I'm Terry, age 58. I live in Essex Junction, VT. Married, 7 children, one (17) still at home, plus one daughter (29) that keeps bouncing back.
I've never build any hotrod before, but I'm not a stranger to autos. I've rebuild some engines during the years, so I'm looking forward to assembling my 440.
My education lead me into being an electrical engineer, which I haven't done for years. Presently, the wife and I take care of two handicapped people through a state agency. They live with us 24/7. These are mentally disabled and wheelchair bound. We've been doing this for over 20 years, so it feels normal, but it does greatly limit much, if any traveling, so going to car shows is pretty much out of the picture except for the yearly one here in Essex Junction.
However, I may not be able to travel all over, but I'm still going to build myself a T-Bucket.
I've plenty of skills I've learned over the years. I worked for my father at Titan Trailer, Corp. in Woodland, CA. Learned all about working with steel: cutting, welding, parts fabrication, etc. None of my skills were auto related directly, but close enough as far as I'm concerned.
As it stands right now, I haven't actually started a bucket, but I have been working towards it. I've pretty much have all the parts for my 440 and 727 tranny. The block has been bored and is ready for assembly. I have heads, crank, Edelbrock intake and carbs (2), cam. I don't want to assemble it until I've mocked up my frame and body. I've also got a corvette rear-end I bought over a year ago.
I'm getting a
K&S Customs, Stretch boby with door, but I won't receive it until April 08. That gives me plenty of time to save up for it, and get my garage ready to working on the car.
I have a whole buch of remodelling I'm doing on the house, and the garage, so I can't really do much until next year anyway. So even though the car building hasn't truly begun, I've been accumulating parts for a few years for building this puppy. Purchasing the body, in my view, is the tipping point that says I'll be at the no turning back point, and construction has begun.
Now, I hope when I get this completed there's still gasoline available, and if there is, I hope it isn't $10+ per gallon.
Anyway, happy to be here. :lol:
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