Post by longboo62 on Jan 9, 2014 8:11:00 GMT -5
Hi all from the FROZEN mid west , just found & joined your club this morning, I hope you will let me stay , at least lurking in the shadows, when I explain what I want to do !
Just spent an excruciating evening dragging my newest project two & a half hours home on frost heaved roads at 40 mph pissing off EVERYBODY that was trying to get home after work. Temps below zero , Dodge Dakota's infamous feeble heating system, PISSED OFF FROZEN WIFE sitting along side me ,1960's bias tires on a car that is too small to fit a tow dolly , but just slightly too large to fit in the back of my truck.
That was the good part , now for the bad , I plan to build a Gasser .My son & I have built other rods in the past & have always wanted to do a gasser but they have always seemed to be out of our price range til this " opportunity?" came along.
So here goes, I drug home a 1958 Renault Dauphine & plan to build a mini gasser out of it. I have always had a soft spot for orphans ,idiots & misfits , which describes me to a tee.
My plans call for blown 292 inline chevy six , straight axle w/leafs up front, 2x4 frame , parallel 4 link w /air ride rear, narrowed 8.8 ford rear.
I've gathered a lot of the pieces over the years & have the fab experience to do the job , but if you guys don't give me the boot for showing up to your party with a french frog mobile & a 6 shooter I sure could use the vast knowledge of a group what has actually done what I plan to do. I'll add pics if you will have me, Thanks Boo
Just spent an excruciating evening dragging my newest project two & a half hours home on frost heaved roads at 40 mph pissing off EVERYBODY that was trying to get home after work. Temps below zero , Dodge Dakota's infamous feeble heating system, PISSED OFF FROZEN WIFE sitting along side me ,1960's bias tires on a car that is too small to fit a tow dolly , but just slightly too large to fit in the back of my truck.
That was the good part , now for the bad , I plan to build a Gasser .My son & I have built other rods in the past & have always wanted to do a gasser but they have always seemed to be out of our price range til this " opportunity?" came along.
So here goes, I drug home a 1958 Renault Dauphine & plan to build a mini gasser out of it. I have always had a soft spot for orphans ,idiots & misfits , which describes me to a tee.
My plans call for blown 292 inline chevy six , straight axle w/leafs up front, 2x4 frame , parallel 4 link w /air ride rear, narrowed 8.8 ford rear.
I've gathered a lot of the pieces over the years & have the fab experience to do the job , but if you guys don't give me the boot for showing up to your party with a french frog mobile & a 6 shooter I sure could use the vast knowledge of a group what has actually done what I plan to do. I'll add pics if you will have me, Thanks Boo
