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I'm trying to get my girl into rodding a bit or at least to start learning about cars. She has a little off the shelf go kart that she has fun with so we decided to build a kart from scratch this year. I had seen some karts done with wheelbarrow tubs as bodies that came out looking like mini...

So I've been off the forum for awhile since my 36 Ford project has been stalled waiting for better weather and a friend to help get my frame sorted out. Since I couldn't work on that, I needed a project. Here are a couple of things I built this winter. First, I built myself a drift trike...

I recently rebuilt and rewired a SignalStat 700 that was in my 36 when I got it. Here's my attempt at writing up what I did and why. Please feel free to ask questions if you have them and I will do what I can to answer them. As I often do, I forgot to take a before pic of the switch. It was...

I'm looking for a 2 5/8" crescent needle Stewart Warner temp gauge. I don't need one that is in great cosmetic shape as I have a heavily patina'ed oil pressure gauge that I want to use with it. It does need to be a working gauge though. I would also be interested in a set of temp and oil...

I just saw this old Ford box truck for sale in a lot near where I work. By the grill, it looks like it's a 35-37 but I can't seem to find one like it online. Anyway, I thought it's kinda cool. Might make a cool camper or something. Sorry for the low quality pics. There are no trespassing...

Hey guys, I'm looking for a 35-36 Ford pickup glove box door to make a gauge cluster out of. I would prefer a original Ford off-white one if I can find one. Let me know if you have something that might work and what you want for it. Thanks

I need some suggestions for getting the outter wheel bearing races out of the 47 Ford hubs that I have. The inner race seats have notches so you can get a drift on the races and walk them out but the outer seats don't have notches. There's less than a 1/16 of of the edge of the race showing on...

Hey guys, I'm looking for a Model A rear spring crossmember. Let me know what you have and what you want for it. Thanks

I found a killer set of low back buckets that I wanted to use in my 36 only to measure and find out that they are too wide to fit. That got me looking at my options for seats and I found these boat seats that look alright and are within my budget and more importantly are the right size. They...

I had been searching for an electric right angle die grinder for awhile because I don't have a big enough air compressor to run a pneumatic one. I found a few that were advertised as die grinders but they were way too expensive for me. I mostly wanted one to run a 2" roloc disk setup on. I...

So a friend of a friend with a lot of experience in body work and chops came over a gave me pointers on my 36 Ford cab. I should share the one that saved the day on my door. First, I have my cab on a cart with casters so this technique only works for this setup. Also, I cut a section out of...

So I was wondering if anyone knows anything about what kind of liability you have if you sell you home built rat... I'm not talking about building a car for someone but rather building a car, having fun with it for awhile and then selling it so you can do another one. I really like the build...

I have a couple of things that I hope someone might have some advice to give on. First, the back glass in my 36 Ford truck cab is good so I'd like to save it if possible. The problem is that the seal has pretty much welded itself to the glass and the cab. I have the metal frame out so it's...

I got the chance to start a new build and, after looking around for awhile found this 36 Ford BB that used to be a sugar beet truck. The cab has some great patina to it and the interior is really complete. There are some issues of coarse but what do you expect right? The guy I got it from is...

So I just stumbled across this article about this car. The car was at our local car show last year but there were always so many people around it that I could never get a good picture of it so I never posted it. Anyway, it's one of the coolest vintage cars I've seen just for its uniqueness...

I made an extra set of these pedals when I made the ones for my Willys. They have 2 1/4-20 holes in the back for mounting. They are machined from 6061 aluminum that is anodized black. The brass is once fired 50 cal BMG brass. I'm in Montana and I'm asking $60 shipped in the lower 48 for the...

http://greatfalls.craigslist.org/cto/4612165293.html Pretty odd shortened coupe. Seems like it could be cool with the right work done though.

So I've been trying to come up with a good name for my Willys and it got me wondering what kinda names you guys have given your cars/trucks.

So, I'm finally going to start a build thread on my 51 Willys. I'm a total newb and this is my first real build of any kind. I've been messing with cars as long as I can remember but I've never done a build before so I'm figuring out a lot of stuff as I go. On top of that, this is a total...

So I've been working on my first build for quite awhile now. Very slow going but it's getting there. It's a super budget build for the most part. It's a 51 Willys pickup that I have swapped onto an 87 Toyota 2wd frame/running gear. It's got a 22r that I put a Weber on, desmogged, lowered...