yjwrangler95
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I'm new to the site, I generally build jeeps and have a passion for working and buidling things with my own hands. I wanted to share my progress on my current project. This was my Grandpa's car/truck, he bought it a little over 30 years ago. It started life in Tampa, FL as a 1928 Ford Phaeton and in the early 30's someone completed a Huckster conversion on it. I have some pictures of it when he brought it home I'll dig up.
In 1990 in its "original" Huckster state, it was sucked out of one of his barns by a tornado and mangled pretty bad. I insisted on putting it back together and he agreed. We had a fella build a metal frame in Huckster fashion and my grandpa being an interior finish carpenter wrapped it in oak. We used oak hand rails recycled from the local convent remodel and rough sawed oak from a friends woods. It was planed and fitted. That was the stopping point of the refinish. He lost interest and I was to young to do it on my own.
Fast forward to now. It was put in my position 6 years ago, but life got in the way. I'm now getting back to working on it. It is a driver and the purists probably won't like the direction its going, but it is somthing my grandpa and I are working on together. Luckly at 83 he still gets around and is dang good and telling me how to do things! Here are a few pics. I'm working on finishing up body work, and getting ready to paint. I'll update teh thread as I continue to move forward. Hope you all enjoy it as much as we do.
In 1990 in its "original" Huckster state, it was sucked out of one of his barns by a tornado and mangled pretty bad. I insisted on putting it back together and he agreed. We had a fella build a metal frame in Huckster fashion and my grandpa being an interior finish carpenter wrapped it in oak. We used oak hand rails recycled from the local convent remodel and rough sawed oak from a friends woods. It was planed and fitted. That was the stopping point of the refinish. He lost interest and I was to young to do it on my own.
Fast forward to now. It was put in my position 6 years ago, but life got in the way. I'm now getting back to working on it. It is a driver and the purists probably won't like the direction its going, but it is somthing my grandpa and I are working on together. Luckly at 83 he still gets around and is dang good and telling me how to do things! Here are a few pics. I'm working on finishing up body work, and getting ready to paint. I'll update teh thread as I continue to move forward. Hope you all enjoy it as much as we do.
