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Hello everyone. I have gotten a ton of help from you guys throughout my build and I am very happy with the outcome. It is running and driving and it is very enjoyable. It took a little over two years to get to this point. I am now wanting to make an air cleaner (scoop) to go on top of the...

Hey guys. I drove my rat rod for the first time this past weekend in the yard, and I have to rev it pretty high just to get it to move. I bought the th350 from a man that said it was newly rebuilt and hadn't been put in anything since. I bought a torque converter separately from another guy...

I'm starting a new thread with my build now that I'm past the challenges and have come upon new challenges I have questions with. I now will be cutting the headers I have and welding something custom up that will not interfere with my steering. Unfortunately, the steering ended up being in...

Hey everyone, My motor is sitting in an S-10 frame that was already set up for a sbc motor with the mounts when I bought it. I simply dropped my chevy 350 in and that was it. I'm trying to figure out why my motor is not level. What are my options for making it level? I have ruled out...

My rat rod is on a long wheel base S10 frame that I shortened. The drive shaft was a two piece, and now that I have to get a new one, I definitely want to get a one piece drive shaft. I took the two piece to a local driveline shop and asked about increasing the length of the longest pieced of...

Hello everyone, this is my first build and build thread so here goes... I'll start from the beginning and catch up to where I am now... I started out with finding a 49' Ford cab, hood, and fenders. I bought them locally and started doing some research on options to building a rat rod.

I found a guy local selling this setup. 48' Ford cab on a sandblasted and primered frame. The cab is solid with exception to some rust on the front corners. It comes with the 8BA flathead motor that needs built. It has been sleeved and bored and comes with new pistons and the original intake...

I am making great progress on my rat rod, but have come to a problem that I can't seem to resolve! I know it has been an issue before for many, but what are the best possible solutions for what I'm about to explain... My cab is channeled, which of course makes less room for the steering wheel...