International/Ford

Thought I should share some pic's of my rod. Title says 1948 Ford PU. Cab is 50 International/48 Ford/66 Chevy PU/& Sears Washing Machine. Frame is 2 X 3 Box, 6 inch kickup in front, 13 inch in rear. Narrowed 60 Ford I beam front axel, S10 Rear end with 3:42 Locker. Engine is 65 327, Crane cam, 202 Valve open chamber heads. Edlebrock intake with gutted 6V Supercharger as carb spacer, running twin Rochester 2G's on vintage speed adaptor. 32 Grill shell, Model 66 Oliver tractor radiator (modified). Turbo 350 trans with stall converter. I guess that covers the basics. I built, manufactured, or modified every piece on it myself. Can't afford much. So far I have just shy of $4500 in it, and I saved and counted every nut bolt, welding wire and so on. Alot is repurposed junk, air compressor tank for gas tank and taillight buckets. Gimmie fabric for interior. Carpet removed from office building. Scrap steel laying around. Mostly alot of scrounging.
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Well I almost got this figured out. Here's some more pics of the Rat.
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Thanks for posting those pic's! I really like your little truck and you have done a good job with it. The bobber trucks are one of the really cool things to have come along recently or maybe revived recently and yours is a fine example. Thanks again

Roland

Nice !!!!

I like it.....good paint ,cool unique stuff all over it !

I think you did a great job !

I could tell about that Sears washing machine 'cause that truck is CLEAN! Nice Job!

Way cool - talk about ingenuity. You've done a great job on this bad boy!!

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Originally Posted by shawnlee28

Nice !!!!

I like it.....good paint ,cool unique stuff all over it !

I think you did a great job !

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Thanks for compliment. Funny my "new" truck is a Chevy 1966 C10 Fleetside Longbed. Although Mine might be a little different. 54 Olds Dash, Toothed Grill made from 3 1951 Ford F1 Grills. Steel wheels, with baby moons. Lowered and so on. Need to take some newer pics of it. But some clod who can't park his big dog ram ran over drivers fender and just about completley tore drivers bumper off. Oh I split front bumper.

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Originally Posted by Hombre259

Thanks for posting those pic's! I really like your little truck and you have done a good job with it. The bobber trucks are one of the really cool things to have come along recently or maybe revived recently and yours is a fine example. Thanks again

Roland

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Thanks. Ohhhhhhh Sweeeeeeeet. You have my second favorite car the 55 Chev. should have never sold the second one. Was flat black, 396, 4 speed, and no front bumper. I really like that look. Maybe it was the gassers like the model Bad Man. Definately cool though.

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Originally Posted by Hombre259

Thanks for posting those pic's! I really like your little truck and you have done a good job with it. The bobber trucks are one of the really cool things to have come along recently or maybe revived recently and yours is a fine example. Thanks again

Roland

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Oh one more thing. Have you considered a chrome spreader bar between the front frame horns. I had one chromed, but sold the car before I got it back from chrome shop. Had that bar for 22 years till my shop in North Carolina burned. Bummer.

Really nice job. The truck has "eyeball"...:3dSMILE:

That is a really neat little truck,,I like it a whole lot...Too nice to be stuck with a rat rod label,in my opinion...:cool:

Yeah, I think of it as a hot rod, but I get so many call it a rat rod. Maybe it's kinda inbetween. It's a Deuce NOT. It was as close to as I could get with money and what I had on hand. Oh well. Thanks for the compliment. It's no where near perfect. But you can only do the best you can with the skill you have and what you have to work with.

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Really nice job. The truck has "eyeball"...:3dSMILE:

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Thanks. "eyeball". Hmmmm.......... I like it. I Like it ALOT.

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Originally Posted by dlotraf33

Yeah, I think of it as a hot rod, but I get so many call it a rat rod. Maybe it's kinda inbetween. It's a Deuce NOT. It was as close to as I could get with money and what I had on hand. Oh well. Thanks for the compliment. It's no where near perfect. But you can only do the best you can with the skill you have and what you have to work with.

