@1963impala2dr Yes, you are. I swear you sound just like him. (It's A Wonderful Life was my grandad's favourite movie, he made me watch it almost every time I stayed over.)
videos coming soon. i have to RTFM ! first. my heap is a 51 ford f1 cab w/4"chop,70 something toyota pickup chassis,and a 327 cu.in. packard straight 8. the chassis,engine, and cab were absolutely free for the taking. just puttin' 'em together ! gonna make my first video tomorrow.
@mschiffel1 dont know what RTFM is but ..... a packard straight 8!!!! DANG MAN!!!! thats WAY COOL!!!! yeah.. you GOTTA post videos .. I'll be watching
black diamond is in king county, 30 miles southeast of seattle. after watching your vids,i went back out to the garage and did more work on my heap. no,you don't look that old.... very well preserved....not old !!!
@mschiffel1 hahaha.. I "think" there is a compliment in there somewhere! haha.. I'm glad you got inspired..what are you working on?? post some videos so we can follow along.. you should see what I started with.. well.. maybe you have. .anyway.. thanks for watching.. preciate it!!
I always go to the Rat Infestation show put on by the Rat Bastard car club .. Issaquah, triple X .. last weekend in August
looking at the tags i see you are in washington....my son lives in black diamond...when i go out to visit him,maybe you can take me for a ride.....just to make rpeek jealous !!!
you,sir,have a vivid imagination which,no doubt, helped your creativity to come up with agreat ratrod that is still using the original engine !!!... i hope that you at least got clyde's autograph....who knows....it might be worth a few pesos !!!
@mschiffel1 original owner? no, I bought it from Clyde Barrow in 1933. it had a lot of bullet holes in it but I got them filled then I stored it in a barn until 1944. during world war 2 they drafted a lot of chevys and some Nashs' so it was shipped over to france where it did a tour of duty hauling soldiers back and forth between the massage parlors and the dr's office. after that, It was stored back in the barn until a tornado took it from Kansas to WA state. it remained in a tree top ...
@mschiffel1 until It was discovered in 1972. thats when I moved here to recover it but I liked the area so well I just stayed here and worked on it all these years until I finally got it into the condition that it is today. "near perfect"
Looks great so far..but spider web way over used.How about using chain like what you have already have on the truck. That would be different, just a idea?
@redsrat56 this is a pretty old video so I dont even remember what I said about a spider web lol.. whatever it was.. you're right.. spider webs are over done.. so are skull and cross bones.. check my later vid.. you wont see any webs :)
I think you're an old kid with an old toy. hahahaha.. It's lookin' great Ken. When we were up in PEI we went to the potato museum and they had some of those old potato sacks in there, and I told Trish you were going to do your apholstry in them.. Wicked good...
I think we should do a video of us driving through town interviewing people about what they think of it. Ya know, go to the gas station, grocery store, etc.
@1963impala2dr Yeah I did. I know about the whole cell phone law while driving, but what about a video camera law???? Hahaha You definitely need a co-driver!
that looks great and i think the horn sounds good .. you could always put some kinda metal work (like your spiderwebs) on the between the 2 posts of your headrests. just an idea... ive gotten quite a bit done also - guess its time to pull a video up. talk to you soon
@Busia1949 well, I have dual carbs on the old 235 but I dont know if this poor old engine could handle them.. I'll probaby just not spend any money on it.. it runs great
@1963impala2dr, i wasn't trying to sell it to you i was just telling you how much people were selling them for, Came across a bit wrong I guess, But if you like that horn go with it, every one has there personal preferences, i just like ooga horns.
One question, is that exhaust going to satisfy the man? Around here it would have to be behind the cab at least to pass. I guess you know why, after eating all the exhaust fumes from your present setup...
@Busia1949 I emailed the state patrol and asked if it had to come out behind the cab. they didnt give me an answer but sent me a sheet of rules. TONS of hot rods have headers that dont come out behind the cab. I think the only thing they would get me on is that if.. you shoot a line from the top of the cowl to the radiator.. nothing can be 8 inches higher than that line.. with the rain cap, I exceed that limit by 2 inches.. I have it marked to cut it off. I'm thinking headers! haha
Outstanding :). i really liked the "cut on dotted line" on thye top. that has to be the easiest top to chop there is but I don't know, how's the headroom now? your a pretty big guy(as am i ;) ) and i don't know about driving around all hunkered down and it looks like a pretty radical chop.
@jacktheripped yeah, I put that on there a long time ago.. I'm not gonna chop it.. not for now at least.. theres plenty of head room tho if I change my mind
That thing is coming out real nice, the only problem I see is the croud your going to draw where ever you stop. But I'm guessin you'll be able to handle it ha ha. The best part about your car is no mater where you go you'll never pass your self. Thats the beauty of a hand built RAT ROD,got to love it. Enjoy.
It just keeps getting better and better. It's great because you can hear the excitement in your voice. Must be fun seeing it all come together so well.
@miraclepieco thank you.. thats a REAL compliment. lol
1963impala2dr 2 months ago
find ya an old double barrel to put on them head rests that 'd be cool uncle jed always carried 1 !!!
RedneckRecycling 4 months ago
@RedneckRecycling those head rests are gone now :)
1963impala2dr 2 months ago
Beast
angeryontheinside 5 months ago
James Stewart is alive and well and making top-notch rat-rods?
TheTruemouse 6 months ago
@TheTruemouse he is?
1963impala2dr 6 months ago
@1963impala2dr Yes, you are. I swear you sound just like him. (It's A Wonderful Life was my grandad's favourite movie, he made me watch it almost every time I stayed over.)
TheTruemouse 6 months ago
@TheTruemouse haha.. well.. I "dont" sound like him but I "CAN" if I try hahaha
1963impala2dr 6 months ago
@TheTruemouse LMAO! top notch and rat rod together LMAO! Classic irony.
Opeysan 6 months ago
realy nice great work i like the chains. dreaming of doing my own ratrod some day?
raptormaxx 7 months ago
@raptormaxx go for it!
1963impala2dr 7 months ago
jeepasaurus rat rod----first ever video.....a little rough,but i just need practice.. you wanted a video ?? check it out.
mschiffel1 7 months ago
Read The F-----g Manual......common term we used in the army when seeking any sort of technical information.
mschiffel1 7 months ago
@mschiffel1 well, I wasnt in the army
1963impala2dr 7 months ago
videos coming soon. i have to RTFM ! first. my heap is a 51 ford f1 cab w/4"chop,70 something toyota pickup chassis,and a 327 cu.in. packard straight 8. the chassis,engine, and cab were absolutely free for the taking. just puttin' 'em together ! gonna make my first video tomorrow.
mschiffel1 7 months ago
@mschiffel1 dont know what RTFM is but ..... a packard straight 8!!!! DANG MAN!!!! thats WAY COOL!!!! yeah.. you GOTTA post videos .. I'll be watching
1963impala2dr 7 months ago
videos coming soon. i have to RTFM ! first.
mschiffel1 7 months ago
black diamond is in king county, 30 miles southeast of seattle. after watching your vids,i went back out to the garage and did more work on my heap. no,you don't look that old.... very well preserved....not old !!!
mschiffel1 8 months ago
@mschiffel1 hahaha.. I "think" there is a compliment in there somewhere! haha.. I'm glad you got inspired..what are you working on?? post some videos so we can follow along.. you should see what I started with.. well.. maybe you have. .anyway.. thanks for watching.. preciate it!!
I always go to the Rat Infestation show put on by the Rat Bastard car club .. Issaquah, triple X .. last weekend in August
1963impala2dr 8 months ago
looking at the tags i see you are in washington....my son lives in black diamond...when i go out to visit him,maybe you can take me for a ride.....just to make rpeek jealous !!!
mschiffel1 8 months ago
@mschiffel1 hehe.. maybe.. but I have no idea where black diamond is. thanks for watching
1963impala2dr 8 months ago
you,sir,have a vivid imagination which,no doubt, helped your creativity to come up with agreat ratrod that is still using the original engine !!!... i hope that you at least got clyde's autograph....who knows....it might be worth a few pesos !!!
mschiffel1 8 months ago
@mschiffel1 haha.. well, when you asked if I was the original owner of a 1932 model.. what was I to say!! DANG do I look that old!!
1963impala2dr 8 months ago
are you the original owner ??? i can't wait to get my heap on the road !!! great inspiration !!!
mschiffel1 8 months ago
@mschiffel1 original owner? no, I bought it from Clyde Barrow in 1933. it had a lot of bullet holes in it but I got them filled then I stored it in a barn until 1944. during world war 2 they drafted a lot of chevys and some Nashs' so it was shipped over to france where it did a tour of duty hauling soldiers back and forth between the massage parlors and the dr's office. after that, It was stored back in the barn until a tornado took it from Kansas to WA state. it remained in a tree top ...
1963impala2dr 8 months ago
@mschiffel1 until It was discovered in 1972. thats when I moved here to recover it but I liked the area so well I just stayed here and worked on it all these years until I finally got it into the condition that it is today. "near perfect"
1963impala2dr 8 months ago
@1963impala2dr i wonder what he would say about my truck? hahahahahahahahahahaha. what a moron.
novelist10 1 year ago
this truck just gets better and better!
55dude 1 year ago
@55dude hahaha.. not according to the comment below! had to laugh.. probably a 10 year old
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
I wouldnt be caught dead in this white nigger ride ,lmao they should have found the nearest junkyard and made it crusher food
GoodLyfeCarClub 1 year ago
@GoodLyfeCarClub what a tool
junglemonkeysex 9 months ago
Looks great so far..but spider web way over used.How about using chain like what you have already have on the truck. That would be different, just a idea?
redsrat56 1 year ago
@redsrat56 this is a pretty old video so I dont even remember what I said about a spider web lol.. whatever it was.. you're right.. spider webs are over done.. so are skull and cross bones.. check my later vid.. you wont see any webs :)
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
I spy that you marked off where you're chopping the roof. This so? I hope not as I've got used to the way she is...........Mike
modemeyes 1 year ago
Very nice, many great ideas. Your just and older teenager, just like me.
