CB Posted December 9, 2009 Author Posted December 9, 2009 Was feelin' kinda funky today so I done sat me down at the bench.... ...picked up a flattie and a brandy new #11 zacto for to start makin holes in the sparkem up plugs. Made 'em deep enuffs for to stick some plug wires in 'em. Done got me a Parts by Parks prewired distribumatater with red wires As usual, got a little crazy with the zacto and kinda trashed the one plug ... ....so I took a break, and while walkin' around founded this here hood off'n a Merc maybe and throwed it up top and drawed some cut lines. FUNKY!!! Yee haw!! Started gettin' into the funkiness of this here funky buildem up and just kept a cuttin'. Dats one funky lookin' tubby twuck
george 53 Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 Capt'n could ya notch the bottom of the grille so it sits lower, an the hood'll flow a little better? As it sits it looks a little high at the front. It would look just a tad better if it was lowered just a bit. But that's MY opinion. You OBVIOUSLY DON'T care about MY feelings, or you'd do SOMETHING about those rear wheelarches that'r just throwin the lovely flowing almost serenely beautiful lines of this magnificent work of art off!!! But hey, that's just ME!
CB Posted December 9, 2009 Author Posted December 9, 2009 Capt'n could ya notch the bottom of the grille so it sits lower, an the hood'll flow a little better? As it sits it looks a little high at the front. It would look just a tad better if it was lowered just a bit. But that's MY opinion. You OBVIOUSLY DON'T care about MY feelings,.... Sure George! I could notch the bottom of the grille so it sits lower, but obviously I don't care about your feelings. I's just getting to the point of almost poifect funkiness and you's wants me to de-funky it now? ...do SOMETHING about those rear wheelarches that'r just throwin the lovely flowing almost serenely beautiful lines of this magnificent work of art.... Luv ya Georgie boy-- just don't care about your feelings
george 53 Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 Capt'n, You DOG you! Jus remember, Santa's watchin yer ol funkified self!!!!You MIGHT find you a lumpa COAL in yer stockin this year!!!
CB Posted December 10, 2009 Author Posted December 10, 2009 Capt'n, You DOG you! Jus remember, Santa's watchin yer ol funkified self!!!!You MIGHT find you a lumpa COAL in yer stockin this year!!! Oh yeah? Me an' da fat boy are tight... Haint no coal fer me in his tubberoonie.
CB Posted December 13, 2009 Author Posted December 13, 2009 Was gonna go aheadly and fab up some rods, or whatever, to hold dat funky lookin' hood on this here tubby twuck, but realized I gotta fab up a fierywall first..... and before I can do dat, I gotta get the interior squared away.......so, reluctangluarly I started wackin' & wompin' on it Firstly, as the tub was with the tranny hump & firewall backem up stuff up front it weres too narrowly to fit insides the body very well-- leavin' big gaps up at the tops of the doors, so I done sliced that there offendin' front part off so's I could be slidin' them interior door panels up tight to the body. I also did a li'l 'damage' to the back seat so's it might look like it'd been sittin' in da barn with lotsa stuffs sittin on it, etc. Gotta add a wee bit of the horsehair stickin' out thru dat rip. Finally the big moment arrived and I done glued dat ol' interior, or wha's left of it, to the bod-- crampin' it very securely like. Might be some challenges wit the paintem up, but....... Whilst letting the glue & upholstery set up, I turned my tension to the hood. Wanting desperately for it to look mo' like sheet metals I done started slicing some of the fat off'n the edges. Ya'll can be seein' just how fat them ol' 49 Merc hoods are, there at the red arrow. Can't be havin' no outa scale lookin' hood detract from "the lovely flowing almost serenely beautiful lines of this magnificent work of art..." I daresays I accromplished a certain amount of success in dat endeavor The 'hood' do look a li'l bits mo' like sheety metal now. Some crime ago I done got me a book out'n the librarys all 'bouts tractors for to look fer ideas fer some dem funky tractor grilles for future rods. Found a few cool, and strange ones, but also seen these here really cool funkky lookin' 'bumpers' what look right to home for this here magnificentlly funky work o' art! Lookin' forwards to fabbin' one up. (the ol' heap gonna have so much angle on it, might not make it outa the barn under it own powers )
Peter Lombardo Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 For one of the few times in my life I am speechless.
george 53 Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Well at least ya AIN'T gon be findin ANUTHER one parked in Ed's Garage!
