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Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" cables & brake lines

Nudnik — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:59:44 -0600

So I finally got a chance to get back out to the shop & do some more work on my truck last night. I've spent the last few nights helping a friend with a Subaru head gasket job but last night I got a solid 6 hours to work on...

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" Toolbox/Wiring

Nudnik — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:14:08 -0600

I got a chance to spend some time out at the shop today & I made some good progress towards getting "Petunia" on the road again. The truck is now named Petunia because my wife kept saying patina wrong when describing the paint job. Today I was able to get...

Project "RRST" Update

Nudnik — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:21:35 -0600

If you follow me on Facebook then you know that I haven't been doing any Project "RRST" updates because I managed to break the screen on my phone last week. That meant that I couldn't take any pics or post the pics I had already taken. Now that my phone...

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" Transmission Crossmember, Coolant & Wiring

Nudnik — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:26:28 -0600

Today was a really productive day at the shop. I got the transmission crossmember & mount installed which was surprisingly simple to do. I did have to take a few measurements to make sure I got the transmission "centered" between the frame rails but after less than an hour the...

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" Front Clip & Transmission Mount

Nudnik — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:32:55 -0600

I spent some time up at the shop today & while it was another day where I didn't accomplish a whole lot, I did manage to make another big step towards completion. About the only thing I really accomplished today was getting my front clip primed & painted. That gets...

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" Intake & Radiator

Nudnik — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:27:27 -0600

Today I was able to spend some time working on my F-100 project & while I didn't get nearly as much accomplished as I had hoped, I did overcome another major obstacle. Originally, I didn't think rotating the upper intake 180 degress was going to be that big an issue...

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" Radiator & Engine

Nudnik — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:45:28 -0600

Progress on my 1969 F-100 got off to a feverish start due to the fact that I was on vacation last week but obviously life has forced me to go back to work so things have slowed down a little bit. That's not to say that I've stopped making progress...

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" Days 3 & 4

Nudnik — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:54:19 -0600

The last 2 days of work on my F-100 have not been the most efficient and/or productive days of work but I have managed to make some progress towards the end goal of getting the “Rat Rod Shop Truck” back on the road. Day 3 started out with only one...

Project Rat Rod Shop Truck Day 2

Nudnik — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:04:06 -0600

Day 2’s goals for my F-100 consisted of quite a few things but the biggest part of what I wanted to accomplish today consisted of putting some fresh paint on the engine bay & some of the other components under the hood. When I got to the shop this morning,...

Project Rat Rod Shop Truck Day 1

Nudnik — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:32:44 -0600

Project "Rat Rod Shop Truck" day 1 was a success. I got the front clip off, pulled the motor, cleaned the enginebay & prepped it for paint. I ran into a few issues but all in all it went fairly well. Since this is my first F-100, I never removed...