Recent content by 30essex

Lookin good!

I like it its got a cool stance to it!!

yeah that was just for mockup I am working on trying to figure out how to attach shackles and make a pivot that bolts to the axle its a 1945 chevy axle I am working with trying to do a spring over the axle setup but haven't got a good brainstorm on how to do it yet! got any ideas?

little helpers I only own one of the little helpers my daughter is in the light pink in both pics but for some reason every-time I wanna work on the car I get a group of kids wanting to watch.. Sometimes they are handy though for fallen tools and they are happy to go gettem! To a certain...

LOL kingfisher ok here! just posted up some pics of my build or rather project I am finishing

I just got interested in a building a rat in the last 2 years or so I have been into punk metal oi and rockabilly music most of my life hell I even listened to ska for about 6 months before it started getting to me ! I am 38 yo now I hungout in the chicago punk scene in the late 80's early 90's...

need your Help!!! a guy on another forum did his like this. has anyone else done this? I like how it uses the stock mounting holes. But I imagine it doesn't have much throw. maybe I don't need much throw/travel

I have a 1945 chevy truck axle I am working with and thats where I am stuck not sure if i should go 1/4 elliptical or spring over axle!?! I hear/saw you can make brackets and mount them where the springs parallel springs were mounted to do a spring over the axle setup. saw a pic of this but...

Got the engine out and started in on making a new front end, engine mounts and some zoomies the previous owner had the front end z'd up like 18 inches it was ridiculous! I brought that down to 10" now

This is where I got my donor engine and tranny from a 1985 ford DU-ALLY VAN LOL Some guy out here made a dually van and it was for sale on craigslist for $400 I drove it 120 miles home! The engine and tranny seem solid! my wife about killed me when I brought it home LOL I even got sneers from...

I have been working on a 1930 essex truck rat for about 8 months now I bought it as a project and wound-up redoing almost everything might have been easier to start from scratch I think! I am no where near done but its coming along! My goal is the have it street worthy within in a year...

thanks! thanks for sharing all your build sofar! it has given me to nudge i need when I suffering from builders block!