New from Missouri

[falconvan]

Just wanted to say Hi. I'm new to the forum. I'm in Missouri; a little south of St Louis. I've got a 48 Plymouth 2 dr coupe I'm building into a street rod. It's getting a lowered chassis, disc brakes, rack & pinion, and a Dodge Dakota rear along with a 5.3/4L60E combo. I've also got a rat rod made from a 48 Dodge sedan chassis and drivetrain with a 54 GMC cab, and a cut down 65 Chevy bed. I had the chassis and flathead left over from a parts car and the old flathead just ran too good to not do something with it. looks like you guys have some really nice cars on here.

[Young Ed]

That is way cool. How hard was it to put the truck cab on a car frame?

[Taylormade]

Cool. I'm just across the river working on a 50 Dodge convert with a baby Hemi transplant. Maybe we could get together and compare notes. I'd like to see your rack and pinion setup.

RT

[falconvan]

That is way cool. How hard was it to put the truck cab on a car frame?

I had to make a floor with a trans tunnel and build mounts but other than that, not too bad. If you've got a welder and a plasma cutter, you can make anything work! I made a unistrut frame for the bed and attached the bed sides to it. These are really great chassis to work with for building something like this.

[falconvan]

Cool. I'm just across the river working on a 50 Dodge convert with a baby Hemi transplant. Maybe we could get together and compare notes. I'd like to see your rack and pinion setup.

RT

Sure, come on by. I'm in Festus. I'm not totally sold on the way I've got the rack set up, yet. I may end up redoing it before it's all said and done. I just sold a 50 sedan for a parts car not long ago.

[steveplym]

Welcome to the forum falconvan. Looks like you have a couple of neat cars there. I'm not too far away from you as across the river over here in So. Illinois.

Looks like there are quite a few more P-15 owners around here than I thought.

[Young Ed]

Just thinking ahead for the extra p15 chassis I'm about to have. And of course there are a few 39-47 truck cabs around here. Would be fun to have a truck that handles like a car.

[falconvan]

It was a lot of fun to build. Here's a little review:

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[Frank Blackstone]

No one in town has a plasma cutter but we all trade tools at that level of expense. Maybe one of us could spring for it. Sure do like your garage. Welcome aboard. Frank

[falconvan]

Thanks, Frank

I have to thank my wife for letting me build the garage, she's an amazingly tolerant woman! It helps that she really likes the old cars, too. Don't know what I'd do without her. I've been scrolling through the threads the last few days and there are some beautiful cars on here. I hope I can get mine to look as good when it's finished.

[John Mulders]

Welcome aboard !

Cherish that lady !

My wife is not in the car stuf but loves the fact I am doing it.

She enjoys the rides though.

I think a plasma cutter in the hand of an inexperienced person may be dangerous

Looks like you know what you are doing.

Greetings from sunny Curaçao !

John

[Normspeed]

Mopar Flattie in a Chevy! This may be a first.

[BobT-47P15]

Well, Mr Falcon, if you get down to Joplin, let me know.

We could do lunch at Fred & Reds.....have mighty fine spaghetti red there.

We go from time to time. (The better half kinda likes the ol Plym too.)

Bob

[falconvan]

Very nice ragtop, Bob! We'll look you up next time we're down that way.

[Don Coatney]

My wife has a cousin living in Herculaneum. Here is a picture

from there back yard. Will look you up next time we visit the

area. Do you ever go to the races at Ken Schreaders racetrack?

[Tony Cipponeri]

Hey Falconvan, You do some nice work, those floors and firewall look great. Looks like you paint too, that is great. Tony C

[Kustom52Mopar]

Hey Falcon I just saw this post. Welcome I'm from St. Louis as well! Originally Arnold but same county as you anyhow.

You go out to the local cruises??

[Jim Saraceno]

I'm another St. Louisan. I live up in Glendale (right between Kirkwood and Webster Groves).

We have enough members here, we ought to all get together for our own cruise sometime.

What say ye?

[Kustom52Mopar]

I'm another St. Louisan. I live up in Glendale (right between Kirkwood and Webster Groves).

We have enough members here, we ought to all get together for our own cruise sometime.

What say ye?

Heck ya count me in!

[falconvan]

My wife has a cousin living in Herculaneum. Here is a picture

from there back yard. Will look you up next time we visit the

area. Do you ever go to the races at Ken Schreaders racetrack?

No, never have been there. I love this view of the river. My wife and I play in a traveling gospel music group and this looks like the view right out in back of Herculaneum Methodist Church.

That's cool that there are so many locals on here! We need to organize a get together sometime, maybe a little car show/bar-b-que or something.

I'm just finishing up this little truck I put together and took it on a few short hops around town Saturday. Still a few bugs to work out but for a 60 year old drivetrain, not too bad. I'm thinking of diching the Fluid Drive trans and just using the standard three speed I've got. Here's how it came out in the end: