Recent content by alan_d

Well, that is encouraging. You're one of the first to mention that fast with one, I don't need to go that fast, but as long as I could go 55 I would be ok, as I would take it on the highway. Thanks for that V8 flatford8, I needed that! ;) Time will tell what I end up with, but I sure do like...

Gary, I have forgot about you folks here, and did get a couple books. I got the AA Restoration supplement, and I also got another Schild book called "Restorer's Classic Car Shop Manual", I got it for $7 on abebooks. :D It's quite big and covers various classics, but the AA book is more of what...

Sounds like I wore out my welcome...sorry...:o It started out with honest questions about Early V8s, and is ending discussing Early V8s. For me this thread is still the same direction, the one as started and discussed. Seems most pertains to this Early V8 forum...so not sure...seems a fitting...

Adam, You raise a lot of good points. Most I can't argue with, but I've owned old cars before, and even cars from the 50s are an entirely different beast than modern cars. I guess this is why people created hot rods to begin with, to make them drivable on modern roads...:rolleyes: When you...

The above is up to $4k and hasn't met the reserve. Ultimately that's the type of pickup that would work for me. Alan

blucar, Thanks for pointing all that out. It looks like it could be original, but obviously has many changes. The previous buyer I'm told was in Europe and backed out, and the seller says he paid the fees to relist it also... Maybe the buyer realized it had changes to it? Not sure, but I'm...

It's back! I sent the seller a message, and that is a nice truck. All it needs is natural wood stakes, that red has got to go...but what a nice truck... 1934 Ford BB - V8 https://www.ebay.com/itm/372223063357?ViewItem=&item=372223063357

I need to quit looking, up in Brendan's neck of the woods... This would fit my bill perfectly, I wonder how much the reserve is? Most cases the reserve is not met, but you never know...if someone wants it bad enough... What do some of you others think the reserve might be set at? I'm guessing...

Ok, I was thinking it had an 85HP in it, the Ford emblems that are missing on the hood had 85 for them that year, however both are gone. I was only going by what someone else mentioned up higher in the thread, that it looked like it as the 100HP, but I could have mistaken what they were talking...

Indeed. I mentioned above I saw a '39 flatbed on YouTube, the owner had it for many years and mentioned he drove it at highways speeds and had to rebuild the engine after a couple years...he needed 3 rods and bearings. After his rebuild he only uses it on his farm. I certainly want to be...

Yes, I understand what you are saying about the AA/BB, I've come to that conclusion also, they just are not up to being a highway truck which is what I'm after. That leads me to ask if the rear end gearing could be changed to make them more acceptable? My primary concern at the moment is how...

Adam, This is all I would ask of a truck, and I would be happy to drive it 55mph, that is about as far as I would rive, San Jose to Marin...I would mainly use it around Lake County...currently my '97 w/460 would be used to haul stuff up to the lake from San Jose and/or Morgan Hill. I guess the...

Ok, I understand what you are saying now. I was thinking you may have meant that I could use the 1-1/2 ton frame and remove some of the suspension and have a similar frame, but you were more referring to it being similar to the car. Yes, I understand that. The main reason I was attracted to...

Now we're getting somewhere. I wouldn't drive it over Hopland grade, I would take it up 20 and over to Ukiah if I was towing, that goes true for my current flatbed as well. This also helps. I have driven up through Pope Valley a number of times, I never knew about it until my neighbors who...

Annnd...I can't help but post this...I know this is sacrilege, mainly because I have a '97 Ford F-Super Duty, and it has a 460 in it...I am having a difficult time figuring out how he got a 460 in that '39, but there is no question in my mind that it would DEFINITELY go at LEAST 55mph...:p...