Projects fixing a smashed 31 model A pickup cab.

Yep! Again


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Easier...Easier said then done but TB could pull it off...

 

yeah, and this gate is sooo beat up. there is nothing straight about it and is worn/pitted/ground thin.
think, old celebrity with one too many face lifts. I am not a fan of the block letters and if I start cutting, I may just remove them. I can build a new gate faster and it would be perfect....but not perfect for this truck.
I could cut just the letters out and raise them. I could cut a across the top just below the upper beam, take a section out and then add to the bottom by extending the flange I need to add anyway.
I thought of a strip of the tree across the top to balance it out. I thought of painting a full tree with the roots starting at the bottom, the trunk running between the O and R and the canopy spreading out over the letters.

 

Thee think too much! Anything you do will look good. Why? Because we are part of the same family.


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Any chance you could come up with one of these stamped sections to fill that space?

 

Yes !

 

Charlie stopped at work today and i showed him this thread, he said he wants that V8 logo on it and likes the way the ford is low.

 

sorted so

 

What the hell does he know? It's only his truck.

 

drew this out.

 

then I hammered "off dolly" for a couple hours.....

 

the back side, and the pile of tools.

 

You're the man! Looks great Ted!

 

...There's a saying that works well for this pitter patter lets get atter......by the way I'm to slow...but I'll share anyways...



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that is exactly what I pictured!!!!

 

Thanks TB...What you hammered out fits the overall feel of the truck as well...

 

Rope from the branch to the O tire swing would be overkill I guess.


Bob

 

...Thats a good one...I was thinking a branch broken off crushing the 'R' might have been fitting too...​

 

@tb33anda3rd the 40 ford pickup gate has a tube or tight roll at the bottom and three hole brackets on the aft Box corners for support...You could make it lift off as well...Put a pinned round bar in each end through the hinges you have..I made sides similar to your lighter ones...Looks good...One other thing I did do is move up and chamfer those 2 inward raised vertical bars to match the top...I did notch where the latching is but you are the Artist...How old is the box?...Remember Ed Lloyds Pizza T...

A great re-purpose for the Tree Branch Door Service Express
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Magic I tell ya just magic.

 

I know that bench! Good work kid.

 

snuck out of work early, Charlie came by to work on the bed. he sanded down the bed.

 

I made up the angles for the perimeter. I had to stretch them to go around the corner. I welded them on with everything clamped to the table.

 

cleaned up the welds and test fit it.

 

tomorrow I make the chain loops and hinges.

 

...looks awesome TB, I'll bet Charlie's getting excited...I am and it's not mine...

Any green paint around...

 

Nice!


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Ted, your talent never ceases to amaze me.

 

thanks guys!
I missed a few photos but I drilled into the ends of the upper tube and slid the original steel tube back in. I welded the ends up, the cut a couple grooves in the face side.

 

I cut a couple grooves in the face side through the sheet metal and into the ends of the pipe. I then cut a couple brackets for the chain hooks. I pounded them in and welded them up.