Please Help this poor soul!
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Post Fiend
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Please Help this poor soul!
There is a mis-guided newbee on the 48/60 forum running a poll to see what he should do with a nice 55 Ford Panel that has been in the family for 25 years or more.
He says it is his dad's wish that it be made good again.
He also says he wants to put the body on a short bed Ch**vy 4X4 frame.
Please visit the thread and vote - there are 4 choices, any of the three non-ch**vy options will help show him the light and keep him from making such a monstrouis mistake!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=509958
Thanks - I am sure his dad and all us Ford Truck Lovers appreciate your help.
He says it is his dad's wish that it be made good again.
He also says he wants to put the body on a short bed Ch**vy 4X4 frame.
Please visit the thread and vote - there are 4 choices, any of the three non-ch**vy options will help show him the light and keep him from making such a monstrouis mistake!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=509958
Thanks - I am sure his dad and all us Ford Truck Lovers appreciate your help.
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From: The hills of No. Calif.
It's currently running in favor of "Stay true-stay Ford" which was the option I chose.
That he would even consider such a desecration as putting on a brand "C" chassis is just...unspeakable!
The only brand "C" I ever had that I liked was a '55 Bel Air 2-door hdtp. I wish I still had so I could drop my 351C into it. Boy, would that frost some butts!
That he would even consider such a desecration as putting on a brand "C" chassis is just...unspeakable!
The only brand "C" I ever had that I liked was a '55 Bel Air 2-door hdtp. I wish I still had so I could drop my 351C into it. Boy, would that frost some butts!
Hotshot
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From: The hills of No. Calif.
That sounds like a worthy project. If he were closer I'd offer to help.
I'm soon to start work on putting a Landcruiser body on a shortened Blazer frame for a guy I know. I can't tell you how much it pains me to even have to work on the thing, but the payoff is that he's giving me two F1s for doing it, so at least there's a Ford incentive there.
So how's this heat wave treating you?
I'm soon to start work on putting a Landcruiser body on a shortened Blazer frame for a guy I know. I can't tell you how much it pains me to even have to work on the thing, but the payoff is that he's giving me two F1s for doing it, so at least there's a Ford incentive there.
So how's this heat wave treating you?
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It is just too hot to work - 80 degrees first thing in the morning with high humitity, and then gets worse as the day goes on. Seen 110 degrees a time or two.
I drove up to Craig's and about cooked - no air in my jeep. Must have sweated a gallon.
I expect you are a little better off and get a cool breeze now and again, but would not want to have to work outside anywhere in the valley -
I drove up to Craig's and about cooked - no air in my jeep. Must have sweated a gallon.
I expect you are a little better off and get a cool breeze now and again, but would not want to have to work outside anywhere in the valley -
Hotshot
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Cool breeze? What's that? I've been driving my Alpine lately to save on gas and the top is always down. Absolutely miserable coming home from work today, all the air blowing over me was just hot. I work outdoors and it was all I could do to make it through today. We've been starting at 6 am so we can be done by 2, but my boss likes to wait till we're ready to leave so he can stop by and talk for an hour or more. Didn't get home till 5 yesterday, it was up to 117º at the other end of the lake, felt hotter today than yesterday.
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From: Oakdale,Ca.
Ya know, the guys "project" will be one that comes up for sale...problem is he'll spend a bazillion hours on it, have nothing anyone wants, and it'll sell for dirt cheap.
I've heard of some starnge mixes, but what would prompt somene to go a route like that is beyond me. I've no issues with transplanting engine combos and such, but I have never even had the inkling to go as far as he's thinking.
I've heard of some starnge mixes, but what would prompt somene to go a route like that is beyond me. I've no issues with transplanting engine combos and such, but I have never even had the inkling to go as far as he's thinking.
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I used to have a shop next to a guy who was one of "those" types..y'know, C***y lovers. Real nice guy other than that (some actually are! 
Go figure!) He sunk a fortune into restoring a '57 Chev 4-door, full frame-off and all. It was beautiful when it was done...but it was still just a '57 210 4-door. His next project was a '54 Chev panel, and I never did see it finished, I moved away, but it was the same type of deal, been in the family for years. He took the body off the frame and then had a tube chassis built for it with a Corvette IRS and a Camaro front clip, had a built small block and a big block to choose from, don't know which he went with. Had a lot of potential and he did some nice work, even for a Chevy guy!
I couldn't talk him into Ford power for it though...and I tried!
Go figure!) He sunk a fortune into restoring a '57 Chev 4-door, full frame-off and all. It was beautiful when it was done...but it was still just a '57 210 4-door. His next project was a '54 Chev panel, and I never did see it finished, I moved away, but it was the same type of deal, been in the family for years. He took the body off the frame and then had a tube chassis built for it with a Corvette IRS and a Camaro front clip, had a built small block and a big block to choose from, don't know which he went with. Had a lot of potential and he did some nice work, even for a Chevy guy!I couldn't talk him into Ford power for it though...and I tried!
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