I am a new guy from San Diego. Been working on cars all my life- learned it from my dad- he has stories of me and my brother "working" under the dash of his '56 ford when I was about 5 years old. Been a mustang guy most of my adult life but always loved the older stuff as well, and as I have gotten older my tastes are changing- I really would like to be driving an old style hot rod. I have a 40 pickup basket case I picked up years ago and am anxious to get started on it soon as I get a few other projects around the house finished up, and get my workshop in order. My plan for the pickup is a y block ford engine and packard 3 speed overdrive transmission with an early packard floor shift conversion. My metal working skills are not the greatest but I am not afraid to try anything, and often times that means doing something 2 or 3 times to get it right but thats fine. I have been lurking on this site for over a month and so far like what I see.
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