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

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In your last picture I see a major problem... Leaning on the car is ok, but I do my best thinking sitting on my stool and drinking coffee--or your beverage of choice. Nice looking shop and project, but ya gotta have a couple stools to sit on!!!!!!!

I did the title work this week, I go it signed in all the right places. I even got a custom collector plate ( TETNIS ). The DMV said with the pics and the bill of sale it should be fine, but the state will mail me one way or the other.

The parts car thing is getting to the point where we may not need a whole car anymore. We have a rear end, front axle, brakes, and now we have a motor on had for 200 bucks, we have seats, and a truck with a tilt colum. I think paying for a whole car is out. But we will see, things change everyday.

Today we got a huge break and found a tube 4 inch dropped tube axle with brakes for 350 bucks! Donny made the rear frame with a 16 inch Z kick up. Now this week we will use the OE front frame from the fire wall forward. Here are a few pic's for today.

Zach

Oh, and yeah we have a lot of stools, and they get over used!

I got a few pic's of the front frame mocked up. This thing is really starting to take shape. I stoped at a my local tire shop and looked around at their junk wheel pile and found 2 16x4.5 ford wheels from the 40's, and 2 15 x 5.5 ford wheels from the 60's, they hooked me up huge. So even though I have a GM front bolt pattern, I have the wheels for the ford 9er for the back!

Here you go.





More to come.
Zach


So what do you guys think?

So what do you guys think?


I think you have given me the urge to head to the shop right now. You guys are rolling right along, and making some good scores. BTW, what kind of tire store has 16 inch 1940's wheels laying around?? I live in the wrong place.

Ok, I'm outta here............got work to do to keep up with you.


Don

We have a back yard style tire shop that is 50 years old...he has a few of everything! Thanks for the input. So if I do not use the 16's, do you need them?


So here are a few pic's of todays find. The wheels, the drive shaft we are using, and Donny found a Model A radiator just laying around in his back yard!!!






Things are starting to take shape!

Zach
So, are you guys out there? Or am I just posting this me?

No, I don't do the 16 inch tire thing, but you can put them on Ebay, I see them selling for fair money all the time. Can't remember exact prices, but I think my Son paid like $ 100 for his pair of 16 x 4 on the front of his rod.


Don