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I think you have done real well with scrounging and piecing together a kool truck...its what its all about, building something for you,and enjoying it..I like it enough to consider one similar,so long as I can deliver my glass bodies on the back...as I do with the F100 shop truck.:D
I hope ya drive the wheels off it..:D

I love it & wished I had my other project done & had the extra $$$ to put one together myself.
I love how the term of low buck beater trucks/cars have turned into what so many now called (I'm going to be http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/wu...smiley-015.gif ) a "ratrod".
Cause there is nothing "ratty" about that truck.
The person who started that term should be slapped...joe

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Originally Posted by TooMany2count

I love it & wished I had my other project done & had the extra $$$ to put one together myself.
I love how the term of low buck beater trucks/cars have turned into what so many now called (I'm going to be http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/wu...smiley-015.gif ) a "ratrod".
Cause there is nothing "ratty" about that truck.
The person who started that term should be slapped...joe

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Amen to that,Joe...even if some of them do fit the term...:D

This truck - which I like very much - is a fine example of what I call moving to the next level. This truck is definatly ratrod inspired , as are a lot of vehicles I have seen at car gatherings lately . Design-build-drive = lots of fun .

So what do you guys think. I lowered the bed almost 3", and yesterday I got my piecrusts. Tasty.............. It raised back end about 1 1/2 and tire just comes up to bottom side of bed. New headers comming, (hopefully by weekend). Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Sanderson.:D:D:D One just wasn't enough.:LOL:
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hotrods are suppose to be fun or at least they were. your truck looks like a ton of fun. i wouldn't call it a ratrod though. too nice for that. :D

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Originally Posted by shine

hotrods are suppose to be fun or at least they were. your truck looks like a ton of fun. i wouldn't call it a ratrod though. too nice for that. :D

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I call it "Lil Rat Bastard", cause its not traditional, a true hot rod to me is more 30's body style, ya know deuce or a. Like most have said it's too nice to really be a rat. As far as I have seen almost no one would have bothered to use that cab back in 50's or 60's, at least not like that. I'm not real big on clasifying things, but to me it doesnt fit anywhere. Hence the name. Although it is loosly based on a drag truck my uncle was building in 67 and 68. I dont know exactly what cab he used maybe late 40's chevy or international. He really liked the rounded caps, didnt care that much for an a or the 32. He narrowed it and chopped it. Had it sitting on a tube drag chassis, slid almost to the rear wheels. No one can remember what body he used, he was going to race it at Beach Bend and later make it street legal for my cousin. My cousin was killed in an auto accident and after that my uncle just gave up on everything. My dad said he cut it up and had it hauled off for scrap. I was 10 in 67 and my uncle was one of the reasons I developed the "Hot Rod Sickness". I wish someone had pictures of that, I'd like to duplicat it, and finish it. Oh well.:(

Hiya dlotraf33, Your little pickup is cool and using that International cab is a neat finishing touch. What I would like to know is what make are those wheels you have? And adore your piecrust tyres, I don't think we would be able to legally use them over here,but a pair would look cool on the back of my Bucket. Can I also add, that the material you chose for your interior is way cool. To me your truck is certainly not what I would call a "rat rod" and just get out there and drive it.:3dSMILE::3dSMILE::3dSMILE:

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Hiya dlotraf33, Your little pickup is cool and using that International cab is a neat finishing touch. What I would like to know is what make are those wheels you have? And adore your piecrust tyres, I don't think we would be able to legally use them over here,but a pair would look cool on the back of my Bucket. Can I also add, that the material you chose for your interior is way cool. To me your truck is certainly not what I would call a "rat rod" and just get out there and drive it.:3dSMILE::3dSMILE::3dSMILE:

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And drive the heck out of it I Do. :D The tires are border line legal, dot casings and 2 rain groves. (yeah right). I suppose it depends on the cop. My inspection station says they would pass it though, although that might be more of a courtsy for me. The wheels are aluminum slots 15 x 8 1/2 rear and 14 x 6 front. The fronts are ET, not sure on rears, made in usa cast in backside though. I appriciate the compliments. The interior was material donated to me so all it cost was a can of glue 9.99 + tax, and a handfull of hog rings.

