Woody (Forum Supportum) said:^begins frantic search for 42-46 Ford car chassis...
A lot of homemade sports cars used this Ford chassis but the Mercury model was the hot ticket ,
Devins and other fiberglass cars had drawings on how to modify the chassis.
In reply to maschinenbau :
Where is the build thread?
I'll try to make a comparison for you.
californiamilleghia said:Woody (Forum Supportum) said:^begins frantic search for 42-46 Ford car chassis...
A lot of homemade sports cars used this Ford chassis but the Mercury model was the hot ticket ,
Devins and other fiberglass cars had drawings on how to modify the chassis.
I knew 41 or 42 and up were a big hot rodder frame upgrade from the A, but I did not know the Merc was the best.
Interesting.
I think the Merc motor had more HP and maybe better gearing,
I have nothing to say here other than
"Carry on"
Oh wait I do have something to say.
Before, the budget rules made it so you could never recoup more than the purchase price, which made negatives not really possible. Now, you can recoup up to the recoup limit without regard to the purchase price of the item.
So I'd say you've got a strong argument for a negative starting point. You've already recouped more than purchase price.
In reply to a_florida_man :
How it started:
How it's going:
Seriously though, I'm interested.
Taking on a rust bucket project like this tells me two things:
1. You're not afraid of a challenge
2. Your welding skills are much better than mine.
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:Taking on a rust bucket project like this tells me two things:
1. You're not afraid of a challenge
2. Your welding skills are much better than mine.
1. I just don't know any better.
2. Probably not. See #1
Body condition details:
No floor sills or rockers
Inside of trunk lid
No structure inside of passenger door opening.
Basically the doors are ratchet strapped in to support the body and give it shape.
Without doors it would probably collapse.
Where you cant see rust, it brobably under 1/8 to 3/8" of Bondo.
In reply to a_florida_man :
That looks about like the 360 did when I started. Big difference here though is that's real reasonable thickness metal. The 360 was made out of super thin metal.
If you aren't going to do something with it please pass it on. Someone can do something with it. Probably.
If you decide it's to far gone and are going to scrap it at least bring to the challenge. I guarantee you won't bring it home.
In reply to nocones :
Oh I won't scrap it... just wanted everyone to see it wasn't as good as it looked from a distance.
In reply to a_florida_man :
We know its s turd. But now it's OUR collective turd.
a_florida_man said:This was in a friend's back yard and he tried (is still trying) to pay me for hauling it off.
Interestingly enough his home owners insurance said it had to go to get renewed.
That was a 1st for me... but a lot of companies are trying to get out of florida, so meh... maybe.
This may be the first time I'm totally on the side of an insurance company.
Normally I'd have some sort of smart-ass comment but that frame and suspension left me without words.
Oh god no! Yes please!
It horrifies me to think that this was actually on the road at some point, unless it was always an "almost done" project...
The body was starting to collapse under its own weight.
So I rolled it over for the time being.
There is some more junk to be cut off of it, then I'll add supports so it can be moved.
Oh, and by the way... the homemade firewall is some sort of composite I've never seen. It's asbestos with alluminum bonded to each side.
Absolutely bad stuff.
Any one know what industry that came from?
In reply to a_florida_man :
Does your friend have any history on this car or do they neither confirm nor deny any knowledge?
no history
at all.
I think its been some sort of a hot rod since the late 50's early 60's
And it just got progressively worse.
....with the mid eighties addition of the '75 Chevy, it never lived again.
Unless you count being undead.... which it was.
a_florida_man said:It's asbestos with alluminum bonded to each side.
Absolutely bad stuff.
Any one know what industry that came from?
If I had to guess, it was probably used to make public school lunch trays or something.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:Oh wait I do have something to say.
Before, the budget rules made it so you could never recoup more than the purchase price, which made negatives not really possible. Now, you can recoup up to the recoup limit without regard to the purchase price of the item.
So I'd say you've got a strong argument for a negative starting point. You've already recouped more than purchase price.
Came here to say this. I agree.
Old rules the answer was clearly no. New rules the answer is most likely yes.
The longer it lays around... the crazier I start thinking... idk. We'll see if the day dreams last!
In reply to a_florida_man :
Drink some of that good whiskey. I find it helps with even crazier thinking.
You know what you must do...
Nailed it!
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