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07-15-2009 10:54 PM #1
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Ratty!
What a fun looking truck. I love it! Very unusual combo, which makes it great!
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08-06-2009 06:23 PM #2
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Guess I'm doing this backwards but I already finished the truck.
Here's what I started with a cab, an engine and a Minneapolis Moline tractor grille.
The frame is from Spirit Industries. It's a 27 T roadster frame. Was cheaper than I could buy the metal at the time.
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08-06-2009 06:28 PM #3
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The rear is out of a 69 Camaro. 10 bolt, 3.73 Posi, new bearings, seals and axles. I removed the spring pads and welded on the hairpin/shock brackets.
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08-06-2009 06:48 PM #4
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Next to the front.
Super Bell 4" drop I-beam with 40s style Ford Spindles. I started with the Model A bones but later changed to hairpins.
The front brakes are 69-72 Chevy Mid-size 11" disc brake rotors and calipers.
Last edited by dmw56; 08-06-2009 at 06:54 PM.
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08-06-2009 07:04 PM #5
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Once the rolling chassis was mocked up I set the body on the frame. The body was channeled 4" and a floor frame of 1" tubing was installed.
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08-07-2009 02:38 AM #6
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Nice to revisit your truck . Everything about it has the "look" ,truly one of the nicest builds around . Wish you lived closer so I could eye ball it in person . LFEFailing to plan is planing to fail
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08-07-2009 07:22 AM #7
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After I got the engine in I realized it was way to low. So I went to the hairpins and I have 4" of clearance under the pan. I used a cross member and mounts from Chassis Engineering.
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09-19-2009 03:34 AM #8
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nice truck ya got there mister
how ya doin' ? don..
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10-08-2009 07:34 PM #9
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I took these today in Moriority, NM while my truck was being photographed for New Mexico Rods and Rides Magazine. Frontier Saloon on Route 66.
Last edited by dmw56; 10-09-2009 at 02:20 AM.
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