Thread: My 15 week rat rod build or bust.....

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More progress was made today. I got the other seat done, while done dreamed up the head light supports and shock mounts. I also set the rear 3 windows in and got them ready. We still have some work to do when the body goes back on, so the windows will be dead last.

Thank you guys, I would type more but I cut the hell out of my typing finger.

Gonna be a cool car, keep up the good work.

It's coming right along. I'm looking forward to seing the finished chop.

Tom

The top filler appears to have a double crown. Did you use metal from a later vehicle, and if so, what did you use?

No man, the top filler is a sheet of metal. Thats all, nothing too fancy.

Dude, we are so F-ing close I can taste it. So here is a run down of where we are at. We have 37 days left, and hopfuly we will not need all of them!

Here is a list of parts
Body 1800
1940 axle 100
Dropped axle 350
valve covers 40
parts car 400
air bags 100
grill 40
radiator 65
calipers 20
4 link parts 100
steering col 20
wheels 15
tires 540
shocks 75
steering box 50
gas tank 20
brake master 100
steel 50
headers 40
carb 25
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$3950
- 100 sold cat
- 140 sold axle
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$3710 Now I still have a ton of parts that I am going to sell once I know the car is all good. I am thinking that I have 500 to 800 bucks in stuff I can make a fast sale on. Witch will bring us back to the 3 grand mark. I new 2 weeks into this that we were going to go over it, but there are some things you need to buy new for safty reasons. I am going to drive my wife around in it, so I am not useing old tires and brakes, parts like that that should be new.

....Looking good! ... Why are you putting in a small block Chev instead of just leaving in the Olds??? Bill

That is some very nice fabrication and welding work on the car!!! Looks like you have the right man doing the work with you!!!!

Looks like a fun little car. Using the frame for onboard air is a trick I learned 4 wheeling. I used a air pump out of a 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee that I hard wired in with a simple on/off switch and pumped to a boxed frame. It had an inboard gauge that I used to keep an eye on the amount of air pressure when needed. It was great for airing up tires after a day of 4 wheeling.

Yeah the frame tank is a old 4x4 trick. We were thinking of using an air tank, but why when we have that nice big frame. There are no plans for a compresor, we will just fill up the frame and call it good. After all the bags are for the ride, and they were cheap. It's made to sit level with air in the bags. When they are flat the car will sit too low in the rear.

Zach

Right on, looks like you might make it.

Movin right along........
I do not see how you can resist the urge to clean and paint and make it shiney
Its a downhill process for me once I touch things....
It starts well ,let me clean the grease off that soo I do not get dirty,better get it all off,so it looks uniform atleast,now that all the grease is off it looks pretty good,....but it would look better painted and shiney, I will just hit it with the brake clean so its clean,Hmmmmm now that its clean all its lacking is some cheap spray paint and it would look brand new,,,,,,I have a little paint left in that one can,spray it on and bam shiney new part

Thats pretty much why I am on year 4 of a engine swap

I was thinking that at 1st, but all the parts on this car look like they have been togather for years. I do not belive that this car will ever be painted....while I own it.


Zach

looking good bro! cant wait to see the finished product!!