Rider Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 It's coming along CB. When I first saw the hood leaning up on it's side against the front tire I thought you were thinking of building a sno plow. LOL.
James Flowers Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 When first I seen the piece sitting against the front end . I thought you were making a snowplow for the front of it. That would look funky.
CB Posted December 14, 2009 Author Posted December 14, 2009 SNOWPLOW? SNOWPLOW? SNOWPLOW!!! FERGET THEM FUNKY TRACTOR BUMPERS-- IT'S WINTER TIME AND WE'S GOT US 4' OF THE WHITE STUFFS UP AGIN THE BARN DOOR! WE'S GOTTA FAB US UP A PLOW FER THE FRONT O' THIS HERE TUBBY FUNKY TWUCK SO'S WE CAN GET OUTA HERE. THANKS PLASTIC & JAMES! (anybod know what George is talkin' about? 'Ed's Garage'???)
James Flowers Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 WOW! Two of us thought of the same thing at the same time. We all most posted at the same time. Takes Me longer to type. Glad you liked the idea of the snowplow.
RodBurNeR Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) Don't take this personally, but this has to be the ugliest rat rod I have ever seen. I do like what you did for the grille though, that gave me some ideas to fab my own, thanks! Edited December 14, 2009 by awbcrazy
Jantrix Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 I've been enjoying this thread. Keep at it. Great work.
CB Posted December 14, 2009 Author Posted December 14, 2009 Don't take this personally, but this has to be the ugliest rat rod I have ever seen. I do like what you did for the grille though, that gave me some ideas to fab my own, thanks! You think it's ughly now Bob? Methinks it gonna be gettin' real funkin' ughly!!! Glad ya'lls are diggin' that grille idea
Jason Vandergriff Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Don't take this personally, but this has to be the ugliest rat rod I have ever seen. I do like what you did for the grille though, that gave me some ideas to fab my own, thanks! Id be willing to speak that this is just a build to learn on that turned out to be a killer build. Yep its ugly but theres to much awesome on the tables. Gotta be seen some how and ugly gets attention.
Rider Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) WOW! Two of us thought of the same thing at the same time. We all most posted at the same time. Takes Me longer to type. Glad you liked the idea of the snowplow. Ha, when I first read your post I was mifed at what I was reading. I thought I had made a double post. Looks like we got CB's mind awhirlin. Great minds think alike. Edited December 15, 2009 by Plastic Freak
Tony T Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 If it's gonna be plowin' snow, best put some chains on! Maybe some weights back there, too.
CB Posted December 17, 2009 Author Posted December 17, 2009 Spended some time tryin' to figure out how to make that snowplow blade setup and finally had to take a break from that there and get some other funkiness done.... Founded a nice sheet o' 1/24 'plywood' for the floor....... ....did me some cuttin' and fittin' and got it in there. Hadta step it up over a bit of a bumped up crossmember there in the back. Slabbed up a new firewall. ...just noticed there be a lot o' room betwixt the wall & that flattie-- probly set the battery & some other goodies in there Got tired of trippin' over them 49 Merky parts, so hadta do a li'l cleanin' up and got an idea to use the exhausty pipes fer a hood support sytems.... ...whacked 'em & stacked 'em, and welded 'em up. Set the hood on and so far, so good....... Did some measurin' & cuttin' and got us a hole fer the stack/air cleanin thing. Might hafta see 'bout gettin' us a nice fancy chromey air cleaner on payday Did found a good deal on a couple snowy type tires fer them plowin' times. I knows we gots us some chains around here somewheres too.........
Guest Gramps-xrds Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Back when I was a kid, we called these kind of contraptions "whoopys or hoopys" Never did figure out why though. Edited December 17, 2009 by Gramps-xrds
george 53 Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 Back when I was a kid, we called these kind of contraptions "whoopys or hoopys" Never did figure out why though. Bill, we usta call em "Doodle Bugs" an me an my cousins would ride 'em out on the dunes! Them guys would run the heck outta 'em and usually just rebuild 'em for the NEXT summer!! Capt'ns even got a trunk fer a case a beer on da back a his!!!
BigGary Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 Bill, we usta call em "Doodle Bugs" an me an my cousins would ride 'em out on the dunes! Them guys would run the heck outta 'em and usually just rebuild 'em for the NEXT summer!! Capt'ns even got a trunk fer a case a beer on da back a his!!! Taking a scale foot out of the frame would have done wonders for this "creation". Maybe you can still pinch the frame in front. Gary
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