Ajtofelfa
11-10-2005, 06:46 AM
Hi all,
Actually, we're not hotrodding yet, but have just found a '38 Ford and I also have a '49 Fiat that we plan to hotrod in the next few years (I say years because first I have to finish my other project, and things aren't going too fast in our garage). We call ourselves the Flamin Oil Company Racing Team (nothing to do with oil, just a good name).
I mainly work with my brother and a couple of other guys and we have a lot of cars you wouldn't give a dime for, but they are quite rare here.
I can hardly wait to start the rod project. I have bought the '49 Fiat pickup and have sold the running chassis and four banger motor, we need only the cabin and the lights. Then we found a '38 Ford 2-dr Sedan that has been converted into a sawmill. The old man we bought it from told us that the nazis have converted it and they used it in the surrounding mountains to cut wood for their troops. Then they left it up there until somebody brought it down to our city and used it until the early '70s, when the old guy bought it and took it to the village we found it in. The driveshaft could be disconnected from the rear axle and attached to the saw.
The body is very rough, we dumped it already. The motor is full of nuts and other things squirrels and mice piled up. Other than this, and that the front two pistons have been removed and intake ports plugged (?!!?!??!) it seems to be repairable. I'll have questions regarding identifying the motor in another forum.
Actually, we're not hotrodding yet, but have just found a '38 Ford and I also have a '49 Fiat that we plan to hotrod in the next few years (I say years because first I have to finish my other project, and things aren't going too fast in our garage). We call ourselves the Flamin Oil Company Racing Team (nothing to do with oil, just a good name).
I mainly work with my brother and a couple of other guys and we have a lot of cars you wouldn't give a dime for, but they are quite rare here.
I can hardly wait to start the rod project. I have bought the '49 Fiat pickup and have sold the running chassis and four banger motor, we need only the cabin and the lights. Then we found a '38 Ford 2-dr Sedan that has been converted into a sawmill. The old man we bought it from told us that the nazis have converted it and they used it in the surrounding mountains to cut wood for their troops. Then they left it up there until somebody brought it down to our city and used it until the early '70s, when the old guy bought it and took it to the village we found it in. The driveshaft could be disconnected from the rear axle and attached to the saw.
The body is very rough, we dumped it already. The motor is full of nuts and other things squirrels and mice piled up. Other than this, and that the front two pistons have been removed and intake ports plugged (?!!?!??!) it seems to be repairable. I'll have questions regarding identifying the motor in another forum.