RE: Pet peave or Guilty as charged

[ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx]

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Why are you covering your face in the pic Dodger??? Actually, I think 
it's a pretty cool creation and pretty impressive for a 15 yr old, 
ESPECIALLY a first build!!
Jeff
Dodger7998@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> Well I guess that I am guilty as charged in the pet peave contest, or at 
> 
> least deserve the blame for letting it happen,,,,,,,,,,two years ago, my 
> 15 year 
> old son wanted to build a street rod,,,,his income was zero,,,,,,,,,,,I 
> gave 
> him parts that I had laying around just to keep up his 
> interests,,,,,,,,,,these 
> parts included a 46 dodge pickup that I had cut some body parts from,  a 
> 
> cordova rearend, some seats out of a minivan, and the engine and tranny 
> out of one 
> of my old demolition cars (a 351 windsor).  He did all of the work, the 
> cutting welding, painting, I helped him with the fabrication of parts 
> needed to tie 
> it all togeather, but he made the parts and installed them. The truck 
> ended up 
> chopped (top removed) channeled (body lowered 6 inches over frame) and 
> shortened (3 foot taken out of frame), and the windsor engine installed, 
> the only 
> out sorced work done to the truck was the exhaust system.  Total outlay 
> for the 
> truck ended up at $680, which include an IH tractor radiator, the 
> exhaust 
> system, used tires and wheels from a swap meet and cans of spray paint. 
> He was 15 
> 1/2 when it was finished, and had to take me along to drive it in 
> americruise 
> because of only having a learners permit.  Had I known how the truck was 
> going 
> to turn out, I would have probably opted to have given him a small block 
> 
> (mopar), maybe even one of the polys for it, but when it started I did 
> not know 
> where the project would go or even if it would get finished.  But now 
> that it is 
> done, I do not particuilarly want to see it change, because of the 
> memories 
> and bonding that went into this creation.   Anyone that would like to 
> see it 
> can copy and past the link at end of this message, sorry to say it 
> happens to be 
> a pic. of me driving instead of him.
>                                                                           
> dodger
> 
>  http://www.cafebrazzaville.com/americruise2002/car32.jpg 
> 
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> 



Jeff Adams
64 Polara

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