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my favorite car that i have owned was a 66 nova ss clone. it was an all original car that we put a straight axle under. bb 4 speed car with 4:11 gears. a hotrod is a hotrod to me. before 1969 there was no such thing as a streetrod . they were all hotrods .:3dSMILE:

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my favorite car that i have owned was a 66 nova ss clone. it was an all original car that we put a straight axle under. bb 4 speed car with 4:11 gears. a hotrod is a hotrod to me. before 1969 there was no such thing as a streetrod . they were all hotrods .:3dSMILE:

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Thats very true. Now everything has to have some catagory or classification. back about 30 years ago I bought a 62 chevy nova with a straight axle under it. It was bieng built as a drag car, and I turned it into a street car, powered by an overhead cam pontiac 6 cyl, and muncie 4 speed. A little squirly but pretty cool.:D

Hi, thanks for your reply. When I purchased my bucket there was a set of Western wheels that look just like that on it, and I think they were made in the USA. The other question I forgot to ask is, can you tell us a wee bit about how the engine runs etc with the dummy blower as a carb spacer, any problems etc?? I would like to put one of those small B&M street blowers with my triple 2's on top on my bucket. I got room for V type belts but I not after that blower whine more the look and ,heck something else to polish all the time.:LOL::LOL::LOL:

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Hi, thanks for your reply. When I purchased my bucket there was a set of Western wheels that look just like that on it, and I think they were made in the USA. The other question I forgot to ask is, can you tell us a wee bit about how the engine runs etc with the dummy blower as a carb spacer, any problems etc?? I would like to put one of those small B&M street blowers with my triple 2's on top on my bucket. I got room for V type belts but I not after that blower whine more the look and ,heck something else to polish all the time.:LOL::LOL::LOL:

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I pulled rotors and used only the case. fabricated plates for ends, top and bottom. It actually has an insert down the center, sealed on top and bottom.
I discovered a piece of 4" steel square post, the type used for supports in construction and signs, which has more rounded corners than 4 x 4 box steel, is exactly the same inside dia. as a holly square bore gasket. The blower mounts on top of a std edlebrock performer manifold that i got off ebay for $15. Originally I was going to angle cut a spacer to go underneath blower. This would have mounted the blower parallel to block deck, and then I was going to make a dummy v-belt drive. I still may at some point. So esentially I have a square bore carb spacer. The blower housing is just window dressing. I was originally going to run 3 duces using a vintage speed 3 2bbl to 4bbl adaptor, but felt that since this was longer than blower it wouldn't look right. But that was just my opinion on the look. I have seen 8 2bbl's on top of blower and all those carbs look pretty cool. I assume if the housing was sealed up properly with no vac leaks it would work similar to a tunnel ram, although I am sure flow would not be as good. I was more worried of all the potential leaks than anything else. So I came up with the insert. I ran into a guy at the drags last weekend that has either a 4-71 or 6-71 in which he is hiding his alternator inside. I have to see the inside of this as I haven't figured out in my mind how he is routing the fuel mixture thru that. Hot Rodders are very creative.:3dSMILE:

Whiplash, On the wheels, Back when those were real popular there probably was a least half a dozen companies making that type of wheel. I actually hated those back in the mid 70's because everyone had them. At the time the were the least expensive aluminum wheel you could get. But now you hardly see em. And it was the era I was after.

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Originally Posted by dlotraf33

So what do you guys think. I lowered the bed almost 3", and yesterday I got my piecrusts. Tasty.............. It raised back end about 1 1/2 and tire just comes up to bottom side of bed. New headers comming, (hopefully by weekend). Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Sanderson.:D:D:D One just wasn't enough.:LOL:
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