:55 PM I know one thing - If you can put a "rocket Motor with a couple of 4bbls on it" in a hotrod and run in the 9s then there have been alot of dragracers I know wasting there money on monster motors to get there drag cars there. DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by da34guy  -  04/13/2008 03:17 PM Cost BIG B$U$C$K$S$ to even get into the 9's. Don't care what yer puttin the motor in. Buddy of mine's (Ron Mangus, the upholstery gure) son, Ryan, has got over 12K in a George Streigle (Clay Smith Cams)440 big block Chrysler and is just tappin @ the 9's. Runnin it in a Gutted,set up chassis Dart Good luck Starfire. Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by gman0046  -  04/13/2008 03:25 PM Dave, you think we've been doing something wrong all these years? gman0046 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Anchorage, Kentucky   Posted by da34guy  -  04/13/2008 03:32 PM Just anuther note. Back in the day 1965 -66 I had a 32 5 window with a BLOWN DUAL QUAD 371 OLDS ( That was built by Santa Ana Speed Shop) balanced,decked, blower pistions,lotsa head work. A real blower moter. Big Al and I have talked about this car and he remembers it when he was stationed @ El Toro air base and he was runnin the streets of Santa Ana. Yeah it was street legal. Anway, this car @ the time with the technology and tires available would only turn in the lo 10's @ Lions, Fontana, San Gaberial and Pomona. 9's back in those days were a DREAM. Hell it wasn't until around late 67 when Gary Beck turned a 7.00 in a fuel car Remember 7 Second Beck ? Then 6 second Beck. Lets get real guys !!!!!! Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by DaveHughes  -  04/13/2008 04:10 PM Gman obviously we have. My point exactly-Don. Most people dont have a clue what kind of power it takes to get a car in the 12s And It is a LONG way from 12s to 9s . I would say you stuff a good running 345hp "rocket" in a 4000 lb car you will be very lucky to hit 14s. And thats with good gears. But what would you Know Don You only lived it..... DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/13/2008 06:05 PM everybody drove a real hot rod to school, they all ran 9's on but ugly snow tires yada yada yada. same old bs story. i dont buy into any of that crap. it takes a pretty bad ass big block to get even into the 10's . but i'm damned tired of being told what hotrodding is all about. proof is in the puddin my friends. dont tell me about all the crap you used to build. what are you doing now ? i've got mine right here on streetrodding .com for you to see. and it aint thrown together shit out of a scrap yard. . contrary to the bs stories just about every hotrodder i ever knew wanted his car shiney and chromed up. where do you thing car shows came from ? dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by orphans2  -  04/13/2008 06:23 PM Seeing how this thread has gone way, way far from the original post, I just have to say to Russ that it would be very tough to do if building a 3 or 5 window coupe. You could probably do a 27 Track T for $5 - $10 G's or a 31 or 32 roadster for $10 to $15 G's if you did nearly all of the work yourself and had all of the parts you needed, including both new and old parts. There are bodies and chassis available that don't cost a fortune, but the builder is going to have to put in a lot of sweat equity into the build because a lot will be needed to get them together right. This would likely be a one car deal. Mass produced would be a different story. Even if parts could be gotten cheaper in mass production, the labor would be a killer. It has been done before and will be again. orphans2 [