just bought a...

[Blood Red Eagle]

1936 Chevrolet 4 door sedan, suicide doors.
now to rat rod it..
i'm so stoked right now i'm doin' fuckin cartwheels. that is all.

[weknowhowtolive]

pictures. stat

[Blood Red Eagle]

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[weknowhowtolive]

Looks like a damn moonshine runner, pretty sweet

[Blood Red Eagle]

gunna chop the roof down, lower it, matte/satin black, put in a 5lt v8 power plant, few other mods...

[BigBroMC]

Good shit.

[MAKnuckleBoy]

hot, hot shit.

[Blood Red Eagle]

forgot to mention, the beauty of this thing is at the moment in its origional condition it's a runner so i can drive this old clunker for a while while save cash for the build.

[Skones]

NICE!

Got it on ebay, did ya?

Gonna keep it that shade of blue?

[Blood Red Eagle]

NICE!

Gonna keep it that shade of blue?
nope, matte black straight over the old baked enamel. RATROD!!! ahaha

[BigBroMC]

nope, matte black straight over the old baked enamel. RATROD!!! ahaha

I'll shoot ya out some 1shot and a mack 00 :D

[Blood Red Eagle]

I'll shoot ya out some 1shot and a mack 00 :D
yep. haha. time to bust out the angle grinder, haha.. i got no respect...

[nycskin89]

you sir are one lucky fuck, seems whenever i find anything that old its rusted to shit. I'm working on gettin a '54 dodge coronet, but cant get the old man to sell her.

[BigBroMC]

you sir are one lucky fuck, seems whenever i find anything that old its rusted to shit. I'm working on gettin a '54 dodge coronet, but cant get the old man to sell her.

Yeah, ya gotta look in states that don't allow salt on the roads. I usually can't find shit around here. (like i had time to do anything if I did)

[Blood Red Eagle]

you sir are one lucky fuck, seems whenever i find anything that old its rusted to shit. I'm working on gettin a '54 dodge coronet, but cant get the old man to sell her.
i had the same thing happen with a lambretta tv175. the dude had one leg, had the thing stationary for 40 years or sdo, didnt even know the top speed but decided to keep it after he offered it to me probably only because i showed some interest. i've been watching the scene here and what things go for for quite some time and i paid a bit but about $1000 less than i thought i would. i had to grab this cause its straight, runs, in registration so no holes in the floor or chassis, everything is alread on it (as rebuilds cost a million bux in small bits, they all add up), from what i can see its so straigh that i'll just paint over the old paint after a light sand, i can use the origional front end drive line with the right adapters for some modern brakes, mags and lowering. weld in a cross member to box it off and slip this new engine in with a bolt in kit, sell the old engine, too fuckin easy. i've been laughing to myself all night

[Skones]

too fuckin easy.

Shouldn't have said that...

[Martina]

so, you gonna put Roo-bar's on that thing.

[nycskin89]

Shouldn't have said that...

haha definitely shouldnt have.

[Blood Red Eagle]

Yeah, ya gotta look in states that don't allow salt on the roads. I usually can't find shit around here. (like i had time to do anything if I did)
where this guy is is pretty inland so the salt air hasnt really been attacking it, he aint the origional owner though so who knows where the car has been...

[Blood Red Eagle]

so, you gonna put Roo-bar's on that thing.

hardy har haaa.. nope, i'm gunna rip the bumper it has off it all together..

[Bruiser]

Bah. No rumble seat, not impressed...

It really is a beauty, you lucky devil

[PoundingNails]

hardy har haaa.. nope, i'm gunna rip the bumper it has off it all together..
So what'd the beast run ya all said and done? Congrats man she's a once in a lifetime find it looks like... she all og?

[Dawgnuts]

NICE!

Got it on ebay, did ya?

Gonna keep it that shade of blue?

There is no such thing as a blue rat rod.

[Blood Red Eagle]

So what'd the beast run ya all said and done? Congrats man she's a once in a lifetime find it looks like... she all og?
yeah. i'm even getting the drivers manual.. 8500 au.

[PoundingNails]

yeah. i'm even getting the drivers manual.. 8500 au.
Shit man with something in that good a shape you'd stand to make a pretty penny doing a straight restoration. Prolly go for $60-80 Gs American if you did a nice job. You just dont see cars that old in that good a shape these days.

