48 ford truck

working on this for a neighbor, and friend. it is rough bu should turn out killer. plans are chop 3.5 inches, section 3 inches and channel 2 inches.mercury flat head, 32 grill shell, i am going to make a bed for it. 1/4 elliptical front end, ford 8 inch out back. bobbed the rear of the frame a few weeks ago, and actually got a chance to build the new rear clip today. here are some pics, i will keep the writing to a minimal, pics are self explanatory pretty much






vertical up welds

looks solid from here, good job[P

Wow!!! Those are some beautiful welds!! [dr [cl

frame table looks strong enough haha

"welds are beautiful" I agree!, not bad for a guy with a 110 welder, and limited knowledge. Just kidn'[

well i hot wired a toaster once in like 90 seconds so i figured why not....... lol. thanks for the compliments. should have some more pics up later tonight

sweet looks like its coming along nice, i cant wait to start my frame

All BS aside , I really like the looks of your work . [

thanks for the kind words, dates from today, got the back clip finished up, cut the front of the from cross member off and put a piece of 3 in tube in to clean it up and added some filler pieces to add some style. complete with face rivets to add a factory feel.

so first thing this morning finished cleaning up the front frame, and fire wall, then decided i felt like doing the chop today. got the body squared and braced up and broke out the saw. came out good so far, going to split the roof and add 1 inch to get everything lined back. decided not to lean the posts on this one. making some good progress for day 3 of the entire build. here are some pics

Thread title says it's a '48, but that's a '47 and down cab correct? Unless there is something I'm not privy to. I was wondering what you were thinking when you said you were putting a deuce shell on a F-1. I know you're a jackass and all, but you've got better taste than that. Haha...

it is titled as a 48 so thats what i am going by, but it is a 41-47 cab. i would change it but i cant edit the post any more lol. the owner was looking a 32 shell, but is now leaning towards a 36 truck grill. i am not a fan of 32 stuff, but can only do so much when it comes to a customer decisions

CC I dont post alot but I just want you to know I am in awe of your talents and look forward to your builds

Trust me I know what you mean about customers! Haha. I was refering to how poop-like the deuce shell would look on an actual '48 F-series. It can work on the '41-'47 cabs, but it needs a hood top to tie it together. I would not have recommended it either, but after seeing it on this truck I think it works out ok. Here's a pic. The hood really needs a beltline in it, but you get the idea. The truck was from down Cincy way somewheres...

^^^^^ That looks better than I thought it would have.

Gastrick said:

^^^^^ That looks better than I thought it would have.

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Our minds search for patterns and symetry. This looks pleasing because our eyes can find similar curves in the shell,the hood and the cab and can move between them efffortlessly. Then notice the highlight the top of the shell is matched by the highlight on the brow of the cab.

i agree with you on there would be on way to make it look good on an f1, the pic you posted looks good, but it i am just a fan of 32 shell in general. the one posted would look much better with a bead on the edge of the hood. we were actually talking about running a hood on it last night lol... so we will see

Great work! That thing looks good already, and. I am sure you will make whatever grille he decides on look great! Keep it up, Mike!!

more progress, got the roof split and slid forward, and worked on the door tops for a but today
here are the pics