The Official 2015 2nd Gen Ram OT Thread
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I never had the urge to build a rat rod. I have built a few custom rods though.
I guess in my day completely finishing a vehicle was the happening thing to do including a decent paint job.
Having a functional actually useable vehicle when you were done was the whole idea for me.
I wish some pictures of at least a few of the cars I put together were still around.
I guess in my day completely finishing a vehicle was the happening thing to do including a decent paint job.
Having a functional actually useable vehicle when you were done was the whole idea for me.
I wish some pictures of at least a few of the cars I put together were still around.
My favorite was the 71 Challenger, 440, dual fours, 4 speed..... THAT was FUN!!!!
Well the wife got put on bedrest until our daughter is born, as of Thursday.
No work, no nothing. Get up to go to the bathroom, and that's it.
Her cervix went from 34mm to 9mm in length. The only thing keeping her pregnant is her cervical cerclage(stitch).
She's 24 weeks and 5 days right now. We are hoping she goes the full 40 weeks!
No work, no nothing. Get up to go to the bathroom, and that's it.
Her cervix went from 34mm to 9mm in length. The only thing keeping her pregnant is her cervical cerclage(stitch).
She's 24 weeks and 5 days right now. We are hoping she goes the full 40 weeks!
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Probably my favorite was when I jammed a 302 in an English Anglia wagon. Putting the Buick 231ci V6 in the Hillman wagon was a lot more of a challenge since I had not done that kind of thing before.
Both were crazy fun to drive once finished. I think the Hillman was the quicker of the two even though it had two less cylinders and a lot less displacement.
The Hillman got the original manual transmission and the Anglia got a Ford three speed automatic. The Anglia also got air conditioning, plumbing that in was a lot of head aches.
The bodies on both of those cars were near pristine before I got them. Neither were exactly new the Hillman was a '57 and the Anglia was a '59 if I recall correctly.
Finding springs to hold up the front end with the heavier engines was a lot of fun too.
Later I bought a partially finished T bucket and put a flat head Ford engine in it with a Hilborn scoop and lake pipes on it. I kept adding chrome to it for about a year and finally sent the heads off to be plated too.
When they got back I sold it for a whole lot of money. I wanted to have the block plated but it would have cost around $300.00 the heads alone cost me over $200.00 at the time.
When I got the T bucket it had a pair of Cragar SS wheels with some pretty worn out N 50 tires on the rear. I swapped those, even up, for some Keystone classics with super 70 and super 60 tires with decent tread on all. They Keystones had typical chrome peeling on the spokes but I just scraped that off, masked it off, and painted it mat black. They looked great after that.
It also had a big 507 {I think Buick engine in it} the flathead ran much better.
Both were crazy fun to drive once finished. I think the Hillman was the quicker of the two even though it had two less cylinders and a lot less displacement.
The Hillman got the original manual transmission and the Anglia got a Ford three speed automatic. The Anglia also got air conditioning, plumbing that in was a lot of head aches.
The bodies on both of those cars were near pristine before I got them. Neither were exactly new the Hillman was a '57 and the Anglia was a '59 if I recall correctly.
Finding springs to hold up the front end with the heavier engines was a lot of fun too.
Later I bought a partially finished T bucket and put a flat head Ford engine in it with a Hilborn scoop and lake pipes on it. I kept adding chrome to it for about a year and finally sent the heads off to be plated too.
When they got back I sold it for a whole lot of money. I wanted to have the block plated but it would have cost around $300.00 the heads alone cost me over $200.00 at the time.
When I got the T bucket it had a pair of Cragar SS wheels with some pretty worn out N 50 tires on the rear. I swapped those, even up, for some Keystone classics with super 70 and super 60 tires with decent tread on all. They Keystones had typical chrome peeling on the spokes but I just scraped that off, masked it off, and painted it mat black. They looked great after that.
It also had a big 507 {I think Buick engine in it} the flathead ran much better.
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Well the ice in the Mississippi river went out the other day. In the old days it was a big deal. Most of the bars had tipboards set up where you would guess the day it would go.
There was usually a lot of noise associated with the breakup. Some years the coast guard would send a cutter up the river to facilitate the breakup.
I always liked watching that little boat work. Some years they would have to back up and get a run at it to make it work.
But, there was no cutter needed this year. And so far there has been no flood. Of course the northern states still do have a lot of snow on the ground. Where some of my siblings live in northwest Wisconsin they still have pretty good ground cover of snow.
There was usually a lot of noise associated with the breakup. Some years the coast guard would send a cutter up the river to facilitate the breakup.
I always liked watching that little boat work. Some years they would have to back up and get a run at it to make it work.
But, there was no cutter needed this year. And so far there has been no flood. Of course the northern states still do have a lot of snow on the ground. Where some of my siblings live in northwest Wisconsin they still have pretty good ground cover of snow.