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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 | Well i went to a local junk yard two weeks ago with a buddy and i spotted this truck over in the section where they have older cars. So i take a look at it and tell him how great that frame would be for you '40 chevy that we got last year. Needed a frame and this was perfect. Emailed the guys at the yard and told me how much. So i thought, thats a pretty good deal. So we go borrow my brothers trailer early last saturday morning and make the trek to pick up our new toy, sortof. More of an addition to a toy we had. Pickup the truck and made our way back with it. Got it to my place and we start looking the truck over. And it looked like it was a hotrod from back in the 60's. Had SW greenline guages, a 283, 56 chevy rear, and a 3 speed saginaw which looks to be out of a vette with an early lakewood scattershiled. So enjoy my pics. Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Im gonna get the frame stripped down and cleaned so its ready for when my buddy josh gets back home from school. Then we'll pop the cab we have on there, dump the sweet little 235 we have and reinstall the rebuilt torqetube rear. Now this cab thats on here is pretty bad but im gonna save it. Since the roofs completely destroyed, im gonna turn the cab into a roadster. Sink the dash down, put a new back on, cut the rust off on the bottom and make a new floor 4" higher. So its gonna be real nice. Ill post pics of it as i go on both projects. John | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | I used to have that kinda energy......
Good luck on your project,,it'll be cool when youre done.
Marty | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | John, in the future, please post links rather than photos.
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Your friendly, over-worked moderator. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 23 | GEEEEZ!
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Will be watching in amazment. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 144 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 144 | Are you sure that's a 235? Looks more like an old 265 or a 283 V8. I'll bet there's quite a story behind that souped up 46.
Bob T | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Looks like you've got ALOT of work ahead of you. Have fun!!
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 | Originally posted by bobt:
Are you sure that's a 235? Looks more like an old 265 or a 283 V8. I'll bet there's quite a story behind that souped up 46.
Bob T Yeah.. it was a 283 in the truck. But i have a 235 im putting in it. That came with the first truck i bought last year, the one that is going on this frame. Needed this frame because the other one was a 2 ton. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,409 Former Workshop Owner | | Former Workshop Owner Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,409 | That could start a whole new catagorey RWISI "Running When I Smashed IT".  Thanks for sharing the pics. John
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