Thread: Bringing my old friend back to life.

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Well, I guess that's the only thing about living up here in the poverty belt.... When the recession started and the housing market went in the toilet, nobody around here even noticed!!!! Always been that way around here!!! Only part of a houses' value that has gone up much in the last 10 years is the appraised level for taxes!!!!!!

Yes!! Well, about the same up here. Housing in a slump, foreclosures hitting a high! That's the rub, would have to sell my place here to buy one there! haahaaa. Catch 22. Yeah, places down there cheap. Places up here pretty cheap too. Difference is, down there a lot is 50 x 150 or less. Up here a lot is minimum an acre, and most of the time several acres. We have 5, sometimes wish for more, but got elbow room, and storage room for our projects! I can't wait to get to Plant City for a REAL strawberry shortcake! UMMMMMM. One a year isn't near enough. Thanks everyone. Perley

Perley, while you are there, go to the Branch Ranch Restaurant in Plant City. It is just a few minutes off of I-4. Family style meals, reasonable, and MORE than you can eat. They bring you something like 5 side dishes in the pans, and you serve yourself. They have been around since 1956, same owners. Also buy some jarred preserves while you are there, they are the BEST!!

http://www.branchranchdiningroom.com/

We make it a point to stop every time we go through there and plan our timing around dinner time.

Don

Whoa, update!!!!! I just read their website.......they have closed the restaurant after over 50 years!! I can't believe it. Sorry I got your appetite all worked up for nothing.

Well thanks anyway for that helpful tip, did they serve BIG strawberry shortcake there too? We have gone to Parkesdale's three times now in the last two years. WOW. Anyways, I couldn't have eaten a meal and then one of the shortcakes. Sure wish it weren't so far down to your place, I'd love to meet you guys and see your projects. Maybe another time. We have friends who have a place down in Fort Meade, went there last year to visit. Guess we weren't all that far from you then, but didn't know it. Got other friends who have a place over in Davenport. Man, construction ALL over last year when we were down there. Big Time. Regards, Perley

Maybe when you move down we might get to say hi at one of the car events in the State, I'd like that.

I am totally bummed that Branch Ranch closed. I have stopped there for years, but now that I think of it, we haven't been up that way for a while so we didn't know it closed in 2006. Like I said, we used to plan our traveling around dinner time to be near there.

The Strawberry Festival is fun too, and I'm like you, I LOVE strawberry shortcake with tons of whipped cream on top.


Don

This looks like a fun build. I have to say cutting stuff up does feel pretty good! I had to cut the shorty mufflers off the stock exhaust manifolds today! They were in a horrible place making it impossible to get to the tranny and exhausting thru the floor boards in the cab!
Keep posting shots.

Maybe those exhaust pipes were there to give you some heat in the winter Steve. It's fun working upside down in cramped places, isn't it?

I MIGHT be taking my '27 in a slightly different direction powerwise. I just bought some parts off of a '46 Ford from a member on another forum. He is updating his car with a Chevy engine and some trick suspension stuff, and didn't need all the running gear, including the flathead engine. I have to drive up to Atlanta to pick the stuff up, but it's only about 10 hours each way.

He says the engine ran, so I might consider rebuilding it and putting it in the '27. Either that, or using all of the parts I got from him to build another car entirely. We have some 2 x 3 box tubing left over and I am getting the banjo rear, torque tube, engine and transmission, 4 inch dropped axle, and Posies spring, so I would have a good start on a basic hot rod. It might even be the NEW Project $ 3K ! All I would have to do is find a cheap body somewhere. I have always had a hankering for a T coupe, chopped of course, so that might be something to consider.

Let's see, I still have a '56 Ford truck steering box sitting around, some funky headlights, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............. This is like Deja Vu all over again.

Don

Sounds like Dan is being a bad/good infleunce on you.
Project 4k on the way!

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

All I would have to do is find a cheap body somewhere.

Don

I thought you've had one of those for 62 years!

No, she left me 10 years ago.

Yep Steve, I think he is trying to build up his inheritance in old parts.


Don

Don, one of these weekends i really need to get down there!! You guys are having way more fun than me!! I* have not touched the truck since my last post. Waching you guys makes me want to take the sawzall to the panel!!