Hot Rods My driveway built 52 f-1 nearly DONE

[fordf1trucknut]

Thanks a lot guys!!!

408fairmont... here is my build thread for the 4x4...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=282424

[fordf1trucknut]

I drove the heck out of it today with the family packed in the cab....clocked over 200 miles today........ it felt great...nothing like driving a hot rod with new paint!!!

I got a LOT of offers to buy it...so I must have done something right!!!

[AnimalAin]

Well done. Very nice truck.

[twink]

After seeing this truck in person, All I can say is well done John looks excellent, You can be very proud dude!

[Ford52PU]

Fantastic, it really turned out nice. Great job.

[fordf1trucknut]

I spent a full day cleaning all the hidden wet sanding sludge out of it and going over all the bolts to make sure I got everything tight...




The bad thing is that I now realize how ugly my engine compartment is... not that I pop the hood and show the engine much....BUT when I get some free time I may have to mask off the engine and put some gloss paint on the firewall to dress it up.

it has lots of paint chips and dull looking old paint.

[1951Streamliner]

How did you get the wetsanding sludge off?

I still can't get some of mine off

[Tim]

oh wow looks great!

[fordf1trucknut]

I was using a soaked rag to scrub the sludge off...

I touched up a few hidden spots today and painted the firewall so it looks a bit better now.



I never though I would use the stuff in a hot rod BUT A friend of mine gave me a partial box of dynamat also so I took my headliner down and pasted up a bunch.....I figured what the heck it is free.




I put the headliner back up and pulled up the floor mat and put some on the tranny tunnel and on the some of the high spots on the floor stampings. I didn't want to put it on any of the stamped channels or ribs so it would trap moisture.

I put the mat back and installed some on the inside of the inside door access panels.

I took it for a spin and I think it may have quieted it down just a tad... the exhaust is still loud but it may be easier to have a conversation now and maybe it won't get quite so hot sitting in the sun now....that never bothered me but the wife and daughter may be happier.

[45Shooter]

Very nice.
Black is a bitch to keep clean.
You did a good job on it.

[Tobey56]

Wow when I grow up I want to be just like John. That truck Is BEYOND AWESOME!!!! I Went for a ride in it on Saturday and I still cant get the Joker like smile of my face.

[travj31]

somehow missed this thread john... looks awesome. i always did like this truck and thought you were crazy for tearing it apart, but i must say that your vision was right on. congrats.

[rustyrods]

Very nice . Thanks for the history

[fordf1trucknut]

thanks again guys.

I am really loving the truck now, it feels like a different vehicle with actual paint on it.

It doesn't make sense because I didn't change anything mechanical when I tore it apart to paint it but I floored it when I took toby56 for a ride and it burned tire in all 3 gears and I don't remember it doing that before...so I must have somehow pleased the truck!!!

After driving it another couple hundred miles I found that the dynamat actually was a good addition. It really did make a difference in the heat as well as the sound. I may save up some $$ and buy a box of it to put in the roof of my 4x4 f-1 as well.

[bonez]

Dude that is a super nice old truck. And the story behind it makes it a 1000 times better.
I like the 4x4 more thou.
What happened to all the extra parts you piled durin the years? I guess you could build at least another one....a junky anotherone, but another one no less

[fordf1trucknut]

I still have a lot of leftover parts that I mainly keep for spares for my green truck since I run it in salt and the salt keeps eating the metal. extra doors, running boards, repairable fedners, grill and parts in case I hit a deer..etc..etc... I also have an extra cab and frame and whatnot BUT not enough to build another truck.

And I have ALL the parts including some NOS to one day finish my restore on the nice solid and strait 48 I have in the garage. (though I have no intentions of building it anytime soon since have 2 f-1's on the road now) and a bunch of other projects to get done.




For the most part I scrapped, or gave away, or sold, or traded a lot of the stuff over the years. I only have soo much room so I only try too hang on the best parts. It broke my heart a few times to scrap pretty nice stuff, but no one wanted it on here or locally at the time.

3 of my friends DO have trucks that I loosely put together for them with leftover parts and parts trucks as complete projects.... of course all of them have let me down as the projects are still just sitting . I have even offered to help them get moving on them numerous times.

[Steel A Rod]

Great Thread!! Inspirational!!

To quote Thomas Edison: "Most people do not recognize opportunity, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work".

Not you though, you grabbed opportunity by the balls!

Nice Truck!

[fordf1trucknut]

Today I bit the bullet and gave the state the LOOT to allow me to run a vintage plate..

the truck's cab, bed and frame are all 1950...even thought the front clip is 52 (I like 51-52 clips and the small window of 48-50 and the sculptured bed of 48-50)........SO I found a 1950 plate in fair shape.

[1951Streamliner]

Cool, vintage plates are a small detail that really makes a difference.

[Jeem]

Neat pickup!