1938 Ford Truck 1936 1937 Gasser Hot Rod Rat Rod Project Drag Race 303 Olds on 2040-cars

Chassis-

   The truck is built on a 37 Ford truck frame with a 39-40 Ford front axle and brakes with split wishbones up front and a mid 60s Pontiac Posi-trac rear axle and ladder bars in the rear. Both front and rear axles have the old school transverse leaf springs, still needs shocks mounted front and rear. The rear axle is massive and has huge 12 inch brakes; a 15 inch wheel barely fits over them. It is also a posi unit as it has the tag on the filler plug.

    The frame still needs some finish work; I would probably box the inner frame rails or at least reinforce them where the wishbones and steering box mounts for added strength.

    Brake components are all there, front and rear, but need gone through. I am including a frame mount brake pedal and an under dash setup that could work also.

   Wheels up front are 15 inch early Ford with New Coker bias ply - Rear wheels are 15inch GM steel with Vintage NOS Foremost AFX Drag slicks.

Motor/Trans-

    The motor is a really nice 1950 Olds 303 that we took apart and it was really nice inside, looked like a low mileage motor or had been rebuilt before it was parked. We put in all new gaskets, new timing chain, new water pump, took the heads clear apart and lapped the valves and put in new valve seals. Then we added a vintage 3 carb Edelbrock manifold, new plug wires and test ran the motor on an engine stand and it ran great! It is only running off the center carb, it will need linkage and all that. The valve covers on this motor are white porcelain coated which is really cool, not sure if that was a factory thing or if somebody had it done, but I have never seen that before.

   Also comes with custom built headers that need a little finish welding.

   The transmission setup is a conversion in progress going from automatic to manual.  I found a Cadillac manual bellhousing which bolts right up to the Olds motor and I have a vintage Schaffer Aluminum flywheel but it still needs some work to get everything to work together, we machined a little off the bellhousing but it is still a little too deep and will require a longer throwout bearing or you can save yourself the trouble and just buy the aftermarket bellhousing from Bendetson and be done with it. I think it's about 400 bucks, then you can bolt any Chevy manual trannny on you want. Currently we have a 57 Chev manual three speed on it.

Body-

   The cab is a 38 Ford that has been chopped and we also channeled the floor a couple inches so it sits down over the frame a bit more. Perimeter of cab floor has been reinforced with box tubing but the sheet metal work still needs done. The cab itself is really pretty decent, just a little rust coming through on the bottom of the passenger door. We have the glove box door and back window garnish molding that needs to be chopped still as well as a really nice windshield frame that will need cut down as well.

    Truck also comes with a nice 36 Ford truck grille and an original 38 Ford truck hood - what I wanted to do was fit the front of the 38 Ford hood to the 36 Ford grille and cut a hole in the hood for the air cleaners to poke through. It would look bitchin' if you wanted a hood on it. A guy would still need to figure out a core support/radiator to mount the grille to, might even be able to do a stock type radiator as well and mount the grille that way.

      The bed is a 36 I believe, we shortened it about 8 inches, has the original Ford script tailgate and hinges.

  Truck comes with a bunch of other vintage parts as well including a full set of vintage Sun Gauges with a Stewart Warner speedo, a vintage Fenton fuel block, 12 volt Generator, new 12 volt voltage regulator, 36 Chev truck steering wheel, Old Ford headlights and a bunch of other stuff, see pictures.

 So if you are looking for a traditional Hot rod project, here it is - still needs a lot of work such as floors, wiring and all that, but an awesome start that looks right and has a lot of Vintage hard to find parts.

   Truck is Titled as a 37 Ford truck and comes with a clear Washington state title. See pictures and Video and feel free to ask questions.

  Buyer responsible for shipping/transport arrangements, we will help in any way we can - Payment of Cash in person or Cashiers check within 5 days of sale. Sold as is 

Happy Bidding!