Hey everyone. New member from Maine. Yeah, this place sucks when rodding is one of your favorite hobbies. You don't get near enough time to ride around in them. Guess that leaves plenty of garage time, though!
Anyway...My name is Joey. I've been wrenching since I was a kid, but for the most part I've always put stuff where it belongs. (Rebuilding trucks, cars, etc. with drop-in and bolt-on parts). Some of my favorite projects include a '77 F150, '66 Mustang 2+2 Fastback, '84 Ranger with a 2.3 turbo out of a Thunderbird, '64 Rambler American with a Ford 302/C4 swap, etc.
I've joined this site because I've had a project kind of fall into my lap. I work in the woods (I run a Timbco 425 processor) killing trees, and we're working on a 1,000 acre farm right now. While cutting, I saw an old truck about 100 feet off the woodline in the woods surrounded by what had to be trees that were at least 30-40 years old. I had to cut right by it, so I checked the truck out when I got close. Turns out to be an International R-180. I'm not entirely sure on the year (I think it's between '53 and '55), but I talked to the owner of the farm and he said "I've got enough junk to take care of, you can have it." So I promptly got into another piece of logging equipment and carried the truck out of the woods, strapped to the bucket. Now it's waiting for me to go trailer it home. It's only the cab and nose (front end, engine and trans are there, too. Frame was cut behind the cab.), but my boss gave me a pickup bed from truck someone converted into a trailer (cut the frame in front of the bed and welded a hitch on). He says it's 40's or 50's, but he's not entirely sure.
I'm new to the rat rod world, but not to wrenching...so I'm here to learn the ropes and get this truck built. Hoping to find loads of information and get some pictures up during the build. (It's actually for my 12 year old son. Gonna build it up and let him drive it when he gets his license.)
I only took a few pictures of the truck. Here's a couple I took while carrying it out of the woods with the forwarder.
Anyway...My name is Joey. I've been wrenching since I was a kid, but for the most part I've always put stuff where it belongs. (Rebuilding trucks, cars, etc. with drop-in and bolt-on parts). Some of my favorite projects include a '77 F150, '66 Mustang 2+2 Fastback, '84 Ranger with a 2.3 turbo out of a Thunderbird, '64 Rambler American with a Ford 302/C4 swap, etc.
I've joined this site because I've had a project kind of fall into my lap. I work in the woods (I run a Timbco 425 processor) killing trees, and we're working on a 1,000 acre farm right now. While cutting, I saw an old truck about 100 feet off the woodline in the woods surrounded by what had to be trees that were at least 30-40 years old. I had to cut right by it, so I checked the truck out when I got close. Turns out to be an International R-180. I'm not entirely sure on the year (I think it's between '53 and '55), but I talked to the owner of the farm and he said "I've got enough junk to take care of, you can have it." So I promptly got into another piece of logging equipment and carried the truck out of the woods, strapped to the bucket. Now it's waiting for me to go trailer it home. It's only the cab and nose (front end, engine and trans are there, too. Frame was cut behind the cab.), but my boss gave me a pickup bed from truck someone converted into a trailer (cut the frame in front of the bed and welded a hitch on). He says it's 40's or 50's, but he's not entirely sure.
I'm new to the rat rod world, but not to wrenching...so I'm here to learn the ropes and get this truck built. Hoping to find loads of information and get some pictures up during the build. (It's actually for my 12 year old son. Gonna build it up and let him drive it when he gets his license.)
I only took a few pictures of the truck. Here's a couple I took while carrying it out of the woods with the forwarder.
