Thread: My Rat Build

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It won't be long now! We're all waiting to see the grin on your face...

That exhaust should have a sort of high-pitched rap at highway speed; almost musical. Someday down the road when the other details are finished, it would be cool to split the manifold and put dual pipes with glasspacks on it. Ahh, talk about a sweet sound...

well heck , for the first time wirin one you mit expect it to take a bit of sypherin .i sure would.hahaha

Finally got the wiring straighten out and everything is working correctly now. Had one wire on the wrong terminal on the light switch which canceled the tail lights when pulled all the way out..

Fired up the engine for the first time in about 4 months and low and behold the trans didnt pump up. Pulled out the trans and found the converter wasnt all the way in the pump. Reinstalled the converter and shimmed it to proper specs and put it all back together again this afternoon. Dont know if what I did fixed the problem but it sure couldnt hurt it.

Still got a few more things to hook up but will know again by the weekend....I hope.

Been a while since my last update. Ok got the trans working and back in the car. Everything good there. All the wriing is working properly now. And today I finally finished the build..........Yea me!!!
Anyway here are the last pictures on the build.
Thanks for all who have give info and encouragement on my build.
Want to wish everyone the best.
Crazyrat

That is so cool,congratulations on completing the task. Very nice lines and you can stop calling it a rat rod now as that is top class. Can you take a couple of photos with the door s open as I would like to see how much leg room you have please. Thanks again and well done,now the grandchildren will have to wait their turn for the keys.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

That is so cool,congratulations on completing the task. Very nice lines and you can stop calling it a rat rod now as that is top class. Can you take a couple of photos with the door s open as I would like to see how much leg room you have please. Thanks again and well done,now the grandchildren will have to wait their turn for the keys.

Theres plenty of room in there, but I'm short too

Originally Posted by Crazyrat

And today I finally finished the build..........Yea me!!!
Crazyrat

Crazyrat,
Congratulations on completing this project. A hotrod is never truly finished, though! We always find stuff to change and update... Enjoy!

Way to go ! Congrats it looks fantastic.

Have fun with the new ride, it came out great!

Nice. Sometimes truck cab turned into roadster doesn't work. This one came out good. As already said Not A Rat. Now you can have some fun driving the wheels off it.........................

Crazyrat,
Congrats on a job well done. I have to agree with a earlier post though; you only think you are done.

Jack.

Thanks Larry for the photo's of the inside and I noticed two things,yes there is a good amount of leg room and secondly,heck it take long for a critter to take up residence in your new vehicle. I like the army theme going on throughout the truck also.

You'er welcome man, hope they gave you the info you needed. I can kick that critters rubber butt out anytime..

Larry

Nice build! Thanx I sure learned a few things!

Hey 30 Essex. I am currently (for the last 4 years) building a '29 Essex highboy. Usual story, when I have time I don't have money and visa versa! And I am in an old greenhouse, and it gets cold up here in the winter!