junkyardjeff

Took a junk 2 door sedan body and cut the roof off at the rear to make it kind of look like a ute,it was built with all junk parts I had in stock.

I am building a trailer out of a 40 Ford truck bed and wondering where I can get a tongue that looks like a real one or close to it.

There is a build thread on the ute looking 40 under home built 40 p/u.

Starting to look like a car again and fitting the 390 motor from the 34 p/u kit,going to paint the motor as a 58 332 and go with a single 4 bbl if I can find a period air cleaner. Those tires are what I put on it in the late 70s and two were those awful two piece tires,I am thinking I brush painted the body but see no streaks in the paint and will not repaint the body.

Its a home made p/u that kind of looks like a ute.

I built it in the spring of 74 stock and must have took it apart and added different wheels and stuck in the motor from the 53 p/u kit a few years later,the rear bumper got broken off so I picked up a new chassis that will be going on and will put the stock rims on but with big and little tires and the 390 motor from the 34 p/u kit. I still had the optional Olds motor but it got used last year in a coupe and who knows where the original flathead went too,going to repaint the interior and not touch the body.

I started with a junk 2 door sedan body that should have been tossed in the trash and with the rest of the junk 40 parts in my stash,I needed something to work on while paint and glue was drying on other projects.

I will have to watch this,I have one I got when they were new and it needs restored and need to find some parts. I am going to see if I can find a working motor since mine has disappeared.

Its starting to look like something now,its probably a waste of time but I have used up some junk parts and something to do while paint and glue dry.

Its in color and since the body is not that great it will have the beater look,this thing came close to being thrown in the trash and probably should have but its going to live on. Its a satin red that I had in stock.

Its in primer and not sure on the color yet

I gave up on it and used the rest of the parts on other 40s but the other day I got working on the body and repaired it so I think it might get finished this time.

The Revell kits have more detail but I like the simplicity of the AMT kits,the older I get the less I care for all the detailed chassis parts.

I put that 413 Chrysler motor from the Merc kit in a 51 Chevy I am building,I also picked up a few of the 390 motors from the 34 p/u kit to put in the 40 fords when I want a different motor and easy to install. I wish there would have been some Y blocks made that would go in without chopping the trans down to fit.

I found this Revell caddy from the 50s,not sure what I am going to do with it but could not pass it up for 3 dollars

Almost finished and went with a flathead and will use the Y block for the 40 standard sedan delivery which is coming up next.

I wish I would have checked this out sooner but I was gluing the cab to the chassis and the motor hit the firewall and it stuck up too far in the front so I had to take the six out and getting a V8 ready to go in so anyone else run into this problem,I did not have the firewall in when I mocked it up and will try to find something else to put the six in.

I like the 40s but time for a different year,going to get some putty this weekend and see if I can get where the roof meets smoothed out.

Looking good,I brought one back from the dead that I originally built in 78 that came real close to being tossed in the trash.

Had paint and other issues and now back on it.

I was trying to find another body but going to build this one as a beater hotrod from the late 50s or early 60s,its going to have a stock looking body but with different bumpers. Might make some nerf bars or smoothed 40 bumpers.

Started on it over a year ago and had problems with paint and came close to using it for parts,rims are from my last order from Modelhaus and it took close to a year of soaking to get all the paint I put on it off.

One year and 4 months to get it,I kind of forgot about it until they called.

Very happy it finally arrived but sad it will be the last,I think its been close to a year since I ordered.

I wonder if I can post his name and address on here.