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Interesting seeing all the North American cars in the UK. The Popular is pretty sweet. My buddy's summertime daily driver is a 1950 ford Prefect. He's owned in for at least 25 years. It runs pretty well for a very low-dollar car. With a carbureted 302 Ford, in street trim with slicks it'll turn 11.80's in the quarter-mile. Kinda scary actually! It's pretty creaky and flexible. But he loves it. I've attached a couple pics from an "Ontario Nostalgia Drag Racers" meet where you can see the Prefect in black primer. It was painted red for most of its life. A couple Anglias in one of the pics.

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Loving the pin-up steering wheel. But keep your eyes on the road!

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And just to tie the threads together, here's a link to the feature article about Grizz's truck:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=675982

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Another piece of the puzzle fitted today.

Martin and I went to the travel agency today to book our car.

Helped by Jesus...... It has to be a sign.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psowq0pwfq.jpg

So headed to Don's place first, then on to Clem's or his shin dig.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfxa2r2f6.jpg


Time is getting closer.

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:metal:

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As Rian said we went on our bikes to Maidstone to pay for our car hire . Here are a couple of pictures we took the one of the car on the wall was taken in a new insurance brokers,that has just opened . The other one Rian took of our bikes . It's the quickest way to get into town and the added bonus of free parking .

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psqc7z0rer.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps5addl30d.jpg

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Thank you very much for scanning and posting up Mark.

I have copied from your thread to get the photos onto the trucks build thread.

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Cab trolley........??

On the way home from work tonight I swung by my almost local treasure island.

The guys there often call me when they have something interesting they think I may be interested in.

This week it was a mobility scooter chassis, as I had asked them to look out for one of them that I could use for the wheelbarrow based soapbox kart I wanted to build.

While there, I always get to walk around the yard with the boys.

Today I saw an old trolley with decent wheels on and then Glen cut off the wheels for me, for Martin to improve his cab trolley, as his wheels have been self destructing.

The price....??

A bottle of coffee and two kilo's of sugar.

Bargain I think.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pso4jhxcjz.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqqf9byuv.jpg


Ready to be processed and fitted.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psjnx2wxuo.jpg

Remember the wheelbarrow soapbox kart?

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshvjvpira.jpg

The chassis when I got there......

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pslh8m0tad.jpg

The chassis back home.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psketagzo2.jpg

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You come home from the scrap yards with the coolest stuff ,ours never have anything good.

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Score!!! :metal::metal::metal:

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Cool to see the truck getting some sun and love!!!:mm:

Cheers!!!

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Today started slowly....... Woke at 05.45 as usual, got up, fed the cats, opened doors and made a mug of tea, then surfed the web, had my brekkie..... All the time killing time so that I could get to the garage and make noise by 08.00 (That is Nicola's rule)

Truck time had been slow the last few months with the new job, I wanted it to take precedence over everything else, as I wanted ithe new job to be a success.

Anyway, went to the garage before 08.00 and cleared up stuff, burned some wood etc.

Having cleared the garage, driveway, advertised some stuff on Facebook, including the 1940's steel trunk I had in the back of the truck before. Sold.

I then got a crisis call from Martin, as he was trying to load his old V8 engine and gearbox onto a pallet, headed for the Isle of Mann where it was going into another truck. So drove over to his place with some cargo straps, wood, hammer, nails and then got that all sorted. Back home via the hairdressers and Coop.

Then rolled out the truck onto the driveway, first time in months.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspgmpjguy.jpg

I needed to get the hood off, but it is not a one man job, due to the sheer size of it, so I called Mickey next door to give me a hand as Martin would be around later when he and Amanda had done food shopping and walking their pack of dogs.

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbhk1x3ld.jpg

Once the hood was off, it was the hood hinges and springs, no idea how I am gong to get the springs back on.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pskv6k0stx.jpg

What did I do...???

No going back now.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps6bjuwcam.jpg

Look closely at Martin's face...... Who needs friends like this?

At this point Ta2Don texted to see if I had time for a FaceTime chat....... Replied that I was digging a hole, for Martin.


