There's a NEW Ford in TOWN!
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There's a NEW Ford in TOWN!
Well, since I can't find steady work, figured it was time to put my parts together and sell some things off!
A few year ago I picked up a '35 Ford car frame, so...the past few weelks have been gettiing it set up with a juiced brake front end, '55 Chevy rear...and placed a SBC/TH400 in it to figure out what needed to be cut up/etc...so...beefed up my HF 3 foot sheetmetal brake to handle some 1/8th inch...and came across a "Ford Pilot" chassiswith a 21 stud FH V8, tranny, , etc...pretty much a complete chassis sans'wheels...
Now, to get a bit more into this, the Ford Pilot is an English deal...RHD, RH shift on the tranny...heck, I only got it for the flathead...but...started looking at things. .and soon-by mid next week-I'll have RHD '35-40 chassis set up for the '36 Ford PU cab I have out back...not sure what it will sell like, but fgured heck, since it won't be original, whyave not have some fun?
Real cool thing is the steering column I got, also has an elusive '37 Bajo wheel on it, and the RHD column, and the shifting stuff, ....and, a set of two keys on the column drop!
...sooo, although I'd like to get my own '36 up and going, this will be a bit more fun and quicker.
Hey, how many RHD '36 Ford PU's do you see?
A few year ago I picked up a '35 Ford car frame, so...the past few weelks have been gettiing it set up with a juiced brake front end, '55 Chevy rear...and placed a SBC/TH400 in it to figure out what needed to be cut up/etc...so...beefed up my HF 3 foot sheetmetal brake to handle some 1/8th inch...and came across a "Ford Pilot" chassiswith a 21 stud FH V8, tranny, , etc...pretty much a complete chassis sans'wheels...
Now, to get a bit more into this, the Ford Pilot is an English deal...RHD, RH shift on the tranny...heck, I only got it for the flathead...but...started looking at things. .and soon-by mid next week-I'll have RHD '35-40 chassis set up for the '36 Ford PU cab I have out back...not sure what it will sell like, but fgured heck, since it won't be original, whyave not have some fun?
Real cool thing is the steering column I got, also has an elusive '37 Bajo wheel on it, and the RHD column, and the shifting stuff, ....and, a set of two keys on the column drop!
...sooo, although I'd like to get my own '36 up and going, this will be a bit more fun and quicker.
Hey, how many RHD '36 Ford PU's do you see?
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RHD is great, except for toll booths. In my RHD truck I used to drive backwards through the drive thrus at fast food joints. The eye contact from the folks in line behind you gets a bit unnerving though; like pulling up to stoplights behind a Volvo with ugly kids staring at you in the rearward facing seats. Can't wait to see a rhd '36, with a banjo wheel no less, sounds cool!
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Stuck at home doing taxes, no F350 drive today. Found this deal though:
4 NEW TIRES LT 235 85 16 $320.00
4 NEW TIRES LT 235 85 16 $320.00
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Geez, you too? I'm doing taxes today as well. It sucks...especially when I can't find all my paperwork. I'm about as organized as you are...maybe less!
Looks like a good price, depending on what tires they are. 10 ply should work though. Is this the deal you were telling me about yesterday?
Looks like a good price, depending on what tires they are. 10 ply should work though. Is this the deal you were telling me about yesterday?
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Well, since Eric hasn't seen fit to introduce himself, I'll do the honors. He's a Land Rover buddy of mine who just stole (excuse me, I mean bought) an '88 F350 crewcab dually to use for hauling his 36' two-car trailer, which I've been hauling with my tired '68 F250. I just spent the better part of yesterday working on it and am quite impressed with it so far. One of the better craigslist buys I've seen in a while. Poor guy selling it thought it was in worse shape than it actually is, looks like it's a pretty darn good truck.
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Thanks for the intro Dan, just finished my taxes at 1 am on D-Day and I'm celebrating with a Mickey's big mouth. I'm going to make a run to Davis tomorrow in the F350, decided on transferring my personal license plate BEEEAST to it after I get the smog certificate.
I went shopping for hitches online, cheapest around for a 2" receiver class 5 hitch is around $275. Do these pop up on here used very often?
Diesel swap would be great. Don't have the diesel motor, any extra cash, or any time whatsoever. So I'm a big 460 fan for now!
I went shopping for hitches online, cheapest around for a 2" receiver class 5 hitch is around $275. Do these pop up on here used very often?
Diesel swap would be great. Don't have the diesel motor, any extra cash, or any time whatsoever. So I'm a big 460 fan for now!