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Im Going to be using a 8ba sidevalve in my 49 ford. Im not fully rebuilding it because all the parts in it aren't too bad, plus i'm trying to save some money. Ill probably go dual carbs, and ive had a go porting and polishing it for some practice. Should i spend the bit extra and get a bit...

making some progress Im getting back into building this thing, after i blew my escort motor up and had to rebuild it haha. Unfortunately i'm getting it sandblasted :(, our weather here is way to miserable to drive around in a bare metal rusty car, it will be rusted away in no time. im still...

I went to have a look at it today, i forgot those old things are half made of wood and conveniently it had been in a fire at some point so all the floor was gone. and it was quite rusty. she might be a bit to ambitious of a project for a noob like me haha i think i'll stick with doing my 49...

If i got it i think I'd just put a flathead v8 in it and call it a day haha I prefer the shape of the 4 door and they don't seem to come up for sale very often around here , so if the guys willing to take around $2000-$3000 for it i think I'll buy it

Yeah that's the more like what i thought it would be worth, as we all know what you ask and what you get are two different things :p haha i'll take some more photos when i go look at it today.

My friend found this 1930's ish dodge sedan sitting in someones backyard in a nearby town. I'll be going tomorrow to have a decent look at it but was just wondering on what sorta price i should be paying for it if i decide to go through with it. He says he wants around $4000 [S Everything is...

Its been pretty fun so far chopping all the rust out. I'll be making up the new pannels and mounts, once i get it back from the sandblaster. , I think i'll be about the only 19 year old with a rat rod in Australia :D haha

Got a bit more done on the floor, its turning out to be a lot rustier than i had hoped. By the end of this my panel beating skills will be much healthier :D Any advice on doing a floor would be handy right about now [S haha

It was[dr, this cab and probably 1 or 2 others would be 'usable' unfortunately theres lots of old headlights, grills and flathead parts that i'll be going back to get off him. I did a bit of work on the firewall today and all the seams are filled with rust and the spot welds have all broke...

hey thanks for the info, Im gunna be doing my floor pretty much the same. I'm just having trouble making sure everything's square and braced properly because the floors broken down the middle and the cabs just flopping around in the breeze [S I put the doors back on and got all the gaps and...

hey everyone , after a while of looking for a project, i finally managed to haggle this cab out of an old bloke i knows collection for $100. The doors and body are fairly good but the floors going to need re doing, any advice on cutting out and remaking the floor would be handy [S Ive got...

I think i may have read that, and seeing the amount of work needed put me off if im still gonna have a big hassle to rego it. We live up in north qld were there's still a fair bit of old mining and farming machinery still lying around in paddocks. Im hoping if i hassle and ask enough people...

AFter doing a bit or research it seems like might be a bit too much hassle for me, Im trying to find something pre 1949 now to go under the "street rod" rego thingo

My goal would be to just make this a project and maybe get it registered one day. Because its after 1949 i cant make my own chassis for it without it becoming an "individually constructed vehicle" witch would be a large PITA to get registered. The next option is to 'rebody' a hilux or some...

Any more progress? [P

Thanks that's some usefull info, i found the number j2id on one of the tags in there so I'm guessing its a j2 haha. I was also worried that the cab would be bigger than a normal pick up, so if they're all the same as you say its looking quite promising as a good build [;)

Yeah we do have bobcats here, they're only toys compared to some of our mining equipment haha :D -Im hoping that I'll be able to just get the cab and guards so i'll ask when i decide whether to get it or not. Another thing was it had some wierd spray on lining on the floor that water got...

Possibly, or luckily its backed on to fence with an empty yard. So im hoping they'll let me just take the fence down and pull it into the next yard hahah

Hi, yes I'm From Australia :) I want it to look pretty ratty so i think a few missing bits of chrome shouldn't worry me. The main thing i'm interested in is the cab and front fenders. plus my friend has another one just like that sitting in his yard i could get parts off if needded. Now to...

I was wandering around our local truck wrecker, when i found this sitting up the back corner. I dont have any idea of the year cause someone had taken the plate off the engine bay. im thinking it might be early 60s??? The guy only wants $500 for it, so im thinking it might make a good starting...