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  1. JHodges

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    The guy I bought the 2 grabbers from has a bunch of cars. Today we bought a nice 1951 F-1 with a 283 powerglide and a 1976 F-100 with a 302 c4. This is just parts. He had a rusty old mail jeep there and I asked him about it and said I could have it for free. The thing is very rusty there floorboards are totally gone. I thought about just cutting the old body off it and putting either a 2300 pinto motor and 4 speed on it or a 302 C4. Just build something to have fun on. Basically a go cart on steroids
     
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    theyre right hand drive too right? that should be cool
     
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    yep. This is just an idea of mine. In reality theres a 50/50 chance of me doing this. I have a few to many projects
     
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    PAINTANK Cometosis Obsessivus

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    Mad Max it!
     
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    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    That would be cool... I've got a 2001 Ranger chassis that was flipped over and then basically stripped to just a rolling chassis with what's left of the cab still there. I've been thinking about cutting the smashed roof off of it and throwing in the old V8 (350?) out of an old Oldsmobile we have sitting around up in NC. Get some old muddin' tires and put on it. That would be fun to play with in my grandpa's fields up in NC. :)
     
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    is it the "go devil" flat head 4? if so, how much you want for the motor?
     
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    its an old strait 6. This thing is rusty. There valve cover is eat up
     
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    if you want to see it I can email you a picture if you could upload it for me to this post
     
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    nah, if it was the 4, I'd be interested. I'm getting readyo to start a restoration on my dad's 52 willys wagon, we have a motor, but it never hurts to have a backup
     

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