yblock292 Builds a '51 Ford Kustom!

Thanks you guys, what i did was made a template out of 1/4 plywood of the tranny before we put the body back on the frame outlining the height and width of the tranny where it would be in relation to the firewall. Used that then to lay it out and cut.Used the stock tranny cross member and made the new mount which is about 1 1/2 inches higher than stock, just fabed a angled bracket the width of the AOD rubber mount and welded to the crossmember.

 

Hubcaps? Please put hub caps on her....

 

gotta find some kool ones, might have to make a midnight raid in Dewey!

 

Kool, I was hoping that you would run full caps..

 

I went out today to take a picture of the sisters.

 

Whoops....I fixed it.

 

drjones do you have any pics of the motor mounts or info on what mounts were used. They appear to be different than any other setup Ive seen before.

That chop is PERFECT!!!!! It has a factory feel to it that the regular person might not even notice. Most have a ski slope that just doesn't look right to me. More isn't always better. Nice work. Notes taken and pics saved for the chop of my shoebox.

 

Jack could tell you all about the mounts. I can take a close up of the mounts the next time I'm over there. I know the part that goes on the frame is a 'Jack fabricated' piece.

 

built the mounts, set the engine and tranny in, got it where i wanted it, there're 3/16 plate gusseted to the cross member.Will get pix next time the photo master is out!

 

They look like an early mustang mount but I cant tell from the pics for sure. I would definetly like to see more of Jack's work. Thanks in advance

 

Jack! Great to finally see some pics of the build! (thanks drj.) Lookin' great man! You're right, Hub nailed the chop. I'll be watchin' and checkin' for updates. Really gonna be nice.

 

Brian, great shots, thanks, Jack

 

might add, only thing we are going to do on the chop, is raise the top of the windshield an inch so that the top of the side glass is even with the top of the windshield to reduce the thickness of the "eyebrow".

 

Oh, shit! - you did it looking very cool it'll be a great cruiser.

CRUISER

 

Thanks, got alot of people to give thanks to on this one!

 

beautiful car that is an amazing job u did that will be an amazing cruiser job well done!!

 

Thanks, its really my first real kustom, been building traditional hot rods and mild kustoms most of my life and have always wanted a full kustom, so this is it! Thanks for the comments! More pix to come.
Jack

 

The real credit goes to Hub Harness and Chris Carlson of Chaotic Customs of Mulvane Kansas for the terrific metal work, the guys are masters at building kustoms. Will be a fun build...........

 

I didn't realize you were going to do more to it.

 

Perfect looking chop

 

Damn! That chop looks great!

 

Thanks! Will be going back to Chris, Chaoic Customs, here in a week or so.

 

i have a dash and console if u are looking for one if u want it u can have it it is out of a 65 t bird call 316-259-6063 i live over by douglass

 

Looking damn fine!

 

Hey thanks, but using the stock dash and building the console, but really appriciate the offer.
Jack

 

Na Jack I think you need to put some 24s and a lift kit on it. lol

 

A Men!

 

Ha ha, can i barrow yours?

 

The car looks great Jack. I will have to come check it out next time I am that way.