After agonizing for a few years about buying an english wheel, I realized that a roof section might actually work instead. Lucky for me, in the gully behind my house there's a couple of dozen old cars and trucks. On Saturday, I went shopping. Found a 1947 Mercury pickup that looked promising, cut off the roof, and bisected it to fit. I think it's going to work nicely!
Sheetmetal...cobbling it up, and finding the original A108 roof panel to be a handy source of nicely shaped, and appropriately curved sheetmetal!
How many people have a couple dozen old cars in the gully behind their house? Man. I want THAT! Oh, Deora is looking good!
looks like a decent build... not too many of these floating around... did you find out who owns the gully? i know i'd be upset to find something i owned short a hood or a roof...
No problems with the gully, or the cars there. Both came with my property when I bought the place! There's a decent '46-47 Ford sedan - upside down - with a complete straight axle front suspension that I've been eyeing for a long time. I'm thinking Rat Rod material? I've also unearthed (literally) a rebuildable 241 Red Ram Hemi engine from the mire down there. I call the place a "Hot Rod do-it-yourself kit".
cool... you got a build thread going? i heart that truck... the Alexander brothers rule, and built some of the most killer stuff.
Yes, on Hotrodders.com, and on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.403444316313.185040.565066313
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