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Merry Christmas to all

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on December 25, 2010 at 01:39 PM
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Merry Christmas to everyone on the Hub!!! NOT a Radio Flier… My Christmas present for my grandson is a wagon built from a fiberglass 51 Merc… Finished the upholstery at…

This is how my day is giong....

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on December 07, 2009 at 09:09 PM
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tags: cop, ticket, parking, bad day
I stopped by the local Wal-Mart on my way home from work tonight. I was only in there for about 10 minutes and when I came out, there he was…

How I Bagged a Rearend and Hid it From My Wife

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on December 04, 2009 at 05:31 PM
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tags: hemi rat rod truck, bagged, air bags, suspension, beer, chest
Initially the plan was to just run coil overs out back… See past blog about rear end. The cheapo shocks I bought wouldn’t adjust enough to offset the spring sag…

Hemi Rat Rod Truck Homemade Manifold

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on November 10, 2009 at 09:47 PM
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tags: hemi, rat rod, truck, fabricated, manifold, tripower,
I have always wanted to build a fabricated manifold… and early hemi tri-powers are cluncky or costly, this was a good excuse. It was not too bad…. I got lucky…

hemi rat rod truck suspension build up

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on November 03, 2009 at 11:36 PM
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tags: hemi, rat rod, truck, build
In order to design the suspension I had to have the wheels and tires picked out…. I bought 16” blackwalls for 35 ford wire wheels for the front and 20”…

frame picture

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posted in: rod builders' garage on November 02, 2009 at 11:06 PM
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I wish you could insert multiple pictures for each posting.

Hemi Rat Rod Truck Frame Work Continued

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on November 02, 2009 at 11:02 PM
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tags: hemi, rat rod, frame, fabricating, weld, welding,
I started out by purchasing a 1930 Ford truck frame. I thought I’d use it for the base frame and box it and weld in kicks. After getting it home…

hemi truck project overview

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posted in: rod builders' garage, news on November 01, 2009 at 11:23 PM
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tags: rat rod, build, fabrication, chop, channel
I’m going to recap the past three years of this project then I’ll start writing about the progress. After finishing my Camaro build and the assembly of our Mustang I…