'34 Ford semi

[Tony T]

Stunning build. You deserved that cool trophy! Looking forward to the trailer!

[horsepower]

Fordsixty, that is one cool ride!! I love the diesel conversion. Maybe now I might have the guts to try my own diesel conversion to turn this:

Into this:

with my old greasy 7.3 Liter (before the powerstroke turbo version):

I still have to find the guts to cut down the cab, though!!

Since you're goin' diesel, you can send me that tired old 460 to use in a Pro Street Mustang II. thanks Del

[mcandela]

Man, this is way KOOL!!!!

[pharr7226]

Very cool build. I can smell the diesel fumes coming from my laptop. Also, congratulations on the trophy.

[toplessfury]

man that is awesome. what did you use to bend the plastic for the cage and nose of trailer?

[fordsixty]

Holy Moly! I really appreciate everyone's words of encouragement. this is a pretty cool club house.

Have not made any progress lately; hopefully this weekend.

Yes I really like the trophy. i now have two heirloom trophies, the other one is a Boyd Coddington "Best on BF Goodrich" presented to me by the Goodrich regional rep at the Car Craft "Summer Cruise" in Sedalia, MO for my '78 Ford Fairmonchero. Number 32 of 40.

man that is awesome. what did you use to bend the plastic for the cage and nose of trailer?

as far as the roll cage goes, i use the following precedures. i use mostly .062" Evergreen rod which scales out to 1 1/2". it is close to the NHRA requirement of 1 5/8" .137 DOM. the other is .080" which scales out to 2". i use the handle of the rat tail file as a die to cold bend the rod. ( most pieces of Evergreen rod i can bend to 180 degrees with no problem; however, every once in a while, a piece will have a flaw in the center and snap. just grab another piece.) the lighter is used to relieve the surface tension on the rod.

i start with the main hoop. first i cut out a piece of cardboard in the shape of the main hoop as it fits into the car. this will be used as a template to bend up the hoop. (make sure you leave plenty of room for the glass if it lays inside the roof.) lay the rod on the template and mark your first bend.

bend the rod over the handle until you achieve roughly the angle required.

now here is where you will relieve the surface tension on the rod. over bend the rod and flash it through the very tip of the flame 3 or 4 times. this takes a little practice. you just want the plastic warm to the touch. once done flashing, hold the rod in the over bend position for a few seconds. now you can bend the rod back to where it belongs and it will stay. you can even make fine adjustments.

it will now hold that 90 degree angle.

as far as the front of the trailer goes, here is an inside shot. hopefully it will help in the explanation.

i started by cutting two "D" shaped pieces of .080" Evergreen sheet. ensuring the width and curve was what i wanted. using .250" x .100" rectangle stock, i glued them to seperate the two "D"s to the height i wanted. i then cut out three pieces of .030" sheet and rolled it over the handle of a No 19 X-acto handle. once i had it rolled to the curve i wanted, glued it in place. file to smooth. really quite easy.

hope this helps.

thanks guys.

[toplessfury]

i got everything but rolling it on the handle.the truck is bad a$$ the trailer is a great scratch build.

[fordsixty]

i got everything but rolling it on the handle.the truck is bad a$$ the trailer is a great scratch build.

sorry. probably was not clear enough. the handle is used as a backing to maintain a constant, even arc through the bend. without it, the bends will be uneven and no two the same. just put the handle on the mark that you put on the rod, and bend the rod around the handle to the approximate angle that you need.

hope that clarified the file handle. you could really use any small round tool. i just use the file handle because it is always on my bench and it is perfect for this purpose.

thanks again.

[Railfreak78]

I love the progress of the trailer. The truck came out better than I dreamed it would and I knew it was going to rock from the beginning. Do you have pics of your car you won the BF Goodrich trophy for? I ask do to my first car was a Mercury Zepher 4 door and my friend had a Fairmont 2 door. I know about the very rare Durango so I would appreciate the work for sure

[fordsixty]

I love the progress of the trailer. The truck came out better than I dreamed it would and I knew it was going to rock from the beginning. Do you have pics of your car you won the BF Goodrich trophy for? I ask do to my first car was a Mercury Zepher 4 door and my friend had a Fairmont 2 door. I know about the very rare Durango so I would appreciate the work for sure

WOW a fellow Fairmont Fanatic.(the original fox body) during the 80s, i was stationed in germany and owned 6 Fairmonts. 5 wagons and my first one, a '78 2 door sedan with the 2.3 four speed and 2800 lbs. paid $300 for it and drove it for a year. fell in love with the Fairmont lines and decided to transform it. bought a totaled '88 Mustang GT and put everything in my Fairmont, even the dash and console. drove it for a year like that (oh it was fun on the autobahns) and decided it needed a bit more flare. chopped the top and install an F-150 bed between the quarter panels. here was the result.

painted it VW fleet orange. built the whole thing in my garage in Germany.

here is a pic of one of my wagons. '85 HO with 4 speed SROD. great junkyard hauler.

painted Ford peppermint green. again built in my garage in Germany. i will have to dig and see if i can find pics of my other ones.

[highway]

Since you're goin' diesel, you can send me that tired old 460 to use in a Pro Street Mustang II. thanks Del

There's only one problem with that, Del. I haven't found any resin 7.3 Liter diesels, so I will probably use the kits 460 as a base for the diesel. Also, just in case you may be talking about the pic of my old tired 1:1 engine from earlier in the thread, that isn't a 460, that is my 1:1 diesel!