Do you also have 1:1 project cars?

[Carmak]

22 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

I had to sell off a few cars to raise funds to buy my house. An 83 GMC C10, an 87 Chevy R10, and my 72 LeMans. My brother found the LeMans for me and I wish I still had it as he has since passed. My uncle had one and gave it to me, but unfortunately it's far too gone for me to do anything with. Pontiac 400 with a turbo 350.

That really is rusty! Bummer  

[Tabbysdaddy]

17 minutes ago, Carmak said:

That really is rusty! Bummer  

Yeah, you're actually looking at the good side.

[Tabbysdaddy]

Here's a couple more pics, for fun. Notice the lawn mower gas tank I used to get it running. My uncle parked it in the woods. Well, it wasn't woods when he parked it there.

[1972coronet]

2 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

Here's a couple more pics, for fun. Notice the lawn mower gas tank I used to get it running. My uncle parked it in the woods. Well, it wasn't woods when he parked it there.

Looks like a California beach car --- you know, those "rust-free" cars that everyone talks-up.

[JollySipper]

4 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

Looks like a California beach car --- you know, those "rust-free" cars that everyone talks-up.

Something funny..... A lot of folks on auto selling sites brag about a car being from the Southeast. Georgia and Florida are mostly swamp!

[1972coronet]

15 minutes ago, JollySipper said:

Something funny..... A lot of folks on auto selling sites brag about a car being from the Southeast. Georgia and Florida are mostly swamp!

Every region has its ups and downs insofar as vehicle wear: 

- Western Washington and Oregon climates tend to save on vinyl, rubber, plastic, glass ;
- Arid regions (i.e., the Southwest's low desert areas) for sheet metal (everything else looks like it's been through a blast furnace ... then there's the coastal area vehicles, which rust from the top-down, and look like Mt. Vesuvius artifacts inside).

So many fallacious philosophies when it comes to "this-area-has-the-best-________" rubbish. especially if one considers a state/region with multiple climate zones (Texas being a prime example: desert/arid, humid, subtropical, and semi-arid, all within one state).
 

[Dave Van]

Got the wheels and tire so I can start setting things up.....could not do that with those junk tires I had been using. I like it!!!! Thanks

 

[Rob Hall]

The rust on that LeMans reminds me of cars I saw in the Florida Keys when I was a teenager living there in the 80s.   The particularly weird or beat ones often ended up featured in the local newspaper 'The Keynoter' every week as 'Keys Cruiser' of the week... a buddy in high school had a very rusty late 70s Granada 4dr, at the end of the senior year he and some guys in auto shop class sawed the roof off, drove it around as a convertible...

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, JollySipper said:

Something funny..... A lot of folks on auto selling sites brag about a car being from the Southeast. Georgia and Florida are mostly swamp!

I don't call it the "swampeast" for no reason.

[Ace-Garageguy]

7 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

Here's a couple more pics, for fun...

Very few cars I've seen really qualify as "non restorable" but this one's pretty damm close. 

[Tabbysdaddy]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Very few cars I've seen really qualify as "non restorable" but this one's pretty damm close. 

I'm pretty sure if you saw it in person that would push it across the finished line. I had high hopes, I had the biggest rose colored glasses out there. As a last resort I was going to Mad Max it. Throw away the hood, trunk lid, rear glass, cage the windows. But ideally it would still need things like floors and a straight solid frame, which it has not. The deciding moment for me was when I opened the door and found the rear view mirror had fallen down, and took the entire roof structure piece that it screws to with it.

[Bills72sj]

It seems that Pontiacs and VWs are popular in this crowd.

My project car is a 72 Grand Prix. It is a (51 year old) survivor with a going on 25 year old paint job. The original 51 year old 455 is still running well and the interior is all original except for the front seats being recovered. The "project" part of my car is the stereo system. Over the years, it has been "updated". I am now up to two music source units, 3 digital signal processors, 4 amplifiers and 14 speakers (though I only use 10 or 12 at a time). Surprisingly, I still have full seating and 80% of my trunk. I have a 2nd battery (deep cycle marine) to permit me to go and jam for 2.5 hours without having to run the engine. The volume level is the equivalent of a small night club but crystal clear with seat shaking (but not deafening bass). Until I get my spare 455 refreshed, I am running out of things to do to it.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I don’t know if this is a project or not. It’s my 84 K20. I have lots of plans for it, but with a son in college it may never get done.

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 minutes ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

I don’t know if this is a project or not. It’s my 84 K20. I have lots of plans for it, but with a son in college it may never get done.

