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OT, 1953 truck pics

Mainegg
Mainegg Posts: 7,787
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Way off topic but some asked about updated pics of the truck. the box and hood and back fenders are headed to the paint booth this week. the only thing we did to change it was drop it 3 inches. 351 Windsor, Blah, blah, Blah! :silly: stroked, boarded. maybe fluffed and powered LOL I don't know it all yet. the Cobra I can recite in my sleep. To make it a little on topic the mini egg will have it's own carrier color coordinated to travel with it. the bed of the box is going to be oak from Neils dads farm in PA. Notice the freakin' back window is still not in it.

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Passenger side. my side LOL
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the seats are out of a wrecked ford f-150 King Ranch.
That is what I drive and I just love the seats. The color is perfect with the paint. we bought them in PA when we were there on vacation 2 years ago and the family thought we were nuts! LOL maybe so :woohoo:
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  • Long Legged Egger
    Long Legged Egger Posts: 83
    Sweet!! Very nice so far. Look forward to seeing the finished product.
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  • YB
    YB Posts: 3,861
    That is going to be a good looking truck.A good friend has restored alot of old trucks.The last one was a 50 chevy with a 350 motor.I would like to find a 66 chevy 2 with a 327-350 four speed to restore.I had a 66 chiville with a 427 around 650 hp back in the 60's.

    Larry
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,247
    Cool - thanks for posting. Will it be a driver or a trailer queen?
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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  • Fidel
    Fidel Posts: 10,172
    Me, my Dad, and my brother restored a 66 Chevy II back in the late 80s. It became my brothers first car when he turned 16. Beautiful red color with a 355 bored 30 over.

    My brother eventually turned it into a street legal drag racer that would snap your head back if you even looked at the gas pedal.
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    LOL nope a driver. we are painting a '57 12 foot scotty camper to match and haul behind it. although last night Neil said he can understand why some do get to be trailer queens.
    When we went to Ohio with our Cobra for the Cobra meet we hauled the Cobra down. it was embarrassing pulling in with the car hauler behind us but going 1000 miles with my butt 4 inches from the ground was not an option, this girl is to old and smart for that! ;) And we were not the only ones.
    The cover to the garage door opener fell off the day after we brought the cab home from being painted and it scratched the top of the cab. I thought Neil was going to throw up all over the floor :pinch: I will post pics in a few weeks when the box and hood get put on. it is really, really pretty and he is doing a great job on it. he is out in the garage at 3:30-4 every morning working on it. we hope to have it done to take to FL. if we do we will bring it to Ocala. so I will be very easy to find! the grinning fool in the old truck LOL
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    LOL that is great Rod. I think it is so important for boys (and girls) to get a little greasy growing up. those are memories that are going to be getting rarer and rarer the way this world is going.
    We have a Mustang that is scary to drive. it takes about a half a gallon of gas to get to the foot of the drive way :ermm: and our drive way is short :( still needs all the body work done and it is in the back of the garage now. to crazy to drive.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,247
    what year Cobra? That's a sweet car! I agree 1,000 miles would be punishment not pleasure.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,931
    thats really looking good, must feel nice that its all coming together now, all the hard work starts to show.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    It is a replica/kit car that we built. Hate the word "Kit Car" as it doe not give you any idea how much work goes into them. we did the whole thing ground up. the body is not painted all fiberglass and the color is embedded in it. No paint chips just buff it out :)so that is very cool. a friend who has one panic's every time he drives his, there is always a new stone chip. part of driving in Maine. This is not a good pic. but the only one on this PC. the plates mean "snake bite"
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    LOVE this car. fun to drive and I alway get a second look in it like "hey that is a woman!" LOL
    the second pic makes it kind of on topic?? LOL
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  • YB
    YB Posts: 3,861
    There is not many left.Most got wrecked becaue of the HP and only weighed 2800 lb.In the late 60's I got into motorcycle racing and got away from cars.After 5 years 2 or 3 hundred stiches and alot of broke bones I gave it up.LOL
    Larry
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    No there is not many. everyone asks us if it is "real" I touch it and say YUP I can feel it, you can see it.... LOL but no if it was real it would be in storage LOL to many $$ in those and they ride worse than this one!
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