jaivette 1 year ago
@jaivette You're both idiots , lol
GoodLyfeCarClub 1 year ago
that is one cool truck!
wildwelder87 1 year ago
looking nice
JZ436 1 year ago
Ken,the rat rod truck looks amazing !! the door panels and headrests are a nice touch!! keep it up -G.L.54
guitarlvr54 1 year ago
thats a sweet ride!!!!
mitym64 1 year ago
love it man
pelonissafe 1 year ago
I think you're an old kid with an old toy. hahahaha.. It's lookin' great Ken. When we were up in PEI we went to the potato museum and they had some of those old potato sacks in there, and I told Trish you were going to do your apholstry in them.. Wicked good...
rpeek 1 year ago
@rpeek shoot.. might even have a tater sack padded dash before its over!
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
@1963impala2dr How's a poor boy every gonna keep up! hahahaha..
rpeek 1 year ago
Looks Good Ken
MrLoco61 1 year ago
I think we should do a video of us driving through town interviewing people about what they think of it. Ya know, go to the gas station, grocery store, etc.
vXTotalChaosXv 1 year ago
@vXTotalChaosXv I'm coming to take you for a ride one evening very soon.. I'm building my tail lights today! did you get my text last night ?
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
@1963impala2dr Yeah I did. I know about the whole cell phone law while driving, but what about a video camera law???? Hahaha You definitely need a co-driver!
vXTotalChaosXv 1 year ago
that looks great and i think the horn sounds good .. you could always put some kinda metal work (like your spiderwebs) on the between the 2 posts of your headrests. just an idea... ive gotten quite a bit done also - guess its time to pull a video up. talk to you soon
colton
sunshineapathy 1 year ago
@sunshineapathy yep.. look forward to seeing your vid!
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
Sounds like headers would really be neat! The next thing would be a dual carb intake, right? ;)
Busia1949 1 year ago
@Busia1949 well, I have dual carbs on the old 235 but I dont know if this poor old engine could handle them.. I'll probaby just not spend any money on it.. it runs great
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
You have to have an old ooga horn, That horn doesn't fit, its gotta be an ooga horn, i got a working antique one for $10
NathansBackwoods 1 year ago
@NathansBackwoods no thanks but thanks :)
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
@1963impala2dr, i wasn't trying to sell it to you i was just telling you how much people were selling them for, Came across a bit wrong I guess, But if you like that horn go with it, every one has there personal preferences, i just like ooga horns.
NathansBackwoods 1 year ago
Lookin' good, man!
One question, is that exhaust going to satisfy the man? Around here it would have to be behind the cab at least to pass. I guess you know why, after eating all the exhaust fumes from your present setup...
Keep them coming!
Busia1949 1 year ago
@Busia1949 I emailed the state patrol and asked if it had to come out behind the cab. they didnt give me an answer but sent me a sheet of rules. TONS of hot rods have headers that dont come out behind the cab. I think the only thing they would get me on is that if.. you shoot a line from the top of the cowl to the radiator.. nothing can be 8 inches higher than that line.. with the rain cap, I exceed that limit by 2 inches.. I have it marked to cut it off. I'm thinking headers! haha
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
IT LOOKS GREAT!!! LOVE THE DOOR PANELS AND THE WINDSHIELD! WISH I WERE THERE TO TEST DRIVE THE OLD GIRL! TAKE CARE. RICH
ncautoman57 1 year ago
@ncautoman57 come on over!
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
I sure like your new toy!!
phill903 1 year ago
Looks good..
ronmalcolm 1 year ago
Outstanding :). i really liked the "cut on dotted line" on thye top. that has to be the easiest top to chop there is but I don't know, how's the headroom now? your a pretty big guy(as am i ;) ) and i don't know about driving around all hunkered down and it looks like a pretty radical chop.
jacktheripped 1 year ago
@jacktheripped yeah, I put that on there a long time ago.. I'm not gonna chop it.. not for now at least.. theres plenty of head room tho if I change my mind
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
looking good think i'd put maybe some foam tubing on those headrest poles for safety
like the old drive train idea of making parker/ indicator lights
not too keen on your idea of yellow wheels though lol thinking red would look better
best part of a project like that is when you get to drive it after all the hard work
GreenJ61 1 year ago
@GreenJ61 then paint "your" wheels red lol
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
That thing is coming out real nice, the only problem I see is the croud your going to draw where ever you stop. But I'm guessin you'll be able to handle it ha ha. The best part about your car is no mater where you go you'll never pass your self. Thats the beauty of a hand built RAT ROD,got to love it. Enjoy.
MrMcbuck48 1 year ago
It just keeps getting better and better. It's great because you can hear the excitement in your voice. Must be fun seeing it all come together so well.
RamblinAround 1 year ago
@RamblinAround haha. like I said, a kid with a new toy!
1963impala2dr 1 year ago
first view! yay! hahahahahhahaha. looks awesome man.
novelist10 1 year ago