| After owning the
car 17 years myself and putting off completion of
the project reaching a point where most of all
the major items had been fitted or installed. In
2005 it was time to start finishing what I had
started years earlier. That sounds all good and
well until one hears the plan for summer 2005.
The car was resting in a single stall in a
community garage. A single stall, dirt floor, no
electric with only about 2-1/2 to 3 feet of
walking space around the car when it was in it.
This meant all work would have to be completed
outside in front of the garage stall on the
pavement. Now the element of old school rod
building like we did when we were kids working on
each other's cars in the driveway planning around
the weather. Fortunately looking back the summer
of 2005 for us here in N.W. Pennsylvania was
wonderful warm weather with few showers thru the
summer. |
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| One last mountain
to climb! The goal was to take basically a
rolling chassis with a body resting on it! And
make this Rod road worthy by the end of summer!
When I say a rolling chassis I mean nothing had
been connected, steering, brake lines, all the
wiring, the motor had never been tested, no drive
shaft etc. |
To keep the story short I know although many
people never said this I was thought of as a
little insane to have thought that I might be
able to pull this off mostly by myself with some
guidance from a few friends who were also Street
Rodders.
On June 25th the project kicked off and the
actually work began after a few weeks of cleaning
out the packed garage stall that incased the old
rod. Sorting thru an inventory of parts, which
filled the car near to the roofline from the dash
to the whole trunk compartment. Although an
insane notion as this was the old 38 finally
became street legal very close to the end of
summer.
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