unfinished pile o crap" club, whos in?

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skull

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the idea came off a web site l visit once inna while, sounded like a good thread to start here:D


l have 1957 chevy l started at 8yrs old and still have not finished her 42 years later, to see it sitting in my garage breaks my heart, BUT, it's on the list.

get to her right after l finish:

1950 dodge truck,

1966 chevelle,

1932 dodge/plymouth sedan, was a four door, cut out 7'' and made into a two door sedan,

1935 chevy 5 window coupe,

1960 coushman truckster getting a 750 honda motor and a 8 3/4 mopar rearend,

1962 ford shortbox

AND

my street legal 1946 dirt modified/jalopy race car;

Later :cool:
 

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55 Dodge 1/2 ton currently stock chassis with ford 200 6 cylinder /auto (that way when I bought it)
49 Plymouth coupe stock chassis with beat to crap body

Have s10 chassis with 472 cadillac and auto to go under one of these but have not decided which yet
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I'll join, damn it:mad: The big D has forced me to put my 37 instorage for lord knows how long, but I got it away from her before there was any damage.
1/2 a year of turning into a 5 window hump back coupe from a nasty 4dr sedan. I will finish it someday, I have almost everything for it and still sneak in new parts now and then.:rolleyes:
 

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That coupe is killin' me Cosmic! Start a build thread or whatever it takes to make some progress.:D

Here is the build thread I had going before the rug(garage) got yanked out from under me, I really do have just about everything to finish it except a shop and time. All my tools and equp. are in storage, you shold see my apartment there are parts all over that I have been picking up for the past 6 months or so. I even have a brand new bead roller in the boxes that I got just before it all fell apart.

http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13773&highlight=puzzle
 
Here are my three. 1948 Ford F1 that I had for 5 years. 1936 Ford pickup that I had for 6 months and the 1927 Ford pickup that I had for 6 years
 

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Hahahaha! we are all hoarders!

I will add mine;

69 chevelle SS-- (just need to rejet the carb to run right. been 4 yrs now)
35 ford pick up-- haven't touched it in 1 1/2 yrs since buying it
73 datsun LS1 swap--still on the frame table. been there 2 yrs
50 GMC---been in the back yard since 1986........nuff said
90 C1500 5.3 swap--been out back for a year. only needs a tranny to run
107" chopper---after working on it for 10 yrs, getting it 85% done,
not touching it for 2 yrs, I parted it out.
My house----D**n thing is never done! Built it myself and have yet to
finish the trim![cl
 
1927 Dodge 5 window coupe and 1947 ford pickup
 

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I'm in.
1977 Corvette, parked in the barn
1968 GTO convert, needs paint, can't see it in the other barn
1967 Chev, duelly 3/4 flatbed hotrod truck in shop
1960 Pont. 2dr hardtop, in shop
Massey Furg. 255, needs help.
I suggest we all just swap em for a few years, then we can be excited when we get em back.
 
1957 GMC 4X4 semi

Sadly I had this before I even knew what a "Rat" was or I would have gone a completely different way with it and actually finished it. I had an 85 Chevy diesel 4X4 chassis and a caddy 500 with a 4X4 trans and it would have been killer. But it was too big for one guy to work with (fenders weighed over 70 lbs each) and I lost interest and sold it. Oh well I then had the money to use to build what I now have a 41 Chevy truck. Here it is or was.
 

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ok its going to cost me some money but ill do it for the team. i see if i can get a semi or two and have them swing by everyones house and pick up 1 each of your problems (car related).

then i can post up all of my projects that arent finished. lol


heres what i got unfinished.

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I think i'm in as well
1954 pontiac pathfinder special deluxe 4 door-almost done,hopefully running as soon as the spring hits.
A second 54 pathfinder parts car i have to go pick up in the spring.
1954 pontiac pathfinder sedan delivery,it came with the 4 door but needs a total resto.
a second 54 sedan delivery i bought in the fall to hopefully build one out of the two deliveries,still got to trailer home.
2 1968 ford torino fastbacks,not gt cars but still a 302,c-4 car and a 289,c-4 car couldn't let them go to the crusher.
1926 model t sedan-i've owned for about 4 years now.I have a body,2 sets of doors,a spare cowl,a few spare window frames.Custom frame i had built in montana by mr.moms t buckets,390 c-6,9 inch rear from a 68 t-bird.Now i'm saving to buy the drop,axle,4 link rear so i can at least make it a roller this year.
Maybe a second 26 t sedan body i may pick up as it is way more solid than mine,but mine is still saveable just the other would be way less work.
a 50's chevy truck cab and front clip
a early mid 20's chev/pontiac 2 door phaeton sedan,still trying to figure out what it is exactly,but its old,still on wooden wheels,does have a fisher body tag so has to be a gm product of some sort.It and the chev are out on an old farm.I did some work on their new house this fall and after speaking with the owner he said to take them out of there for him.I have to go back in the spring so looks like the trailer will be full coming home.
Now where i'm going to put all this stuff,good thing i have friends with acreages.
 
66 c10

Throw Ol' Bessy in too.
 

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I'm a member. Problem I have is no room. I can't leave one sitting too long 'cause it's in the way. When that happens one too many times I get mad and sell it. Should have kept this one. I drug it to 3 different garages while building it untill I just got fed up with not enough space.:(
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Should have kept this one

l agree with ya rebstew, the pic of the truck looks like a real nice starting point, Should have kept that one.

lots l regret selling or trading l had at one time too:(

Later:eek:
 
I bought my first car in 1996, when i was in high school. A 1959 El Camino started to do frame off rebuild, and its still like that.
 

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