Thread: Project POS
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10-07-2009 08:45 AM #1
Project POS
Well, I'v had this vision of somthing I'v been wanting to do for a year now, of cutting a square body small truck up, reconstructing the cowl, adding rake to the roof and building a custom hotrod on the small pickup chassis... found a '92 Ranger 4x4 that's solid where I need it.. think I'm getting it for $350.. it's missing all door handles ( coat hanger opens drivers door ). A pilliars are rusted out, but none of that stuff matters.. should be fun to fire up the saws allLast edited by Matt167; 10-07-2009 at 08:58 AM.
You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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10-07-2009 12:31 PM #2
Projects like this are pure FUN. Nice not to have to worry about every little part being perfect, you just concentrate on making stuff safe and strong and getting it running.
Don
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10-09-2009 11:16 AM #3
yupp.. I'm back on the lookout for a diffrent truck tho. the guy wouldn't go lower than $350, it was a 2.3 4cyl 4x4 truck ( rare but this 1 was only worth scrap ). guy couldn't get it running ( would start but not run ). and the rust in the roof was worse than I thought.. but that's ok, I'll pay up to $600 for a rusty but running/driving X cab S10 or Ranger. S10 has the right shape to the cab so it would be better yet. just fill the rear windows in b4 the chop& rakeYou don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
MSD 8360 distributor vacuum advance