Thread: New Member ~ Howdy from SE Washington

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Originally Posted by hogosmith

I'm planning on building from scratch. Intially I was toying with making a street rod out of an early (late 60's - early 70's) import p/u. Section the body down on the frame, shorten and narrow the bed, take the sheet metal off the front...make a fenderless, chevy powered datsun rod.

Now I'm thinking of go with a simple hot rod like T-bucket or pursue my soft spot - a '29 Roadster. Shoestring budget dictates "low cost". My rules are 1. Safety 2. Fun but "real" driver.

But, if a stalled project fell in my lap for a song... well, you betcha! I just want an open hot rod of some sort...

John

Take a look at Speedway's T-bucket roller packages (I don't use "kit" on purpose). They look to be a pretty good value, and you can get them in various stages. Yeah, you pay for all new parts as opposed to salvage yard stuff, but you know it's right, too. Or study Jim Robinson's latest build thread. He's done an amazing job of putting together a very cool Track T on a shoestring budget - Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

I've been looking at the T-bucket kit ads forever... I remember the early ads... "Just $10.00 down and $10.00 a month !" hahaha

I'll be scrounging/ scrapping and fabricating as much as I can... I am lucky, tho ot have a decent network of horse-traders in my area. Between the farmers I know and the local scrap yards I should be able to source quite a bit of my needs. Figure my big expense items will be the body (the local rat rod craze has put a layer of gold on top of the rust on the value of old bodies around here), then brakes/suspension system, then tires...

I did chance upon Jim Robinson's thread... great read !!! Thanks , tho, for the heads up.

John