3k-One Year-30's Ford-Rat Rod Build Thread

[Itoldyouso]

Don, have you had to put any of your cats in lock down? The visitor was having a bad day. He wanted to take over trying to claim the house.

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Hehe, he looks really dejected in there. Didn't know there was a time out for cats. Cute picture.

I took Lucky to the vet today to have his nails trimmed. As soon as he saw me get out the pet carrier he took off for the hills........I think he remembers going to the Vet in it to be "fixed." He didn't like the trip at all today.

If you are missing the doors from your truck Pepi is right, they are a bear to find and not real cheap. Some were selling at Daytona last year at $ 1000 a piece. The reason so many trucks are missing them is because Farmers routinely removed them to make getting in and out of the truck easier when working the fields. Lots of truck cabs around, but the doors got scrapped or lost.

Don

[Wolfco]

a bit rusty but will serve the purpose. The cab has a weird "box" the old farmer added, probably for a heater box or something....near the left foot area.....

[Wolfco]

Someone had the great idea to make a camper from a 1978 ambulance. I bought this P.o.S. for $300 and drove it home 90 miles...hey....it had the 350/350 combo i needed. If the engine can push around 3 tons of sh*t, it will move the 1 ton rat rod....i hope this old motor will have enough nuts to smoke the tires off the ol girl....we'll see...i promise pics too. The camper/ambulance ran good....i had to put a new battery in it to get it to fire and put the doghouse back on the engine. The interior is wall to wall carpet...nice touch.

[Wolfco]

enought talk about cats...please.

I drove the donor beast home, about 90 miles in the sleet/snow (yes it snowed April 16th in MN)...that sucks. I put a few bucks in gas and away we went....

The donor vehicle was nice to have...better than buying just an engine...
I took the engine/trans out as an asm....sawzall the front of the camper off and yank it out the front..took the steering column, wiring harness, speedo cluster, cable, tranny lines.....a good haul. I bought the beast on 4-16-08. Pulled the engine 2 days later...the wife didnt appreciate this POS isn the front yard next to the shop. redneck city.....

[Wolfco]

a few pics of the donor vehicle..

[stovens]

Keep posting, I like the creative parts collection!

[ford2custom]

[QUOTE=Wolfco]enought talk about cats...please.

Enough talk about Cat’s please did you take over? We are serious about our Cat’s if you don’t mind Please!!!

Richard

[Wolfco]

Hey Ford2Custom....here is a nice website if you want to discuss domestic felines. www.i-love-cats.com -this is a wonderful website on cats.

This build thread is for my rat rod build. I am allergic to cats...sometimes i dont dump the sweet tasting antifreeze from the drain pan....oops.

Onward to hot rod talk....
so I now have the donor ambulance/camper in my yard and need to get the parts stripped from it...so i sawzall the front bumper/frame/grill all in one pass and jerk the 350/350 turbo out the front with the Cherry picker. Cherry pickers are cool. I took the tranny lines, steering column, wiring, gauges...anything that might help keep the cost down on the rod project.

[Wolfco]

The engine was a greasy mess. It had a tough life in the ambulance but i am told they are well maintained during the ambulance life...it didnt smoke when i drove it home so i hope it has some power..kinda hard to judge the power as it was running a bit rough due to sitting so long. It was Sunday and i didnt have a nearby store for engine degreaser so i used a $1.00 can of oven cleaner, that stuff is potent (this is the old good stuff that makes your eyes water, not the new "water based" stuff)...i loaded the engine in the truck and took it for a pressure wash =-only 2 blocks away...back to the shop to unload the clean engine. It was black, blue and rusty...needs some flat black stove paint.