Cool truck I'd sure love to have.

And it'll get done if you don't ever give up.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

19 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

My project car is a 72 Grand Prix. It is a (51 year old) survivor with a going on 25 year old paint job. The original 51 year old 455 is still running well and the interior is all original except for the front seats being recovered. The "project" part of my car is the stereo system...

Beautiful car, sound system looks fine fine fine. The blue dots in the taillights are pretty cool too.  

[Scott8950]

On 5/19/2023 at 3:08 PM, Tabbysdaddy said:

Here's a couple more pics, for fun. Notice the lawn mower gas tank I used to get it running. My uncle parked it in the woods. Well, it wasn't woods when he parked it there.

Wow!!! That is some serious rot!

[mchook]

Here is what I've been working on lately. Putting floors in my 70 Charger, putting power steering in the 60 f100, getting the 23 T running & driving after sitting for a few years, the 49 F1 needs EVERYTHING, I have to build a speedster body for the 26 T and just bought a full front end rebuild kit for the 79 Ranchero. And I wonder why I don't have time for building models...

[webestang]

Very cool Model T..!!!   Would love to own one someday.

We have a T club here in St. Lou....   http://stlmodeltclub.org/index.html

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by webestang

[DRIPTROIT 71]

4 hours ago, mchook said:

Here is what I've been working on lately. Putting floors in my 70 Charger, putting power steering in the 60 f100, getting the 23 T running & driving after sitting for a few years, the 49 F1 needs EVERYTHING, I have to build a speedster body for the 26 T and just bought a full front end rebuild kit for the 79 Ranchero. And I wonder why I don't have time for building models...

Cool Fleet 

[Force]

My project wich has taken up much time the last couple of years.
Built a new 390 based 445 stroker engine and changed it and I also swapped to a new rebuilt TCI C6 automatic trans...things that never have been together will not go together without problems, so it takes time.
I also upgraded to disc brakes in front with spindles, calipers and discs from Ford full size 1968, a direct bolt on kit.
Everything is in the car now and it's close to take it out for trials and adjustments.

The car, 1963½ Galaxie 500XL wich originally had a 390 4 bbl and Cruise-o-matic trans built at the Pico Rivera factiory in Los Angeles...don't worry, I still have these things.

The engine, 390 based 445 stroker with a new balanced Scat rotating assembly 4.25 stroke, H-beam rods, flat top pistons, bored out .030, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and intake manifold, Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam and Harlan Sharp roller rockers, Holley 850 double pump, Sanderson coated headers, MSD ignition.
The trans is a prepped C6 from TCI and a Huges 2 500 rpm converter.

Edited May 21, 2023 by Force

[DRIPTROIT 71]

9 minutes ago, Force said:

My project wich has taken up much time the last couple of years.
Built a new 390 based 445 stroker engine and changed it and I also swapped to a new rebuilt TCI C6 automatic trans...things that never have been together will not go together without problems, so it takes time.
I also upgraded to disc brakes in front with spindles, calipers and discs from Ford full size 1968, a direct bolt on kit.
Everything is in the car now and it's close to take it out for trials and adjustments.

The car, 1963½ Galaxie 500XL wich originally had a 390 4 bbl and Cruise-o-matic trans built at the Pico Rivera factiory in Los Angeles...don't worry, I still have these things.

The engine, 390 based 445 stroker with a new balanced Scat rotating assembly 4.25 stroke, H-beam rods, flat top pistons, bored out .030, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and intake manifold, Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam and Harlan Sharp roller rockers, Holley 850 double pump, Sanderson coated headers, MSD ignition.
The trans is a prepped C6 from TCI and a Huges 2 500 rpm converter.

Now that is cool!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I also have this one that I haven’t even touched yet and don’t know when I will. It’s a 1950 Ford 4 door, flathead v-8. I don’t like the grille and bumpers that have been put on it. It is sitting behind my father-in-law’s 57 Desoto.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

19 minutes ago, Force said:

My project wich has taken up much time the last couple of years...
 

Man, I LOVE that thing. Funny...in the photo it looks like a mid-'60s southern moonshine runner. Badass car.  

[Force]

13 minutes ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Now that is cool!

 

1 minute ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Man, I LOVE that thing. Funny...in the photo it looks like a mid-'60s southern moonshine runner. Badass car.  

Thanks guys.

[Ace-Garageguy]

4 hours ago, Force said:

...things that never have been together will not go together without problems, so it takes time.

I think I'll have a banner printed of that to hang in the shop for whoever asks "why's it taking so long?", and I'll just point.