I know it aint no Harley or a chopper but I think this one deserves to git its face posted at Dingers . Just got it last night !! She is a 1931 Model A 5 Widow Coupe . Been sittin in a shed for the last 30 years or so . She costed me sum jack but I think it was well worth it  

Aw man Shawn, nice find. Are 'ya gonna keep it a rat rod or  ?   That will keep you in the garage and away from hooters for awhile.

Well Free Man for now I just want to get it runnin so I can play a little while . Prolly not gonna do a whole lot to it except a good coat of black primer and box the frame in the pressure points run a painless wirein harness . You know a full out Rat for awhile . Atter I finish playin we will go back and start doin it the right way then . You know start purtyin things up and put a nice coat of paint , purty wheels , nice interior . Just make a full out street rod out of it . But for now .... I is gonna drive it like I stole it !!!!!

OH HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To KEWL man.

Thanks Dinger ! I am gonna try and document with pics every step of the way . For one I would like a photo album of the project and two for you guys to see also and possibly even give me a hand with . Wish me luck boys I am goin in !!!

Thats cool. Does it have seats?

yeah it has 65 mustang buckets in it right now but they have not been bolted down . But very nice seats

brutha shawn thats one fine phone boothe

Glad you approve ther Skoot

I like the primer/rat rod idea, plus ya git a chance ta work the bugs outa it. I gotta a old merc flathead  
sittin back up north just waiting for something like your barn find.

ats jus toooo much brutha  aw fug me i r havin a mid life crisses n been searchun fer a toy like at   thats jus simply beetchun dude  gots me a cat tryun trade a 49 panal wid new chevy 350 n tranny n brakes n booster n all new metal fer my rubba glide  but she ain no were near the cool that ya got there  i see ifn i have a pic

You ought to make a Hot Rod Lincoln out of it.  Just listen to the song and put it all in.  The engine would be one of those big flatheads ford used to put in the trucks and the Lincoln.

Mack

ohhh thated be so schweeeettt   what motor is in it shawn i mean i know its a small block chevy but a 350 327 283    thems some old lookin valve covers hott daymit boy ya need to move closer so i can come over to play

The motor that is in it is shot . Big time BUMMER cause it is one of the old 300 horse 327 . The guy that put it together from the looks of things built the engine and bolted it to the frame and never put a drop of oil in it because the motor is purty much rusted solid . The oil pan is rusted slam off of it . it might build I dont know hattin got inside it yet but if the insides look anything like the bottom side of the crank or heads ( took one of the valve covers off yesterday ) it prolly a total loss . I know it is stuck .The heads will build and they da gooduns too . Original double hump 300 horse heads but will have to be completely redone . Yeah I toyed with the Flat Head power plant . Dont know if I got the patience for a Flatty though More pics to come real soon !!!!

When ya take the heads off have them Magna Fluxed.  As long as they aren't cracked and no one has hogged the crap out of them (cut past the point of no return on the seats and vavle guide area) they can be reclaimed.

One of my suppliers has some great trick valves for Chevies that are .030 oversized EVERYWHERE.  Stem, head, length everything is biggers.  They work perfect for cutting back and reclaiming these old heads.  Complete set of hard seats, new guides, and a decking possibly and they will be goodder than new.

Even if the block has rust in it, if the cylindar walls aren't pitted to bad it can be brought back to life too.  I don't subscribe to grinding cranks and putting oversized bearings in so I would throw the old one into the scrap pile anyway.  AND sence ya scrap that ya might as well put in a 383 stroker.....

OR

Find a flatty....lol

Let me ask around up here.  There may be a couple of old Merc or Lincoln flatties layen around.

And............ look to see if it is a 4 bolt main, heavy rods and a steel crank. You may re-coop some money back if it is.

Yeah for sure Kenny.  If your gonna do a 383 you almost have to have four bolt mains.

http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html

Here is where you can ID it.  Yep, Ding, the webs for the main bearings can flex on the 2 bolt mains and wipe out the crank.

