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Hey guys I have been a long time lurker and decided to finally get started on my truck. Basically I’m starting with a empty cab and building the rest. This is going be a long build due to me working seven days a week and having very little free time. I have been collecting parts for a while now...

Hey guys I have what I thank is a 1930ish Plymouth cowl but I would like a positive id so I can start looking for a title. It dosent have any gauges in the dash it has a hand crank wiper and the windshield frame hinges out at the bottom. The most distinctive thing on it is the body line on the...

U could use a heater element out of a electric hot water heater

Went from 3.29 to 3.35 to 3.49 in two days in ashboro n.c. It takes two months to go down any at a couple cents at a time but somehow it can go up twenty cents in two days. What's wrong with this picture?:confused:

3.29 in ashboro n.c. I still thank its funny how much the price will change from station to station in just a few miles

Haha thanks guys I guess I'm not alone in my frustrations. I do love the fealing you get,when you get a wrecked car tear it down put it back together and it looks like nothing happened. My dad has ben doing bodywork for around 23 years. He thinks its the funiest thing to blow my mind with some...

Im just wondering if anyone else feals like I do. I have ben working at a body shop for about 8 months now so I'm still very new to body work and its tricks and shortcuts. Somedays I feal like a badass others I feal like a dumbass is this about normal? I just get very frustrated when I simply...

I'm working with a 1948 f1 cab It will be cab, frame, bed ,engine/trans bare bones type build. i have cut the floor out because it had rusted away to nothing but now i don't know what to do. I'm gonna chop the top 4 inches but i need to build the floor but i cant build the floor because i don't...

hi guys. i know its hard to judge a cars value without looking at it but what would you say the value of a 1966 galaxie 500 2 door hard top would be? It is a 390 4v automatic. The car has ben sitting under a shelter for 10 years there is some surface rust and the paint is coming off, the only...

thanks everyone I'm leaning toward the rat rod side because it can be exactly what i want it to be and i have access to a bunch of ford parts from 1940-1980 so parts aren't that much of a problem the new/shiny stuff is what is gonna coast. I have a 1948 ford cab now.So many options so little...

Hello everyone. here is my dilemma i am fixing to turn 21 i am married have my own house and such and i just started working as a body man. I'm starting to make some money and I'm wanting to build something. i grew up around cars (in a junkyard) my dad is a body man and my grand paw is a...

thanks sam. Is that a good transmission or is it a turd . You dont seam to hear much out of 5 speed fords that aint a t-5

i have a transmission that i thank came from a 1988 f150 with a 302 can anyone tell me if this is a good transmission or not. The numbers on it are E8TA YE 277243 can anyone give me more details? Thanks

Thanks for the welcome guys. I am mainly just trying to get my thoughts together at this point because it will be a while before i have the funds to start on this but never the less i need to start finding parts. Also i will be sure to post some pics when i get started. This is one of the few...