[Blood Red Eagle]

Shit man with something in that good a shape you'd stand to make a pretty penny doing a straight restoration. Prolly go for $60-80 Gs American if you did a nice job. You just dont see cars that old in that good a shape these days.
yeah, restos are pretty boring tho man and i got a mortgage, so my chances of going better in my price range ever are slim to nill, since like i said i gotta factor in aswell all the small parts which is what you're paying the most for in the end. a chassis and some bodywork is X-amount and thats all well and good, but as we all know, factor in every small detail and you find yourself paying an arm and a leg, so hell, i'm just gunna molest this puppy..

[Skones]

Prolly go for $60-80 Gs American if you did a nice job.

It would probably only go for that if it were kept stock. Fiddling with cars like that severely lowers the value of them.

[PoundingNails]

yeah, restos are pretty boring tho man and i got a mortgage, so my chances of going better in my price range ever are slim to nill, since like i said i gotta factor in aswell all the small parts which is what you're paying the most for in the end. a chassis and some bodywork is X-amount and thats all well and good, but as we all know, factor in every small detail and you find yourself paying an arm and a leg, so hell, i'm just gunna molest this puppy..
Eh, I don't blame you bro. She's gonna be sweet.

[Pride and Loyalty]

Don't chop the roof!

I like em with the bigger windows better... btw, that's definitely a fucking awesome car. The fact that it's still running is crazy!

[IronCityBoot]

How soon till Mrs BRE lets you back in the house?

Sweet Doug, make sure there's no dingo parts still on the undercarriage.

[Blue Blood]

BRE..
If you're gonna chop it,here's my suggestion..

1:Cut car clear in half,right behind the front door pillar,right thru to the frame.
2:Take whole rear of car,move up to front of car,fish-mouth & sleeve weld the frame(obviously,the drive shaft is out,along w/ fuel&brake lines.
3: section roof to graft to rear section,then channel body over frame,say 4-6 inches,basically make the body flush with the bottom of frame.
4: 3" chop front to back.

I built my 55' out of a nice four door,& the doors/q-panels/doorpillars/wheel wells out of a two door sedan...I'll never do that again!

[caspar]

1936 Chevrolet 4 door sedan, suicide doors.
now to rat rod it..
i'm so stoked right now i'm doin' fuckin cartwheels. that is all.ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! sexay!!

[flathead]

1936 Chevrolet 4 door sedan, suicide doors.
now to rat rod it..
i'm so stoked right now i'm doin' fuckin cartwheels. that is all.

congrats, man.:wink:

if that would be mine, i wouldn't change it.

send some picks soon as your project gets started.

[Dutch Raven]

1936 Chevrolet 4 door sedan, suicide doors.
now to rat rod it..
i'm so stoked right now i'm doin' fuckin cartwheels. that is all.

What happened to the friend of the owner that maybe wanted it?

[RuneDK]

That's a damn nice car. It's gonna look so great as a ratrod.

[Blood Red Eagle]

BRE..
If you're gonna chop it,here's my suggestion..

1:Cut car clear in half,right behind the front door pillar,right thru to the frame.
2:Take whole rear of car,move up to front of car,fish-mouth & sleeve weld the frame(obviously,the drive shaft is out,along w/ fuel&brake lines.
3: section roof to graft to rear section,then channel body over frame,say 4-6 inches,basically make the body flush with the bottom of frame.
4: 3" chop front to back.

I built my 55' out of a nice four door,& the doors/q-panels/doorpillars/wheel wells out of a two door sedan...I'll never do that again!
my plan, drive it as is, save cash and pay someone else to do it, i'm workin 60 hrs a week these days anyway so i dont got the time..

[Blood Red Eagle]

What happened to the friend of the owner that maybe wanted it?
someone didnt do what i asked them to do and inturn the price went down $1000. i win. ahahaha

[Blue Blood]

my plan, drive it as is, save cash and pay someone else to do it, i'm workin 60 hrs a week these days anyway so i dont got the time..
Have,you don't have,the time.
hehe

[Blood Red Eagle]

Have,you don't have,the time.
hehe
ahaha yeah.. i'm looking at the chop this way actually man, cut the roof off, cut it in sections at the flatter parts, weld the windscreen and back windscreen parts back on, then just mark what the overhang will be on the flatter parts and cut away. less room for error without the wilder mods.