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Beautiful!!!!!
killer!!!!!!!!'
Thanks, but this is my friend Jims project......we think alike when it comes to low buck builds, and he is really the builder in this case. I am...
I will try to swing by his place in a couple days and get some update pics.
The toyota swap sounds interesting. Gotta check on whats in the local scrapyards. Thanks for the tips everybody!
Well....here's an update. No chassis work yet, but Jim got started with the slicing of the body. As you can see, the chop is about done.......
It's probably going to be a combination of fabbed perimiter rails with something interesting (and safe)for a front clip. The rear can be much...
It's been awhile since I was under an early f-85, and I think they are unibody. But I certainly don't remember everything!!!
An AMG 40 pickup.....now THAT sounds like BIG FUN!!!!
I really hope you are just shittin me.....because, for me....It's ALWAYS been about low-buck builds.....that way I can have multiple toys instead...
We're looking at making the rails. I never stopped working on cars, just none of my own. As you know, I have this motorcycle addiction.
Hey Rich...that's a great swap. I love the thoughts on "traditional" vs "period correct"...especially when comparing the frame/body swaps of...
zibo....the work you are doing looks just plain great. Style and constructions looks spot on!!!
This sounds interesting....
Now I'm getting the info I had hoped would be here....Great stuff...!!!!!!
Is it snowing there yet? Hmmmm.....roadtrip in the future??
Thank you Kirk.....they're not bikers.....just divorced orthodontists.
very cool!!!!!!
I forgot about the jag stuff.....thanks,great idea!! (from a highly respected builder)
That's why I'm looking all options....make sense??
no not dead.....just hanging at the Jockey Journal, and building bikes. Doing some car stuff for customers, but nothing with 4wheels for me right...
I did (the sheet metal work) a 40 convt back in 93 that was chopped (and folding) top, sectioned quarters, doors, and hood. It was a Ridler...
I'll waste some valuable time here....you haven't got a clue.
Thanks for the answer....This is a good friends project, and he has built others with the same technique...and fantastic success with it. (both...
it's actually a 39 deluxe...but I said 40 because EVERYBODY knows what a 40 is.
Having built cars and motorcycles for 45 years, "traditional" means this to me.....low dollar, garage built, nothing farmed out. That's the plan...
That's a thought, but you are right about the cost. The plan is to use the floorpans also from the donor car. Lowbuck build, that hopefully...
This build will need something modern for a chassis....modern meaning perimiter frame without an x member. It's gonna get chopped channelled and...
Thanks alot everybody.....I would love some build pics if anybody knows of any. Rudys car is very nice, but I think the radical top makes...
Yeah....I havent been around here much since Ryan started the Jockey Journal, but this car knocks me out.. I guess it's been seen here, but I...
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