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Pat, I've been wanting to ask you about the 32-34 pickup in your avatar. Evidently that was (or is) your truck but I don't remember you ever saying anything about it. I'd love to hear some info and history on it, looks like a very cool rod.

I've always loved full fendered, chopped and channeled trucks like yours. We had a guy locally who had one when I was in high school, Olds engine, looked very much like yours. One day while we were in English class he had a scheduled race against a 409 powered 55 Chevy that was supposed to take place right in front of the school. At the appointed time all us gear heads were sitting on our books so we were tall enough to look out the window. When they lined up and took off we all ran to the window with the Teacher screaming at us to get back in our seats. I forget who won, but that truck and yours just looks so cool.

Don

Yea what gives One cool old ford, kinda looks like the east coast style?

that was my dads truck in 1960 to 1962 this was his driver he pick the truck up from his buddy when he got out of the army. my dad stuff a 392 he had siting around in the truck.as for the chop channle hole saw art it was going to be used at bonneville and had a hot flat head ford along before my dad pick it up so my dad drove it for some time raced it abit on the street his buddy that had a 31 ford truck with a caddy in it i think they raced some it is the oldest hot rod in bay city . 34 cab went on a frame that came from ron ellis and then the body was put to the side for a glass T body for the drag truck .the GMC milk rear end was pitch for a 57 olds rear end with a ALUM M/T pig from RON s T . the truck in the avatar was mine i try not to make his story in to book and i could about this truck well my dad pickup all the parts back home that were left to the 34 pick up.he just got a new welder and was going to build it back up that was the in the 1975 or so then my dad past away. i wanted the truck so Mom sold the drag T and the GTO that i have now . then i start to put the 34 truck it back together with some help that was 1977 i was 13 . the guy wanted to sell the GTO and i wanted it back so i sold the truck. to buy back my dads GTO .i did know the guy i sold the truck to i tried getting the 34 back but last time i seen the 34 it was junk the guy should of been shot but i still wanted to get it back it needed alot more work but i had the shop and tools and skill to bring it back to life the guy that had it did not or have the skill. still piss about that deal and thats been over 20 years .

Ah, I'm sorry that you lost that one, it definitely has the "look." I think 32-34 pickups are cool in any form, but done like that one I feel they are right at the top of the list.

We've looked at cabs every time we go to Turkey Run in the swap meet area, and most are crappy, missing doors, etc. One guy was selling doors for $ 1,000 each, but they were nice. I guess the doors can cost as much as the cab. I know I won't live long enough to build one of these, but my Sons like them too, so maybe they will do one someday.

Thanks for sharing the story Pat.

Don

Pat, here is a crappy Polaroid picture of a 32 pickup I built in about 1970 or so. It was a chopped pickup and the chop was done badly by the PO. I removed the top to redo it and liked it as a rpu, so it stayed that way. It had an Olds 404 CI, Isky cam, 2 x 4's, and a 37 Cad/LaSalle gearbox, 55 Chevy rear end. I could never get it to be legal in Pennsylvania so I dismantled it and used the parts for other projects. But we used to bundle the kids up when they were about 6 months old and take them for roadster rides around the housing development.

thanks i shorten it up a bunch .my dads freind knew the deal he had a 34 cab and i was going to build a clone talk to the guy about 3 years ago that mom sold all the hemi s to over 30 years ago still has some but the joker said if would trade my 50 chevy for a hemi .he came close to a steel toe boot up his back side

So does that old boy still has you dads cab? It took me 14 yrs to get an old model a coupe of this old lady. Sometimes it just take awhile

My 53 ford pro street truck is my dads old truck he passed away last christmas. I will never get rid of that truck. it is sitting in the garage going through its second rebuild though.If I new he was going to die last year I would have never rebuilt it, would have left italone, kinda of a tribute to him..

That kind of brings up an interesting question. What would we guys who are getting older like done with our cars when we aren't around any longer? If we have Kids do we want them to have them or would we prefer they be sold so the family can have the money? Personally, I would hope my Kids keep my rides and I really wouldn't care if they made changes to them in the future. I've seen posts where someone inherited a Dads car and was going to either keep it just as it was as a tribute, or keep it but make changes to suit them. I think either way is fine.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

That kind of brings up an interesting question. What would we guys who are getting older like done with our cars when we aren't around any longer? If we have Kids do we want them to have them or would we prefer they be sold so the family can have the money? Personally, I would hope my Kids keep my rides and I really wouldn't care if they made changes to them in the future. I've seen posts where someone inherited a Dads car and was going to either keep it just as it was as a tribute, or keep it but make changes to suit them. I think either way is fine.

Don

I have a friend that has quite a collection, has three boys and they dont want anything to do with it. I feel for him. I have 2 boys, a 11yr old and a 14 yr old. My 11 yr old is the one one that a car junky, the 14 yr old car nothing about it So I guess my 11 yr old gets my stuff unless he's doing wrong then I told him I would sell them then I was hopeing they would get my diease

Sometimes our "disease" comes later in our Kids lives. Don was always a car nut but Dan wasn't so much when he was younger.........more into fishing and other stuff. When he got in his mid teens he started taking an interest in cars and now he is knee deep in them. I apologize to my Kids all the time for not being a golfer............this car hobby is expensive, dirty, hard work, and you are forever cutting or burning yourself.

Hang in there, your other Son might start tinkering too sooner or later.

Don

there are two young girls who want my cars .. one will get the cars .. the other will get everything else i own .. my %^8# son gets nuthin

I have always loved those old T buckets.
The guy that I bought my Ford pick up has a freind that lives a couple miles from us
that has the two piece molding for I believe a 23 T bucket body.
Then he builds the frames from scratch and puts everything else on.
I went over and hung out with them one day and he had two finished buckets
one more he was working on and about 4 other projects.
This guy is 76 years young and he ain't slowing down.
Wish I had some of his blood, he must have got the good family geans.
Kurt