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kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:00 PM
check out this bad little ride peakin out from behind some old Mercs near this old farm....
VAPHEAD
06-19-2004, 08:03 PM
Hey,that's my car.I forgot where i parked it....
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:06 PM
lets see if i have a better shot of it....
Christian
06-19-2004, 08:10 PM
stop teasin, tell us more!
choprods
06-19-2004, 08:11 PM
where's his Liscence plates- He drives that now still doesn't he? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Roothawg
06-19-2004, 08:13 PM
Wow!! The grass even grows the same height under it....and the tires are still full of air......did ya put a battery in it and drive it home? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:15 PM
HMMMM i think i have better than that too...
haring
06-19-2004, 08:17 PM
Tell me that's what you drove to the yard.
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:23 PM
alright, i'll stop teasin, ya WOOSIES!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

it's a 1918 DODGE with a 50 somethin Dodge flat head six runnin a 2x1 intake and home build exhaust. this sumbitch is BAD. it was started in the 80s by a guy named Jim Allen, it has sat for YEARS and came to my buddy Dan Turner as a roller (as Jim had left it) and he has spent the last few weeks gettin it ready to roll. he has put a couple miles on it but does'nt trust it for any long journeys just yet. th eoil in the pan had turned to "JELLO" and was scraped out with a putty knife. that and a rebuild on the carbs is all Dan did to the motor. oh, Dan built the exhaust too.

Dan has named it the "Allen Special" in honor of the guy who built it, and becuase he is too stand up of a guy to call it the "Turner Special" since it was mostly built by someone else (Jim Allen).
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:26 PM
this sucker is so neat. just look at all the cool details. here is the motor...
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:31 PM
more details...
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:33 PM
did ya notice the single "DODGE" taillight???

check out the detail in the gas tank mount and the rear crossmember...
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:37 PM
howabout an old cake pan for a firewall recess??? put that one in yer little bag-o-tricks http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif...
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:39 PM
heres the inside. old barn wood for a floor, wood rimmed wheel, the little wire loop on the right side of the dash is the choke cable which goes straight out to both carbs and works great. the old 5 speed shift knob (black knob hangin under dash right of the wheel) is the starter button. it used to have a floor button but it's kinda cramped with the big ole home made gas pedal in the way.
choprods
06-19-2004, 08:42 PM
VERY VERY NICE MAN-reminds me of my buddys 26 dodge RPU http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
old beet
06-19-2004, 08:46 PM
Now, tell us about them Mercs, before Ray gets um.......OLDBEET
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:49 PM
MMMM, COMFY!!

anyone got another seat like this one??? he only has one and i wanna go for a ride without sittin on the floor.
Hard On Parts
06-19-2004, 08:53 PM
That is SWEET! I love it.
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 08:54 PM
check out the headlight repair! now THAT is vintage!!

anyone know what that radiator is out of? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

anyone know what the hell those headlights are from? we can't figure that out...
Stovebolt
06-19-2004, 10:03 PM
That's one hell of a bitchin ride. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Tell us more on the QuickChange conversion to the early Banjo rear end, please.
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 10:49 PM
don't know anything about the QC except that it was HOME MADE!! pretty cool stuff goin on in this car, aye?
kustombuilder
06-19-2004, 10:50 PM
oh yeah, the Mercs are just some junkers my budy Dave drug home to scam a couple parts off of for his other 51.
stan55
06-19-2004, 11:05 PM
That is one cool ride, I like it. It is so original. The builder did a great job for back then.
slammed
06-19-2004, 11:55 PM
Gather around this one hardcore trad. fella's. This one is pure yester-year! Excellent photo's! This how THEY did it back then. --5star's--
fab32
06-20-2004, 01:40 AM
Mike, That looks like something our buddy Paul Beck could throw together with parts laying on his front porch.

Frank
ratata
06-20-2004, 07:27 AM
that car looks awsome!i love those modifieds...
it would be a crime to chrome a part or even paint it gloss, do you leave it like it looks right now?
ratata
Stevie G
06-20-2004, 07:55 AM
Hey EVEL........You gotta include this one.
kustombuilder
06-20-2004, 02:13 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Mike, That looks like something our buddy Paul Beck could throw together with parts laying on his front porch.

Frank



[/ QUOTE ]


funny thing is, Dan got this one from Paul. Paul had gotten it from Jim Allen when he decided to sell it. small world huh??


Dan does'nt even like the headlights cause they are too shiny so i would'nt worry about him "ruining" it by making it shiny http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. the few part he had to fab he has left bare metal so they may age, naturaly! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif the first guy i ever met who actually wanted his car to rust. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif