CustomDave
New Member
Hey everyone, been lurking here for a few days. Finally joined up.
I currently dont own a T. Right now I have a 65 Plymouth Fury III 2 door hard top. Its been a fun car for the past three years, but it was never what I really wanted. I bought it on a whim while trying to find some sort of open wheel traditional style hot rod. After looking at a lot of junk that I didn't have the confidence to build its the only thing I felt confident that I could fix. I have it running good now, still needs some body work and a few other things. But I have just kinda gotten bored with it.
After sitting all weekend at a car show I decided that its time to let the Fury go to someone else, and get to building what I have always wanted. I have never built a car from the ground up, mostly just fixed what needed to be fixed on them. I was thinking that buying a chassis and body kit for my first try at this would be the way to go. I have a welder, but I don't know that I am good enough to weld one up by myself, so I would just prefer I get it from someone who knows what they are doing, and can give me the certificate of origin, or whatever it is called. Easier to title that way too.
Still in the initial stages of looking at kits that are available. I have a family to feed so I have to do this on a pretty tight budget. I also have a busted up 72 chevy with a good running 350 that I hope to pull and use when and if I do get a kit. Other than that just want to build a no frills, bare bones ride that I can have fun with. I want to keep it as traditional looking as possible. But I will be sourcing as many parts as possible from swap meets, and junk yards, so there will be some more modern stuff on it.
Getting really excited to start building what has been a dream car to me. But it will probably be a bit before I get to that stage. Got some stuff I want to finish up on the Fury before I sell it, to get a bit more money for it. Having a bigger budget is always a good thing. Until then I will be hanging around here and soaking up as much info as I can.
Any suggestions on what to look for and what I need to prepare for are always appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I currently dont own a T. Right now I have a 65 Plymouth Fury III 2 door hard top. Its been a fun car for the past three years, but it was never what I really wanted. I bought it on a whim while trying to find some sort of open wheel traditional style hot rod. After looking at a lot of junk that I didn't have the confidence to build its the only thing I felt confident that I could fix. I have it running good now, still needs some body work and a few other things. But I have just kinda gotten bored with it.
After sitting all weekend at a car show I decided that its time to let the Fury go to someone else, and get to building what I have always wanted. I have never built a car from the ground up, mostly just fixed what needed to be fixed on them. I was thinking that buying a chassis and body kit for my first try at this would be the way to go. I have a welder, but I don't know that I am good enough to weld one up by myself, so I would just prefer I get it from someone who knows what they are doing, and can give me the certificate of origin, or whatever it is called. Easier to title that way too.
Still in the initial stages of looking at kits that are available. I have a family to feed so I have to do this on a pretty tight budget. I also have a busted up 72 chevy with a good running 350 that I hope to pull and use when and if I do get a kit. Other than that just want to build a no frills, bare bones ride that I can have fun with. I want to keep it as traditional looking as possible. But I will be sourcing as many parts as possible from swap meets, and junk yards, so there will be some more modern stuff on it.
Getting really excited to start building what has been a dream car to me. But it will probably be a bit before I get to that stage. Got some stuff I want to finish up on the Fury before I sell it, to get a bit more money for it. Having a bigger budget is always a good thing. Until then I will be hanging around here and soaking up as much info as I can.
Any suggestions on what to look for and what I need to prepare for are always appreciated. Thanks in advance!