Recent content by RustyRatRod

No kiddin? I am in Jones County. We aint too far off.

Could you please elaborate on that? I have a 1956 331 truck engine that was absolutely beautiful on tear down. Not a crack in the house. I built it into this. Couple of points I learned about them. The truck heads arguably flow as good as the famed "555" heads when you put the 392 size valves...

Many apologies I have not been back until now. We have had a really rough patch. My wife has had continuing health problems all last year and had heart attack number three this past fall. I have also had my share too. Was diagnosed a new diabetic on my birthday on March 8th this year. Happy...

Little more progress.....and a step backwards. lol. The story of my life. I figured out a cool way to do my parking brake. Cool, cheap and ratty. Some idiot cut the ends of the parking brake cables off, so I welded on some 1/4 nuts on the ends. Got the lever modified and discovered the brake...

Got a couple of things done today. Dusted off the welder and made me a front bumper. Then I welded up the shifter handle I am going to use. Progress is slow, but it's progress.

Thank you. It was very clean to begin with. It had some surface rust on the outside and was spotless on the inside. I am paranoid about rust or dirt anywhere near the fuel system. So I cleaned all the surface rust off and brushed on three coats of oil based Rustoleum black, then two coats of...

Please forgive me for being away and not updating in such a long time. It has been one thing after another this year. We are really struggling. Wife lost her job. We were in foreclosure, but it looks like we may have that taken care of. Things are still very tight for us. I'm really scared...

Leave my cats outta this. lol Sorry I haven't been back in a little bit. Haven't gotten anything else done on the truck, but I have been getting parts together for the Bobcat because I need to get another vehicle running. Soon as I do that, it will be back on the truck.

Haven't done anything on this in a couple of days. Going this morning with a friend to get another project tat will eventually be my new daily driver since I wrecked my Ranger. Stupid as it sounds, it's a 1976 Mercury Bobcat. I did a V8 Pinto about 30 years ago. I was just a kid and didn't do...

Got a little more done today. Front cab mounts done. So now the cab is mounted to the frame. I know some of you will ask why so high on the frame? I guess the simple answer is that's how I want it. I don't want to channel or chop the cab. I want to leave it stock Dodge. so with that in mind It...

Now how in the WORLD would you know we like cats? My wife and I run an impromptu cat rescue. We just adopted out 5.

I am trying. The whole thing with the wreck is turning out to be a good thing. I decided to get out of Mopar (except for the truck) and have been selling everything not associated with the truck off. I am going to build a much more affordable Ford street car. The original plan was to get the rat...

Progress. I got the rear cab mounts bolted onto to the frame. Woohoo.

No sir. I am going to make a hood but there will be no sides or fenders. Gotta show the Hemi off, you know? I have a radiator shroud from a Durant Star Car from about 1925. Very similar to a Model A shroud. I plan to run a Model A radiator inside it and bolt headlights to it or either the frame...

Sorry for the delay. My wife and I were in a serious auto accident Monday and totaled my daily driver. Dammit all. Anyway, as promised, here are pics of my project. It is a 49 5 window Pilothouse cab on a 1983 D150 chassis. I have a Dana 70 HD dually rear end and will be getting 1 ton dually...