Thread: Now I have a project!!

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After one false start last week when I ran my trailer into a gas station and had to limp home with my tail between my legs I finally got my rat rod home. I bought the chassis sight unseen, and I was pleasantly pleased. Other than the steering being gone it is pretty good. Here is how it looked all trussed up for the trip.



I think we can call the cab backwards on the back a "mother in law rumble seat."

Here it is with just the good cab, that is about where the cab will ride, so I used it to do a really rough photo chop, please don't laugh, it's just to give my wife an idea.

looks good ...good luck!

Hoof: You are right. This will make a nice rod. Please post pictures and commentary as your build progresses, they are fun for everybody to share in.


It's one thing to see a rod that is all nice and finished, but it is much better to see it as you make the actual changes to it. Don't think anyone will be bored, we won't.


Don

I work second shift, and I am the only person on the planet (it seems) working on my car after midnight. I have to do everything by myself. The goal for the night was to get the old motor out of the chassis, and the chassis up on the lift. It damn near killed me but I managed. Used a chain hoist over the beam in the garage to pull the motor. Used the winch on the four wheeler and a pulley to pull the chassis up on the lift. Actually I could all but push the chassis up the lift, but I needed something to hold it there until I jacked it up, and the winch worked well. Had a little bit of a pucker factor because I didn't bother to move the Mustang outside first, so if the chassis would have let go it would have rolled right into it.

Wow, a lift. You lucky rascal. Yeah, it's a bear working by yourself. I may have to get a girlfriend back in my life to hand me tools when I need them. Second thought, nah.

The frame siderails are pretty straight, so maybe with a little Z in the front and a little bigger one in the rear you could drop this baby down pretty easily. It would also shorten up your wheelbase a little in case you wanted a short bed behind, rather than the long factory one.

Probably don't have to tell you, but watch using the garage beams as engine lifts. Friend of mine pulled the whole attic down on himself doing that. He had doubled up on the 2 x 8's or whatever is up there, but it still didn't hold.

Glad to see you are getting started. Now the questions begin. There are so many ways to approach a project like this .

Have fun.

Don

My garage has a 10" I beam in the middle, It is up on solid block piers on each side. I actually picked that lift up off the trailer with a chain over that beam. By myself I might add!
CHAZ

Oh, that's different. I forgot homes in Pa are built to last. Down here in Florida we know some hurricane will eventually take it away, so we kind of build them to self-destruct.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Wow, a lift. You lucky rascal. Yeah, it's a bear working by yourself. I may have to get a girlfriend back in my life to hand me tools when I need them. Second thought, nah.

Don

Nah, Don, just get a good dog. They're easier to train.

And Hoof, you are a lucky dog. I am working outside with no garage even. Oh, well.

Nah, Don, just get a good dog. They're easier to train.


I know what you mean. The women keep trying to train ME.

Don

I paid the grand sum of $400 dollars for that lift!!! Some guy couldn't unload it on ebay and was happy to have me come take it away. The air bags don't work so I have to lift it with a floor jack, but for $400 I am not complaining a bit.
CHAZ

Chaz, for $400.00 I wouldn't complain either. Man, did you ever get a steal. Good for you.