Well, you have just helped me to decide on my paint. If that's a rattle can job, and it looks that good, I may have just saved a ton of money.

 

Here is another rattle can paint job. This paint is primer. Last time I saw this truck the guy was selling it, but he was asking $20,000.

 

Its not rattle can, The PO used Restoration Shop acrylic urethane single stage Hot Rod Red. I just commented that any sanding I do on the rough spots will get rattle can until later when i get to the paint.

 

Not for sale right now Gigger...i'm having too much fun with her!

 

[QUOTE=old_dan;11232402]I did some work over the holidays....

I put in a battery box in the bed, wired that to the solenoid on the firewall, installed brake lines and bled the brakes, started installing the Painless wiring harness (you can see a part of that in the pic), pulled off the Holley carb and put in a new power valve and float valve, and....installed the front clip. I know...I need to do something with that bumper!!!


Old Dan, where did you get that Radiator? I need one just like that.

 

Just messin' with ya Big Mike, enjoy that truck Bro

 

[QUOTE=BigMikeV;14975112]I responded to a "make offer" add on ebay. It turns out it was from Superior Radiator in Michigan. Here's their website: Superior radiator - Home

It has been a while, but I think I offered $250 + $50 shipping, so $300 delivered to my doorstep.

Dan

 

This is my '48 F-1 PU that I've been working at since about 2000 or so. Owned since '63 and hopefully will be on the road by the end of this year,2015!

 

I haven't started my truck for about a month, and I wanted to charge the battery and get some fresh fuel cycled through the carb and lines.
Today was a nice sunny day and relatively warm (25 degrees F) so I put the booster on the terminals and it fired right up after about 20 revolutions.

I let it warm up in the driveway to get any moisture out of the exhaust and engine and I saw my neighbor with his plow go by. I knew what he was up to.
He plows a skating rink on the nearby lake and you can drive out to it. So figured I'd take a short trip down there to exercise the gears and keep the tires round.
I drove out onto the lake and snapped a few photos. Now before anyone gets alarmed......it's quite safe to do so.
The plow truck is a one-ton with a nine-footer on the front and a sander on the back. That rig weighs about double what an empty F2 does. And he came back from the lake warm and dry. The ice is about 12" thick solid and growing every day.

In the photos you can see a few ice-fishing shacks. There were some people out there but I didn't venture out to see if they were catching anything.

It kept cabin fever at bay for a little while anyway......

Tom


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Great looking F2 Tom. What color red is that?

 

What a beautiful truck you have Tom. And a wonderful day
enjoying it. Used to be we went out on the lakes all the time.
But the last 10 or 12 years has been to warm. I read on Google
that two inches of ice was safe for a car or truck. But I never
went out on less than 6 or 8.

 

She looks great Tom, did you have fun doing donuts on the ice, cheers

 

Yes, unintentional ones!
The ice was hard like a skating rink so getting traction was tough. A few fishtails were in order and I sort of did the sidewinder thing until I got to the packed snow.

Years ago I would put miles on the ice with my beater cars. Almost got the Rockford File maneuver to precision many times. The shore front property owners weren't as impressed as I was. Again, anything to keep cabin fever at bay during the long winter.



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Seems like fun to me Tom, no salt out there, lol

 

I wouldn't take a fat chick on two inches of good ice. Agreed - eight inches is pretty safe for driving a car as long as you know where the springs, rocks and current are. Ice is always thinner near rocks those things transfer heat from above and below. Currents are just plain unpredictable.
Last year I went fishing up north and the ice was 36" thick. You can take a pulp truck loaded with drunk hippo ladies anywhere out on that.


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