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Once the inner fenders were off, which necessitated removal of the radiator support frame/bracket it became clear the radiator needs replacing or recoreing. So looking for a new radiator now, then the transmission oil cooler was removed as I have a nice new one that Martin gave me for my Birthday when he bought a frame mounted one.

Loads of other bits like the radiator mounting kit, new fender bolts, rubbers, seals etc will be ordered from LMC etc.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstimxjsnu.jpg

Well, it is broken good and proper now.

Next up, clean the front suspension, engine, firewall and get it all painted up and looking good.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstsrpvsr9.jpg

Parked up, never expected to go this far, and I do not think it is the end yet.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshjb9cygv.jpg



Still love my truck, and that has to be good.

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Next time I am over to help the bed is coming off . At that point I will be happy because if you are going to do the truck you do it once . No cutting corners that way when it's all finished you can be proud of what you have achieved . Or you could just throw it together and enjoy it till it lets you down

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[QUOTE=mjh1965;7245343]Next time I am over to help the bed is coming off . At that point I will be happy because if you are going to do the truck you do it once . No cutting corners that way when it's all finished you can be proud of what you have achieved . Or you could just throw it together and enjoy it till it lets you down[/QUOT

exactly right...

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That looks like a good days work,:metal: there are so many jobs on these trucks that need two pairs of hands, you certainly find out who your friends are :lol: It might look a bit scary right now but you can't make an omlete without breaking eggs.

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Problem is young Martin........ Every time you visit, I have this intense need to dig a large hole before you get to break my truck further.

I think you for one, knows I do not do half-arsed.

[quote=clemdaddy;7245417]Hmmmmmmmm.......? Yup.

LOL @ Breaking eggs.

Interestingly, Kerry Disasterbus said exactly the same from Canada.

I will be spending a load of time on the prep of this truck, it always pays off in the long run.

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After a late, but good boot fair, some other chores, I got into the garage just after 1pm.

Pulled the truck forward, jacked up and put an axle stand under the chassis, then removed the front wheel and proceeded to scrape all the years of congealed sand, grease etc from all the suspension parts and chassis.

Not a hard job, but it just takes a lot of time to do right.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psknfgwtwj.jpg


A long knive, along with some scrapers, screwdrivers and a steel brush brought me to the point where the next step will be cleaning the oily bits with some petrol and then some Gunk followed by a pressure cleaner.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psuwjfqxip.jpg


After the afternoon cleaning the passenger side suspension up, I thought an almost typically American dinner would be a good thing.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2lj1ikek.jpg

Well, tried to post a pic of a BBQ but this one of Clem's shindig keeps replacing the BBQ pic...... A sign?

Now fed, and relaxed with Mrs Boss.... End of a good weekend.

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Rian, great to see that things have "settled down" and you have time for the truck again:thumbs:

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Glad you got some more truck time in today . While I was walking around the show in the sunshine. You were up to your elbows in muck, I definitely chose the right day to help stripping is better than scrubbing.

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Doing it Right!!! :metal:

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:metal: Now I am hungry...time to bug my Mrs. :lol:

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chow looks gooooood. i'm expecting to see you and my girl doing some grill magic. can't wait to be the recipient of what you guys cook up.

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Trust me Ian, so am I.

It will never be a done deal type job, you always need to update, but at least I can get back to stealing time over weekends without feeling I am not ready for the day job.

Some nice stuff there, the Priory shows are always good value and at 10 miles from me, quite local.

No choice Don, as I am inherently lazy, so hate to redo stuff.

Why bug her?

Show her who is boss..... And do the cooking yourself ;)

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Morning Clem,

In my book that little BBQ was a bit bland and insipid, as it really needed some ribs, steak and wings, I LOVE chicken wings as well as maybe some roast peppers for extra colour.

I myself cannot wait to be mentored by your Girl..........:mm:

Even found her this little item yesterday.

Not my size.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps96cpl3qi.jpg

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Just saw these on FartsBook.

At $10.00 each they seem cheap enough.

Looks like the 60-66 trucks are getting into print now, not a bad thing.

Of course I have no idea who or where Kohl's are. My total reference to US shops is Walmart and Sears and of course HF.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psggvi8q7s.jpg

Just in case anyone missed them out there.