No Rat Rods please. I'd like to see projects, or finished cars, built from what others considered trash or unusable or just saved from the crusher.
That would describe this pile... ...and most everything I drag home. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444029 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297188 Neal
Hot rod cast-offs into speedster fun. The "tail" is a 1941 Ford hood I picked up at a swap meet. The hood was made from 2 junk hoods I bought. Still a work in progress.
From This to this since Jan. 24. And glad I saved the old girl from any crusher! Plus lovin every minute getting her back into shape.
I'm the president of the Grave Robbers Car Club, here in Idaho. One of our club rules mandates that any members car has to have been pulled from a Junk yard.
well you cant find anything good up here in good shape but my friends wife thought itd make a good flower planter the pics are wen it was real rough but gunna start making it nice soon
'51 Chevy from Minn. Frame-off in progress. Bottom third rotted out, had to find a better frame, so found a '50 Chevy at Blythewood, SC junkyard. Rolled '50 on its side in a buddy's field and cut off frame and floor braces. So, we saved one car and saved the frame off another. Have restored rolling chassis, CE IFS, Currie 9" (3.70), Walton tranny x-member & rear leaf kit. Having a blast.
Where's Jim Sibley? If you don't know him look up his threads and posts. He can turn trash into treasures in a short time. Things I thought were to far gone he brings back. Now I tell people around here nothing is to far gone unless Sibley says so.
Most everything in this shot was junk... and to most "gold chainers" still is! But when everything you have is junk its hard to ruin it.
mocked up, 34 chevy in the background. notice in the left corner "1927 chrysler parts car" entire back end was made from a 47 chevy fast back roof (no money to buy new metal!) here's the engine going in our "parts car"
So far most of this build is from parts That I or my dad collected ,32 rails were junk but I saved them ,The trans tunnel is out of a chevy truck shortened and narrowed ,Free parts out of a friends truck which he was parting out .Trans is out of an olds I use to own.Rear wheels I traded some stuff for 20 years ago ,Motor is out of my first chevelle from 20 years ago .I could go on and on .So far Ive only got around 3500.00 in the whole build,Not including consumables or materials or electric.I do have all the parts except for driveshaft and rear spring ,Also no interior or top .The 40 ford wheel is cracked ,But I'll save that too.This car will be painted and of show quality .
Forgot to add some other pics ,And Info The original shell was purchased for 200.00 off of craigslist for 200.00 with insert ,Shell has a custom lip fabricated to the back because some a hole cut it off ,Ive got about 40 hours in bodywork and a few more in straightening out the insert.And heres the guage insert I made .As of right now Im doing body work .I even made my own trunk hinges ,And they are under the trunk and not on the top of body .All Out of junk.
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