1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[34_40]

That sounds like my trailer. everyone else uses it more than me. Since we moved I forgot to renew the registration... so it's been pulled all over creation and it isn't registered! OOPS!
Last guy who used it complained the lights weren't working, so I asked did you fix'em? Of course he says no!! SO I says .. if you weren't worried about that then I guess you didn't care that it wasn't registered!

Do you like the new trailer lights? Expensive?

[40FordDeluxe]

I do like the new trailer lights. I put LED in most of the marker lights back when we were dragging it all over the mid west. The tail lights never got replaced because they kept working I suppose. Yeah, they were expensive. The 2 lights, pig tails, and tax, was around $140. I self tapped them in but will put rivets in them later on.

[johnboy]

Crikey but that sounds like my big tandem trailer too!
Someone would want to borrow it, I'd lend it, and when I wanted it I'd have to go looking for the blasted thing. Bob had lent it to Jim, who'd lent it to Paul, who'd lent it to Bruce, who'd lent it to David, and so on and on...
When I'd finally find out where it was I'd have to repair a puncture, a broken tail light, the plug because someone had neglected to plug it in and had dragged it and so on and on...
I finally fixed that.
A mate of mine owned the local garage, so I stabled it there, and painted on the side: '$50 per day trailer hire.'
Bryan, (my mate who owned the garage,) took 10% of that, and charged out the hirage fee, did any repairs, and charged out any damage to those that damaged it.
And I knew where to find the damned thing and at least got beer money out of it!

It worked well until some clown burnt it out. I actually felt sorry for him; he had his entire household goods on it...beds, linen, furniture, fridge, tv, tool boxes, bikes...the lot.
Everything he owned.
Bryan and I went to see him. "It can't have been us that set in on fire," he said, "we didn't throw any cigarette butts out the window; the windows were all wound up 'cos we had all our chickens in the car with us, and if we'd wound the windows down they would've flown out."
I couldn't look at Bryan. 'Cos I knew if I looked at him I would've burst into uncontrollable laughter.
300 miles with a car full of chickens and kids?
It doesn't bear thinking about!

But I still felt sorry for the man, and told him we'd reimburse his $50 for the hirage.
I didn't care. The trailer was well insured for more than it cost me to build it.

[40FordDeluxe]

That is craziness right there. Kids are one thing, but chickens too....... Nah, they'd be in a box duct taped on the trailer some where!

I wonder who that guy made mad, and if that was why they were moving in such a hurry the way it sounds?

[34_40]

kinda makes you ask... "You know you're a redneck when"???

[53 Chevy5]

I'm sorry, I'm just thinking about the Fireman who showed up to a burning trailer and a car full of chickens

[johnboy]

He was a redneck alright; even more so than I.
He was living in a rented house just south of Auckland and had been given a job just south of Opunake (which is ten miles from where we live,) and a house went with the job. He was living pretty well hand-to-mouth, absolutely broke (we've all been there,) and to save money on a removal truck hired my trailer. (It was a pretty big trailer, carried 120 conventional hay bales easily; that's a bit under 4 tons.)
There wasn't just a burning trailer the Fire Brigade had to contend with, they were on an uphill incline when they disconnected it, didn't put the brake on, it rolled backwards bouncing and swerving and started another four or five fires on the side of the road on its way downhill. With approaching traffic swerving all over the place in complete panic.
I'm told it did a couple of 360 degree turns on its wee run...it's quite a long hill.

it would've been bloody hilarious to watch.

Enough!

Sorry for hijacking your thread!

[40FordDeluxe]

Johnboy, wow, I bet that was a mess! No biggie on the hi-jacking. It is a nice twist here.

[vara4]

Ryan, You got Boxers????
That's the only dogs I've ever owned. I love them I got a bloodline right now I have 9 Champions in.
My records go clear back to 1968 on their Bloodline. my last male I bought out of Florida is the sweetest male I have ever owned.
But we have two acres for them to run, have had a lot of coyote's out here running around. They get peoples small dogs out here all the time.
I only let mine out in pairs just to be safe because I have seen them travel in packs of 10 to 12 before but they usually give my property a wide birth.
I think any of mine would be able to handle 2 by them selves but any more and I 'll let my whole pack out on them. Here is a couple of my pup's in the link.
I didn't know you owned Boxers too, great minds and all that. HA! HA! HA! LOL!!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtva...posted-public/

[40FordDeluxe]

Very nice Boxers you have there! No, I don't have any boxers. My Aunts have had several over the years though. One of them has one that has congestive heart failure now and a lot of muscle issues, and hip issues. They are really good dogs.

[stovens]

Great boxers! My Pretzel is 50% boxer, then Heinz 57! Hey is a great dog with endless energy and enthusiasm.

[40FordDeluxe]

I have managed to get my MII cross member put together, welded, and smoothed the welds out. I also got everything installed for the lower tubular A-arms. Once I get the cross member welded in place, I'll add gussets from the rear A-arm tube, to the bottom of my frame. My phone is being a POS so no pics yet.

[34_40]

Sounds like a bunch of nice progress. Yeah.. I was gonna take a cheap shot... but Mr. Spears says I need to cut you some slack...


sigh... it's difficult but... you've been working hard in to many directions. So, I'll keep my pie hole shut.


This time

[53 Chevy5]

I remember when I put my MII kit on, it really did go pretty good. I still can't believe I was 20 yrs younger then I hear ya on the phone too, my contract is up so mysteriously my phone started acting up, weird huh

[40FordDeluxe]

Sounds like a bunch of nice progress. Yeah.. I was gonna take a cheap shot... but Mr. Spears says I need to cut you some slack...


sigh... it's difficult but... you've been working hard in to many directions. So, I'll keep my pie hole shut.


This time

Why hold back now?