50 ford f8

[Vettegasser]

Been wanting to try this. Got monograms 50 ford at a good deal 5bucks so here goes another project

[JerseeJerry55]

Will be watching this. Looks like a cool project

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Cool project!! I built a similar one a year or two ago. Looking forward to yours!

[Vettegasser]

Yea I watched yours that’s what got me wanting to do this 

[Vettegasser]

Been playing around with this got fenders widened  front track width set. Looking pretty good me thinks 

[tbill]

Looking good, cool project!

[DrKerry]

Looking good!!!!

[Jim B]

Nice job so far.

[leafsprings]

Looks great. Fat fender Fords are addicting. How about converting the pickup flathead into a large truck flathead?  Here is a visual.  http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_specs-337bigV8.htm

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I like what you've got so far! Looks good!

[Vettegasser]

Thanks guys. Really appreciate it 

[misterNNL]

On 4/14/2020 at 5:20 PM, Vettegasser said:

Been playing around with this got fenders widened  front track width set. Looking pretty good me thinks 

That's a novel tech for widening those fenders. Thanks for sharing.

[Vettegasser]

Thanks. Just took two sets of fenders 

[Vettegasser]

Thinking along the lines of a little hot rod. Took an amt 8v71 cut it down to a 6v71. Gonna do the frame and engine ,interior up nice  Thinking patina the cab a bit with Texaco livery 

[tbill]

That sounds pretty cool, I like that idea a lot.

[Vettegasser]

Been looking at this old boy. Thinking its bout time to finish it up

[J.B. Customs]

That’s a Pretty cool idea 

[Gary Chastain]

Cool project

[leafsprings]

On 4/21/2020 at 5:14 PM, Vettegasser said:

Thanks. Just took two sets of fenders 

Nice project. And will require two sets of grills eventually.?

Edited January 16, 2023 by leafsprings

[Vettegasser]

Yea already been there with the grill . Took some measuring and remeasuring to get that right 

[Dale361]

Thanks for getting it back out and sharing with us! 

[Vettegasser]

Well I've settled on a color