1949 ford pickup

[saleenme1]

just a pick of my truck.

 

[sawzall]

I like your truck....how about a introduction?

 

[Dirtyrat]

welcome to RRR, more pics!

 

[ratrodfireman]

I like what you ve built.[cl

 

[saleenme1]

new to forums trying to find my way around.old man learns slow

 

[saleenme1]

49 ford truck

This is my first rat ,it started as a cab i bought to mock up a motor on a 48 frame i sold the frame and had the cab left. it had no floors and was overall pretty rotten . i am not sure how many picks i can post at one time i have probably 50 or so.

 

[earthman]

Looks good to me Welcome to the board.

 

[saleenme1]

thanks trying to get it done before august for the nats in louisville.

 

[saleenme1]

49 ford truck

i have been working on my cab this week trying to get all the welding done.here are some progress picks.

 

[earthman]

Lot of cuttin' and measurin' gone on there. Looking good from here.

 

[IAM-LDS-2]

I have a 47 Chevy AD and my gas tank is in the back just like yours . I also have a stout piece of angle iron to hold my hitch - looks a lot like yours . I also added some more angle iron kinda like a hidden bumper to protect the tank in case of a rear end collision . Didn't cost much and sure adds a lot of protection .
Your project is looking good .

 

[Dirtyrat]

That does look really good, nice work on the floors!

I'm tired of stripping this van, starting to twitch from not working on the RAT....

Keep on goin!

 

[saleenme1]

color on the beast

put some color on it today.

 

[saleenme1]

don't know why but picks didn't make it.

 

[saleenme1]

a friend of mine bent them for me .we bent the floor whit one piece of steel,then i welded the tunnel in and cut the center of the floor out under the tunnel.

 

[andyspinstriping]

Cool truck! I can't wait to see more!

 

[saleenme1]

here are the picks

painted it with chassis saver first then gray then orange then red will sand it a little then semi gloss black more sanding to stress the paint.

 

[saleenme1]

thanks, planning to drive it every day so it will be a little different,air heat and fuel injection 4 wheel disks and comfort that's why i didn't chop the top.

 

[Sam_Fear]

That is gonna be sharp!

 

[skull]

paint

nice red

Later