Checking in and introducing
 

Hi All you Fine Folks of my Favorite Forum!
I have been working 6 days a week 60-70 hrs, so my time here has been drastically and temporarily reduced...:'(

But I did want to introduce my Brother-in-Law here "sturtzs'51"
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He is new to the forum, but certainly not new to the Ford Enthusiasm
We don't get together much since we are so far apart, and I love hanging out with him because we can talk truck...well we can talk about most anything, but sooner or later, we end up discussing something Auto hobby related.
Anyway, I just wanted to welcome him to the site my own way.

Jack is one sharp mechanic with old school stuff.
Hopefully he will step up and show off some of his work!
So Jack....welcome to a great forum. We got a whole bunch of great guys on here.

Welcome Jack!
Nice garage, what are you plans for your truck?
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Hey Sturtz,
Welcome aboard! Nice looking truck. You have to put up with Jeff as your B-I-L - man that's rough... You have A/C in your garage - that's cheating - you need to be out here sweating like the rest of us.

Looking good over there in New Mexico - Welcome!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

I should clarify. Jack lives in New Mexico not Arizona. I will let him give the city if he chooses to. I don't know how active he will be here, as he is more active in the shop than on the computer, but I am gonna post a couple pics of his.

Always good to have another New Mexican hanging around the place

Welcome to him

Bobby

Much better than those Old Mexicans that usually hang around! :-missingt
Well my truck came from NM, does that count for anything? :-drink

Mine said NMR on the windshield, thought New Mexico Racing...later figured out...Needs Minor Repair...:-X18

I'd like to go to NM to visit Bobby and Ross some day, does that count? Believe me, my mind is in NM in the middle of January when it's -10° and 12" of snow outside. :D

Welcome Sturtz:-wink

Cool truck! I'm digging the big inline 6!! I love the 240's & 300's!:-X22

And is that a Cleveland powered hot rod? It looks like your B-N-L has good taste!:D

Cleveland it is. He has won several awards with that Rat rod! I know he loves that thing.
He is building the truck as a daily driver. 240 with a t-18 4 speed. He builds with what he finds cheap. No catalog building. And he comes up with some really cool stuff!

Subscribing

Welcome Sturtz , always glad to have another toothed grill owner on FTE much to the dismay of Bob .


Bob -10 & 12" of snow in Mid Jan. in Wis ? Then you woke up on a good day !!

Bob aint the only one here who prefers a monkey face over a Manure spreader.

But hey they all fat fendered so even the Manure Spreaders can be fixed to look
good.;)

Yeah, like I did with my '51 F-4, change all the sheet metal to '48-50 :-X04

HOLY CR@P!}> Thanks guys, I'm sorry it took so long to get in here to intro myself but just got back from a quick trip to CA to drive a big Army truck back to NM for a friend.

I'm building this truck to replace my POS daily driver (Mitsubishi) that I am gonna give to my 14 yr old son in 2 years to drive. After a short search I decided there wasn't anything built in the last 30 years I want to drive.

I traded a hacked up '29 dodge 2 door body, partial straight axle front end, 9 in rear and rebuild-able '51 331cu hemi block for 1 complete and 3/4 complete '51 F-1's.

I've taken the best from both and a Fatman II front end and started to build it up. The rear is a Chrysler 9.25 posi with 2:73 gears. This is the first non 9 in I have ever put in anything. I have a 60 mi round trip to and from work, this truck needs to be semi fuel efficient. 240 straight six running the 1 bbl for the start. Maybe in the future 3 1's on progressive linkage. This will be the first time I have built something for me with air conditioning.

So, I hope I haven't rambled too much, I will try to post some pic's and keep it interesting, at least enough to keep Jeff jealous.......

Amen brother although I would go back a bit further. I've said for years that car manufactures stopped making good cars around 1965. I never have been a big muscle car guy.


Post lots of pics, you need to make Jeff extremely jealous. }>
I look forward to watching your progress.

hello jeff's bro'n'law !!!! jeff i know the feeling with the long hours and no time ..... ain't made no progress on mine in over 7 months now .......

Been awhile since I posted anything on my progress, so I thought I would give Jeff something to drool over. Had to take some time to get the Model A ready for the drive to Viva Las Vegas, but have been back on the truck for a couple of weeks now. First, a pic from the drive to Viva. This was on the way, coming out of Albuquerque. Return trip looks the same, with the sun on the other side and more bugs on the window. Don't have any pics in between, could not find the camera in the chaos!

Well, I'll add my welcome Sturtz!

Nice truck, and nice to see another Harley in the same shop. :-jammin

As far as the truck, I have been driving it for about a month and a half trying to work out bugs. The side pipes were too low under the running boards, so now they will be frenched into them. Front end rides OK, had some problems setting up the old pwr steering pump to the mustang rack and pinion, but a Heidts pwr steer regulator really makes steering just right. Two extra teeth in the grill sets the kustom look.

A new right hand door to replace the cancer riddled on has been purchased, at the same time a ford script heater was also found and tested. Blower motor works and core tested up to 15psi. Can't believe the guy sold it for 35 bucks! In the back ground is my next project, '62 15ft starcraft Saber runabout with a 70 horse Johnson. It looks good behind the truck.

Finished the trans cover, complete with cup holders, and trying a old wood rimmed steering wheel. Still trying to get the speedo calibrated, but it works smoother than any old one I've seen that hasn't been restored. It is a long way from being ready for daily driving, but I'm getting there.

Looking good struts.

dang it! I love it....I wish I had time for some progress...I am back on my big construction project. But I will be done with it in Nov-Dec this year. At that point I can HOPEFULLY get with the program...It looks awesome! But I expected nothing less. Very cool Brother!

Thanks Jeff, I know you really want to get yours to the point of being able to drive it. It'll happen soon enough. Probably gonna steal your idea for the electric fan, couldn't get my six quite in the right spot to run the stock one.

Looks great! You have 52 front hood trim on a 51 hood. Also, the stock speedo location is in the right side hole and the instrument gauges are in the left hole.

I have a couple 51 front hood trims if you're interested.

Thanks for the info, Panelman. The truck is built from both a '51 and '52 parts trucks. The '52 hood trim is all I have. The spears on the side of the hood are actually from a '51 Chrysler New Yorker. And I am switching sides with the speedo/gauge cluster because the change in column angle and smaller wheel makes it hard to see the top of the speedo in the original position. When I get to finishing the body and paint part, I may take you up on some of those parts.