53 Ford PU

[geezerman]

Time to check out another of the recent orphans that arrived at Geezer's Garage.
This looked very promising in the baggie it arrived in. It had some assembly started.



I soon discovered that it had been glued VERY well with some type of plastic melting stuff ( Maybe MEK ?). Any way, I wasn't going to get it dissembled. I had to butcher the interior tub to try to save the frame. That is the major reason that few of my builds will have a 'sewer' view. Here, I have the frame isolated, and I will save the running boards and risers. The engine was nice, but I won't be able to save it good enough for  a rework.
Thinking about making it a slammed curbside even though I have quite a few other engines I could use,
I am really thankful that the previous owner didn't get to the body or front clip. That's about the only reason I'm going forward with this.

[geezerman]

Had a GOOD session at the salvage yard today. I managed to save this set of wheels and tires. The really exciting part for me is that the rear tires are pro-street ! I don't usually abandon a build for another, but having these tires might make me look at another 'orphan' that will be good enough to build a serious engine for.

[dogfish7]

Kewel! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

[geezerman]

Dog, I'm shelving this for a bit. I usually don't abandon a build, But, I haven't had a set of pro-streel tires in a long time. I have an orphaned 51 and a 57 hard tops that are in pretty good salvagable shape. I'm thinking of using the 51 to pro-street it.

skidsplace.forumotion.co/t3655-50-s-prostreet

I suppose I ought to get it started here also.
Thank for your interest,
Clay

[dogfish7]

No problem. I can wait. Would rather see it here anyway.

[bob29579]

Me too. I only go to skid's once a week or so.