Thread: My crazy idea's don't stop.

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Well, I saw an S10 for sale on the way home from our other house today, got me thinking about a El- Cheepo rod, somthing I could do. I need somthing for a daily driver anyway ( Turbocharger, no choke, and no manifold heat wont cut it in the winter, so the Falcon's Out ). I got thinking, If I bought a cheap S10, I could yank the front fenders/ everything, remove the doors, cut the front half of
the cab roof off, leaving just a little of the pillars get a second cab, cut it off so it's just long enough that when replaced to the cut cab's roof, str8 pilliars can come down to meet the original remaining pillars to remove the windshield slant. modify the channel to fit flat glass. remove rear glass, and sheet in with steel and a Mail slot window. remove factory dash, and steering colum, create a fiberglass flat 30's style dash, and a basic steering colum. then, slide cab back on frame, create a 30's looking cowl out of metal and create a new firewall, cut out old. make engine resess into firewall to original spot. add a wood flatbed/ nicely done stake bed, and voloia, a basic hotrod. I'm probably going to do this 1, once the Falcon is done, and Chevy is mostly done.

Sounds like a fun plan to me, and you only live once, so i say go for it.

yup, and I'll keep the iron duke 4cyl/ 5spd, just convert to carb w/ manifold from an earlier motor. be a nice daily driver. of course side curtian windows might get old quick. doors would have a basic bear claw latch, with exterior door handles for a 1930's car

oh and a Model T or A grill shell, with a matching radiator. heat will come from a Mojave heater w/ plenum

Sounds like a plan; post some pics as you go. Keep a cost list, too. I'm doing the same to see how cheap I can build my beater rod. Who ever wins owes the other a Crave Case with cheese!

Originally Posted by Road Agent

And do the same thing on BOTH DOORS?? They won't shut too well afterwards anyway, )

Well, yea, that or modify the factory door fronts to fit the mod'd opening. Not going to run w/ window frames, I'll just use clear snap- in side curtians.

Originally Posted by falconvan

Sounds like a plan; post some pics as you go. Keep a cost list, too. I'm doing the same to see how cheap I can build my beater rod. Who ever wins owes the other a Crave Case with cheese!

Alright. Yea, I'm gonna keep a project journal/ keep it low budget. flat black, basic interior ect...

I got thinking. if I found a crew cab S10, wouldn't filling in the rear windows, and reshaping them after ( round them a little ), making it look like a 5W cab, look better, as well as, create enough room for 2 roomier jump seats than factory? just for looks mostly. I could cut and extend the cab rearward, and create a full rear seat, if I really wanted to.