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Month: May, 2012

2012 Mid Am NSRA Rod Run

Dick Carroll’s ’38 Ford Deluxe Convertible, Dale West’s ’40 Deluxe Coupe, my ’40 Ford 1/2 ton stake bed.

Another year come and gone. Not going to beat the dead horse of the rolling 30 year rule, other than to say this…I have never seen as many obnoxious “open header” cars and guys doing burnouts as they leave the fairgrounds as I did this year. It’s part of what they invited when they decided to change to the new NSRA (Not Street Rods Anymore) “Plus” guidelines.

Now, for the positive. As always, I had a blast hanging out with my dad and step mom this weekend, as well as all of my hot rod mentors. Thanks to Dave Johnson, for doing a non scheduled NSRA Safety inspection on my truck. Most appreciated!

I pretty much quit taking tons of pic’s at events, because it made me feel like I was working. The pic’s that I did take are of a few of the cars that caught my eye, and some of the obligatory pic’s of my own ’40 truck!

BTW…My buddy, Andy Goins, had a for sale sign on his SWEET ’39 Ford Deluxe sedan. He said that he’s going to sell it and his matching ’40 Deluxe sedan. Both cars are mostly stock, with the exception of lowered springs. If anyone has interest, let me know, and I will forward your info to Andy. Unfortunately, I totally overlooked getting pic’s of his ’39! (kicking myself!)

Bret
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The FUN is in the RUN!!!

Jim Pike, of Springfield, MO, as most generally seen, behind the wheel of his Model A Roadster. He was picked for the “Thumbs Up” award, presented by Dick Carroll.

The “Long Distance” award winner, coming from Oregon. I liked it because you don’t see ’42 Fords very often and the grilles are so cool looking!

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Willis Smith’s ’40 Truck

A while back, I had posted a picture of the ’40 stake truck on the interwebs and had gotten an e-mail from Joe Gaddy, with a link to a site that had some pictures of Willis Smith’s ’40 stake truck. Several e-mails back and forth and then also over to Dudley Parker, and I got several cool pictures, with some neat tips and tricks. I sent Dudley an e-mail about a week ago, asking for permission to put the pictures on the site. He said that he didn’t mind if I posted them, but Willis may have other opinions.

Hard to believe that when Willis got the truck, it had a regular pickup bed on it! Here’s some of Dudley’s comments on the work on the truck.

When the owner of the 40 truck bought it, it came with all four fenders(glass) and a new pickup bed. He wanted a stake bed and had a friend in Kansas City that had one. The only trouble the bed was off of a ’30 something ford 1 ton and was in very bad shape. To get it home it had to be cut in half. When he got it home he and a friend proceeded to shorten it around 9″ and narrow it 19″ to make it fit the 40. The rear panel that said ‘Ford Truck’ had aprox 9″ between the words Ford and Truck. Once it was narrowed the two words came close together and look like Ford made it that way. However, the rear panel was beat all to hell. I had a new one laser cut and welded the section that said ford truck into the middle. Turned out pretty cool. Now with the wood in it and the side boards the truck looks real good!!! I’ll try to send a picture of the old rear panel that I replaced(if I can find it)..

Rear fenders-now that you asked. Enclosed a few pics of the rear fenders I made for the 40 truck. Think wide trailer fenders with the curved side to the outside. I used 1/2 of a fender with about 3″ added to the inside for each side. You can get the fenders at Atwoods(sometimes) or a trailer supply co.

The tallights are just standard, probably 40-53 stainless lights, more than likely from Macs. The brackets are stainless brackets #81Y-13471ss and #81Y-13470ss (right and left). I then fabbed a couple of 90 degree bends in some 16ga stainless (with some shape) that fastened to the wood bed supports. I used some Swedish(?) thread inserts (Lowes) in the wood so the brackets bolted to threads instead of screwed into the wood. I used stainless fasteners so no rust stains on the wood. I have included a few pictures you may not have seen. I believe there is one of the (French) flathead and T-5. If you like I can send more.

Thanks, to Joe and Dudley, for sharing pictures of Willis’ truck, and the stories about various parts of the build. It would be cool to get his truck and my truck together for pictures one day!

Bret
bret@streetrodder.net

http://StreetRodder.Net

The FUN is in the RUN!!!