Fantasy Projects...

FORDBOYpete wrote: FIAT....? As In Fix It Again Tony? The boys in Italy who bought out Pentastar? HMMMmmmmm???

Have you seen the Deuce Roadster Pete, from Pete & Jakes built for his Dad several years ago? It was in Street Rodder a while back. It's an off the shelf frame & glass replica roadster shell and used Aerostar drivetrain with a knock off dropped front I beam and Aerostar front disc set up. Looked like a great winter project for not too much $$$.
HAh ha ha ha Too Bad we don't get winter here in the BiKiNi State. . . . Else't I had built me one, a while back, myself. Lord Knows I have Aerostar parts to do it. I was looking for a Failed Deuce Roadster project, or a maybe a 27 T Model track roadster somebody could not complete, or hurting for cash. But that's not going to happening any time soon here.

Oh well mind wandering is good exercise isn't it?


CIAO


FBp

Hi Pete,
Glad to see you are hitting the board a little more lately... Your mention of the Aerostar stuff brought me to mind of my second '53 F-100 project. I Mention it here because it may end up being a fantasy project even though I have collected major parts for it. At this point in life time has become both my friend and enemy. As long as I manage to live for another 20 years it is my friend because as a retired person I have more of it. It is my enemy because I will not be able to get all the stuff I'm into done in whatever life span I have left. In the case of this project I have no idea what will happen.

I got the idea about using an Aerostar when I read that some guys were using the front suspension system on the '53-'56 series of F-100's to modernize the steering, front suspension and brakes. I found a '97 with the electronic all wheel drive system. Since I am into 4WD I thought it might be unique to adapt the whole drive train to a custom built rolling chassis to put under my second '53. At the time I was also getting an itch for a '53-'55 panel truck. I soon gave that up because there were only about a tenth as many panels as there were pick ups made. I found two miserable '54s for about the same as the national debt. After that hard dose of reality smacked me square in the kisser I got a wild idea. Since I bought the whole Aerostar I decided that it might be possible to use the back section of the Aerostar body shell to make my own fat fendered panel truck. Here is a picture of what I came up with.



I call it my chick friendly project truck. It would have all the convenience and luxury a woman would want including the automatic all wheel drive and a somewhat economic to operate drive train. I have done a lot of research and checking stuff like measurements and such. The color in the picture is just what was available when it was PhotoShoped. It would actually match my '03 F-350 Dually that is Sonic Blue over Silver. It is very feasible but also a lot of work. I would need at least five more healthy years to get through it. That would make me 70 by the time it was done. That is why I say it could well be just a fantasy. I have collected the parts for the project though. I have both the '53 and the Aerostar with good clear titles which is the hardest stuff to get, the rest I need is in abundance around here.

Later Folks...

tomget wrote:I like the Bonneville/Mooneye hub caps. I've got them on another truck of mine. I even
tested them for looks on my 58F100, but they didn't look good on it to me.

tomget wrote:Bgarrett

Ya for sure. I know the Mooneye truck and that's why i gave it a shot with installing the discs on my 58F100. But for whatever reason it just didn't look as good on mine as it did on there's. And wasn't the Mooneye push truck yellow too? Like your truck Bgarrett?

Tom