'30 Ford, its gonna be a helluva project. My son and I started knocking bolts out today, trying to get the body ready to pull off the frame. We pulled the front fenders off and cleaned most of the crap out of it (still had all the leaves, branches, and an elk antler inside from the years it sat on the farm).
These parts should be a goldmine, gonna sell the fenders and stuff to help fund the build.
The plan for now is: chop roof 4", channel body 4", clean up and put new cross members into frame. As we dug into it, we found some serious rot in the lower part of the body on the driver's side. This will cause some hardship for channelling, I'm going to have to do some major work to get the body solid enough to support its own weight when dropped down to straddle the frame. Maybe there's aftermarket patch pieces, gonna have to look into that. Why reinvent the wheel?
My original plan was to buy an aftermarket frame, but this one is in pretty good shape. Frame has some damage at the front end on one side, and all cross members need replacing, but I think I'll source out some replacement parts instead of a whole new frame. I'm not planning on building a supercar, its going to be a cruiser.
Just thought I'd post up the beginnings of this project, hopefully we can stay focused and get it done!
