53 ratrod porject

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

rat rod should be at least slammed, most are chopped channeled, you are building a budget rod, but still awesomer none the less, love that era fords. do steel wheels with wide whites, itll look hot.

 

[etznova 10+ year member]

I say don't paint it at all leave the body how its, your company logo or letters on the doors

you said you would put the logo on and have it faded well, I think it will look better on the cab the way it is instead of on a fresh coat of paint.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

rat rod should be at least slammed, most are chopped channeled, you are building a budget rod, but still awesomer none the less, love that era fords. do steel wheels with wide whites, itll look hot.

When we bought it it allready had 15" wide tires on the back so were going with something about the same size..should look dam good

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

We got new brakes and put them on, got steel brake lines and have put the back ones on so far. Finished painting the back half of the frame. Took out the engine and cleaning the frame under it for paint then installing a 306 with about 300-350 hp. Heres some pics so far...and we bought new cab corners

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

the engine...

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Oooooo Hawt!!!!

 

[fanninator 10+ year member]

nice project bubby. i know a guy who had one like that, but he was 350ed with a 4 link...ok and when it came time to put a bedfloor in it he went out and stole a bunch of street signs and went to lowes and bought some bolts..looks awesome, and +1 for when he gets pulled over and the cops sees it...post more as shes goes along

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

What do you use to paint the frame???

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

What do you use to paint the frame???

its called rubberized paint...you can get it at walmart, autozone, ace hardware, northern tools...comes in spray cans

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

baller

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

dad is thinking since we put a good bit of money into it hes wanting to make a regular truck now with a regular paintjob....changes his mind too much. Id love to do it like this!!!

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

That would be teh sex! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

OMG!!!! I'm not a huge fan of dropped trucks but that is pure SEX!!!!!!!

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

Started dropping the engine in today... had to cut the crossmember that held it in because the oil pan would hit it and didnt feel like changing the oil pump and pan and all that. So we got to weld a new one together and were going to add some supports. Couple pics of it on the trans sitting in the bay.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

had to cut out the crossmember where the engine sits because of the oil pan so we made a new crossmember and put it on. Now the motor is sitting it. Started welding up all the holes on the firewall besides the ones we need. Still have to be ground down. Heres some pics of what we did today.