Well I thankye Ding cause I am open for suggestion . Stuck the tierod back on er and took the 2 front wheels and tires off this evening . Front tires were rotten and wuttin hold air . Got a couple old tires from out at my parents house that I am gonna stick on the rims so i can move it around in garage for the time being .

well ill tell ya them rims aint worth crap just giveum to me    heheheheeheeeee  brutha if thems old skool slot mags like i think they are worth  some bucks toooo

yeah I kinda like the old ugly bastard   . I am thinkun I might like to give um an acid bath and run um . Dont see um much no more

mayn lemme know what yer gonna run i gotts a .060 bored 350 block that needs finish honed and cleaned  real good   and a 400sb crank turned down to fit a 350 main

Ahite den ! me and a buddy of mine is thinkin of 10.5 pistons and a 283 crank 202 valves and a few utter little goodies thus makin it the wicked azz old 302 !! That is if block is worth a chit ?

well i also gotts a 283 steel crank and i think a good set of 283 rods    but you live in hotrod heaven dont ya

Chit No !! What the rust hattin eat up the dirt tracks have round here . That is why the little coupe was such an amazin find . I done been offered my money back plus 500 and me never even have to touch it !

  well mayn lemme know what yer lookin for ill fix ya up if i can

I appreciate it and I know you will !!!

Hey ! Not tryin to pry nur nuthin but what did you ever deside bout the Lodge ??

ive decided just tryin to get up the nerve to walk in the door

and you are not pryin

Well I think you will really enjoy it . I know I did .

im going to go i just dont know anyone active so im just gonna walk in and talk i know where to go just aint got the nerve yet

ah you will git it done . You will be in there and signed up before you even realize what happened

did i tell ya i go a new job

No you failed to mention that

sarry brutha monday was my first day im a manager at a local landscape company im in charge of all there equipment trucks and trailers

Kooly !!! Whatcha think so far ??

fuggan a mayn its diifernt i went from fixin equipment to movin brush in the dumpster to unloading plants and spent 75% of the week all alone i have to open up in the morning for everone........ i love it

Awesome man !! I love to run equipment . But I have to leave the workin on it to you

aww L fixin stuff is eazy    i learned how to drive a skidsteer too this week

Now I bet that was a job in its self ? Dem things will piss you off and hurt ya all at the same time when you tryin to learn to run um .

well ive driven other equipment and these are newhollands with hand and foot controlls  i did feel a little sore after drivin it but not to bad

well you lucky cause when most of us learned to run skid steers we had um buckin like damn bulls atleast once or twice

ohh i was one of them this wasnt my first time   its just been a while  

I know dem bloomin thangs will hurt you if you aint careful . But that is piece of equipment has revolutionized the landscaping industry . Most effective piece of equipment ever designed

about the lodge      do i need a refrence

well no not really . you will just need sumbody to git you a patition and when it is filled out by you they will have to turn it back in to the lodge .

man Masons are everywhere . Ask around at work and you prolly work with a few

mayn i work with wetbacks

Well you might not orta ask them then . Well you can ask um but they prolly wont know what the fugg you talkin bout

i didnt figger  but ill ask a few others

yeah you gonna have to hook up with sumbody from your home lodge

hey bigg azz licker whats up with that rat rod mayn

wahahahahahaha yea ya big meaneee  oh please oh please dont like my azz wahahahahahaha

Pappy leave me alone Skoot I have had a L of a christmas vacation . Been slammed brutha . I have purty much done everything else but the Rat . Worst thing was I had to put a hearter core in that dogone dodge . Now you wanna talk bout a job . The steerin column had to be dropped and the entire dash had to come out . If that wuttin bad enough I had to go under the hood and take the computer off the firewall cause there was 2 bolts behind it . Whooo dont never want to have to do one of them again . Ding man if that one goes out in yours grab you a couple heater hoses bypass the core and dump that bastard quick dude !!! Nah I just kiddin but it is a job

yea brutha suma them jobs r betta off payin someone else

I'm not a Mason even though I'm from a Masonic family, I'm an AMORC initiate.  If you become a Mason I encourage you to take an interest in the esoteric side of the order.  It's there although I suspect most Masons know very little if anything about it.  Hopefully you'll draw a mentor who does know.  Initiation is valuable and you should study what it means.

Mack

Mack I cuttin agree with you more !!!! Yeah Pappy you right bout that brutha . The only prolem is the shops I checked out wanted 500 biguns labor plus the cost of the core . Plus I was gonna be without my ride for atleast 2 days . Now I aint quiet chitin money so 600 bucks wuttin hardly in da works for me . So I decided that I would git a dear friend to help me and just tackle it myself . You know a fellar can put up with allot of mess for 600 bucks if ya know what I mean . I have a dear friend that has just got his new shop built and not to mention quiet a dab hand with a set of tools !! So we jumped on it had it apart new core in and back together ridin round in 3 hrs . But there were 2 of us runnin wrenches and had our full focus on the task at hand .

Hey, how is this project coming along??

Robin

yeah we want pics