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I have a 30 coupe body sitting on a street rod fully boxed frame. The rear is a 57 Ford 9 inch with 370 gears and new axles. It has a triangulated...
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Cool story, but I'm not that lucky. Since covid hit not too many swap meets have been open around here to find something like that. I'll find...
I have some pictures of the first time the car was outside in 5 years, but I won't show them because I had the Bullitt wheels on it. I didn't know...
I would love to shorten those rear fenders. I think the term is bobbing? I don't have the heart to destroy fenders this nice. It didn't look so...
I kind of jumped ahead here as I have already installed the gas tank, windshield, radiator, headlights and bar, and front bumper. The pile of...
So, the front-end is in, all the brake lines and hoses are installed, the drivetrain went in and were almost ready for the body.
After I painted the frame, I installed the rear. These pics. some the details of the e-brake cales and routing of the brake lines and rear hose.
Getting the frame ready for paint. The rubber grommets you see is for the wiring and battery cables were routed through the frame. Disregard the...
Ok, the next set is shots of the pedals installed, the steering column and wheel, insulating the fire wall and trying out that cup holder!
The radiator shell that came with the car was in poor shape and I bought a good used one that wasn't cracked. I restored it and I think it came...
I went to a street rod show in York Pa. and bought a lot of stuff. I went to an auction and bought the correct headlight bar, painted the scuff...
The next set is my friend Bob (the skinny one) and me working on the fire wall.
I made a custom trans crossmember, motor mount brackets, and a throttle bracket. The rest of the pics. is painting a lot of stuff.
Front axle, cleaning painting and installing. It is a Super Bell dropped axle a mono-leaf and 4-bar suspension.
When I bought the chassis, it had a 1957 9-inch rear already set up but wasn't gone through. I stripped it down and rebuilt it with 3.73 gears. It...
I bought a used Mustang driveshaft and shortened it to fit. I was taught how to do this from an old man, and I did it when I installed a Desoto...
Rebuilding the 5-speed transmission.
Mating the engine to the trans, and made a sort of test stand to run it before the install.
I don't know why it did that, repeated the pictures?? Now to the engine, I rebuilt the stock 94 Ranger engine with the factory roller cam, header...
Just painting the factory header......[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I bought a universal clutch and brake pedal assembly, but of course I had to modify it to fit. I used an aluminum Mopar master cylinder because...
I found a second-row minivan seat everyone talks about, and they are right, it fits like a glove. I made my own brackets and bought sliders to...
I cut open the gas tank and the amount of rust could have never been removed with those baffles in there. Quite a few pics. to this process as I...
I went with a T[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] anks gas tank mounted behind the seat. I made a slide out battery box and made a divider behind...
I know there are mixed opinions on a uni-rack steering system but the little that I did drive this car it seemed fine to me. the next set pf pics....
Ok, here I am still mocking some things up, and I made an e-brake mount.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well i just had a message from administration that some of my pictures were deleted because of big modern wheels. Well, I was trying to use 17...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Well, I decided to stay with a 4-cylinder engine. This 2.3 came out of a 1994 Ranger. I got a...
Ok guys, yes that is my ram towing the trailer. I have owned many Fords and Mopar's in my life. I've owned that truck for 12 years and it's been a...
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