Just Plain Stupied

[doorgunner]

What? the legs or the painted parts??

Crawlin--- thanks,
going to the shed to build a roll cage for the cab....

EDIT: took till Feb. to get up the nerve to start bending tubing for the roll cage
--not a lotta fun without Blake, my son here to help.....

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

ooo, i like the final color. gonna be perdy!

 

[doorgunner]

Thanks Wicked--I hid some of the parts in the house to keep em scratch-free/the other side of the room gots more ..

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

sweet steam ship

 

[doorgunner]

Thanks, it's a replica of the steamboat that's in service on the Mississippi River at Natchez, Miss.
The replica was my father's-it's about 50 years old (the real one at Natchez is about 150 yrs. old).

 

[baddis]

how heavy is the cab? i know a buddys 49 gmc cab two people can move it no problem,

 

[doorgunner]

Don't Know, but with the bucket seats, glass, & doors, it took four 200 lb. MEN to carry it over to the Ranger chassis & set it in place.
I'm guessing 600 lbs--I'm gonna weigh the truck as is when it comes back from paint.
The bed, fenders, bumper probably weigh 250 lbs, since the bed is not double-walled

 

[doorgunner]

Getting extra engine accessories ready to bolt on to spare sbc

nothing is show quality paint since it's going to be a daily driver

 

[doorgunner]

more engine stuff......block hugger headers

Modified and ready to bolt onto engine......

essbeecee (a Cajun friend told me how to spell sbc)

A repeat pic of my Engine Tech at work (Yep...she's actually installing the headers)

 

[doorgunner]

Intake time!

good thang about a '36 Ranger XLT---they gotts a lotta room between the intake & the hood(s)

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

hey that 2.9 has 2 too many cylinders

i thought you were sticking with the v6?

 

[Sunk]

hey that 2.9 has 2 too many cylinders

i thought you were sticking with the v6?

Yeah, I was goona say.... "Those accesories don't look like they belong on a 2.9.."

 

[doorgunner]

I figured you guys were going to count the holes in the block!
I bought an engine hoist from my friend Jeremy, and he says--You gotta take the engine too.

Now the original 2.9 needs fixin---got #2 cyl. w/20lbs. & #5 cyl. blowing green stuff out the gasket above the spark plug hole (why couldn't it be everything wrong on one head).....annnnnnnnnnnnd the electronics are starting to fail one-by-one @ $50 a pop!

While the truck is at the painter(it still runs good enough for the body shop to be able to move it around when they need to)
I'm gonna get the aftermarket Ford engine (350sbc ) running & use it til I fix the top end on the 2.9.
Then the 350 is going in a ski boat (either in the engine compartment or on the end of the chain in the bow)

 

[bronco2guy]

Looks very good and should be alotta fun when done.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

if i read that right....your doing a temporary v-8 swap while you fix the 2.9? wouldnt it be cheaper/easier to just yank a blown 2.9 from the junkyard and rebuild it?