Im a sinner..... Got a new toy.

[Khyron]

No, it will not be replacing my time or money with my Charger. but I always wanted a old "skool" rat rod. i was offered a car for free and took it. It's a 1950 Chevy 2 door on what appears to be a 80's montie Carlo chassis. it's has a link rear end and disk breaks. and get it, it runs. 305 or 350 in it, haven't had time to verify.

The body wasn't fully put on the frame yet, or at least correctly, so I will be custom making for body mounts and digging in, With the Charger closser and closser to being right where I want it, I need something to tear apart with a wrench

I want, primer black, weld marks, old school, cigs rolled in my white t-shirt rat rod!

[mauve66]

perfect application for a blown hemi....................................

[bigred68]

 AWSOME!!  Hey Khyron, I gotta wonder did you just put one heck of a dent on a savings account? or, win the Power Ball? I like your new cold liquid refreshment, BEEER!! holder too!
(put a moper engine in the rat!!)

[Khyron]

no power ball, the Chevy was given to me.... and the soda machine was $20 in gas to get it to my house...

hmmm, mopar motor in the Chevy.... i really REALLY like that idea...... but.... I want this to be a true junk yard dawg! In my head, I always wanted to be able to go to a swap meet and go.... damn, this would look good on the car, and just find a place to put it... One I get the body mounted right, I'll decide where to go with the motor....


but 1 thing is a must..

20 foot flame throwers out the rear exhaust baby!!!!

[wayfast1500]

The nice thing about chevys is their real cheap to build.  I had my 350 making around 425 horse and I built the car for about 1,000 including buying the 350.  I had a 350 punched .030 over, lunati cam, edelbrock intake, converted the fuel injection to carb, holley double pumper, centerforce clutch, b&m shifter, msd ignition with advance curve kit in the dist.  Few other parts I cant remeber.

[Silver R/T]

Nice project, I wish I had time/money for one

[Khyron]

I wish I had time/money for one

me too

[400/6/PAC]

I love Ratrods.
Some people have really wild imaginations.

[moparstuart]

I love Ratrods.
Some people have really wild imaginations.

[Daytona R/T SE]

Looks like a fun project.

Just don't stick a bunch of money into it, because resale value on these is almost nothing.

I bought a 51 Chevy four door a few years ago from a guy I worked with for $100.

I thought I could flip it real quick on e-bay and make a fast couple hundred.

With a reserve of $300-no takers.

I finally sold it to some local inbred-I was damned glad to get my $100 back...of course I had to let him make payments on the $100

Six months later it was all his.

Said he was so glad he had an old car to "Drive"

Last I heard it was still stuck in the barn covered in bird shit.


Here's a picture of it:

[Charger440RDN]

Looks like a fun project.

Just don't stick a bunch of money into it, because resale value on these is almost nothing.

I bought a 51 Chevy four door a few years ago from a guy I worked with for $100.

I thought I could flip it real quick on e-bay and make a fast couple hundred.

With a reserve of $300-no takers.

I finally sold it to some local inbred-I was damned glad to get my $100 back...of course I had to let him make payments on the $100

Six months later it was all his.

Said he was so glad he had an old car to "Drive"

Last I heard it was still stuck in the barn covered in bird shit.


Here's a picture of it:

Make payments on the $100 ??!!?  That is priceless 

[Daytona R/T SE]

Looks like a fun project.

Just don't stick a bunch of money into it, because resale value on these is almost nothing.

I bought a 51 Chevy four door a few years ago from a guy I worked with for $100.

I thought I could flip it real quick on e-bay and make a fast couple hundred.

With a reserve of $300-no takers.

I finally sold it to some local inbred-I was damned glad to get my $100 back...of course I had to let him make payments on the $100

Six months later it was all his.

Said he was so glad he had an old car to "Drive"

Last I heard it was still stuck in the barn covered in bird shit.


Here's a picture of it:

Make payments on the $100 ??!!?  That is priceless 

Yep! He had to make payments on the $100 

I didn't know I offered an interest free finance plan on a 50+ year old car 

I'm just glad it's gone.

[Khyron]

Looks like a fun project.

Just don't stick a bunch of money into it, because resale value on these is almost nothing.

I bought a 51 Chevy four door a few years ago from a guy I worked with for $100.
I thought I could flip it real quick on e-bay and make a fast couple hundred.
With a reserve of $300-no takers.
I finally sold it to some local inbred-I was damned glad to get my $100 back...of course I had to let him make payments on the $100
Six months later it was all his.
Said he was so glad he had an old car to "Drive"
Last I heard it was still stuck in the barn covered in bird shit.

Here's a picture of it:

I hear ya, the sole purpose of this thing is to see what I can do with no budget and junk yard / swap meet parts... it already runs and moves, it also even stops under it's own power, so the hard part is already done

being on a updated frame and suspention helps eliminate the cost of old chevy parts and upgrades...

[41husk]

Kyron, hows the moter home comming?

[Finn]

That is an awesome project! 

[LoneStar Mopar]

Sweet project! I love anything 50s chevy. Got a 55 bel air and a 56 chevy truck myself. You sure can't beat the price you paid for it.

[Khyron]

Kyron, hows the moter home comming?

Motor home is fantastic, I've been doing little bits of this and that and have gone camping now about 3 times with her. I need to re caulk a few spots and clean up the roof some. I'm doing that tommorow and I want to redo the bathroom inn it. but she's running great

Thanks for asking 

[Khyron]

well, I've pulled it out the weeds and started with some work. New brake lines, got her started however I need to rebuild the carb. After that new calipers and some odds and ends. then to get teh body attacked right

[Khyron]

I needed to clean it a bit.... here is what it looked like LOL

[Tilar]

Man that looks like a fun project! And best of all, Chevy parts are cheap.

[PocketThunder]

i like the gas tank in the engine bay..      

[aussiemuscle]

Just don't stick a bunch of money into it, because resale value on these is almost nothing.

really? in AUS, down here i see them go for 3-6,000$ in that condition. even the locally built FJ holdens go for that.

[Khyron]

really? in AUS, down here i see them go for 3-6,000$ in that condition. even the locally built FJ holdens go for that.

I'll ship :-D

i like the gas tank in the engine bay..      

you should see it now. just to move it around I have a fuel cell on th epassanger seat with a long hose

[squeakfinder]

really? in AUS, down here i see them go for 3-6,000$ in that condition. even the locally built FJ holdens go for that.

I'll ship :-D

i like the gas tank in the engine bay..    

you should see it now. just to move it around I have a fuel cell on th epassanger seat with a long hose

In keeping up with the Rat Rod theme maybee you should keep the passenger seat fuel tank  



Just kidding, I would a had a hard time passing up a deal like that.

[green69rt]

No, it will not be replacing my time or money with my Charger. but I always wanted a old "skool" rat rod. i was offered a car for free and took it. It's a 1950 Chevy 2 door on what appears to be a 80's montie Carlo chassis. it's has a link rear end and disk breaks. and get it, it runs. 305 or 350 in it, haven't had time to verify.

The body wasn't fully put on the frame yet, or at least correctly, so I will be custom making for body mounts and digging in, With the Charger closser and closser to being right where I want it, I need something to tear apart with a wrench

I want, primer black, weld marks, old school, cigs rolled in my white t-shirt rat rod!

Ahhhh. now we're back to old school hot rodding!!  Do what you want.  Make it sweet and make it cool, don't worry about handling too much.  You can have a 2800lb body with a 400hp moter that will beat up most of the kids on the street.  What a great project!!!