Yet another Nova Scotian
 

Hi folks.
I've been an IT instructor at the Nova Scotia Community College since '98.

I've been messing with cars since I was 14 (almost 40 years ago) and used to feed my family for about 10 years that way.

I found that lifting a hard drive is a lot easier on the back than lifting a door off of a dump truck. So, I started working with computers back in '85.

I'm working on a "T" and hope to get good enough to put together an "A" truck eventually.

I doubt if I'll have much to add so I'll probably sit back quietly. Those who know me won't believe that. ;)

Hi Joe and Welcome!:)

Joe, welcome and thanks for the introduction. Hope you enjoy the site and find it helpful. Thanks for joining us. Hope I can remember your name.:D

Thanks Rick and Joe (I hope I spelled that right).
I'm sure I'll find it helpful here. This forum has lots of information and a good reputation. :)

I started building a T roadster pickup about 3 years ago from the frame up. No kit or nice new stuff. 2X3X3/16 tubing, a '27 cowl, a '13 rear section from a phaeton, home-fabbed doors and bed.
It isn't pretty (yet) but it should be as safe as a T can be.

IF I ever get the T running I will start on an A truck I have been gathering parts for. Now I'm mainly missing the doors and the back of the cab.
Parts here are scarcer than hen's gold wisdom teeth so I'll have to try to make them, since my budget is $0.00.

I just got the DVD that David Gardiner sells and now I'm hunting around to see about tools I can make to help the work go better. I watch him using that slapper (flipper I believe he calls it) and think.. I gotta make one of them thar thangs.

A couple of years ago I made an e-wheel and planishing hammer out of junk. And I mean junk.
The surprising thing is that they work ok. Not as well as pro-built ones but for about a 100 bucks I'm happy.
They look like junk though so you won't see a picture of them on here. :o

There. I'll try to keep this as the longest post I make.
Next stop... tool idea hunting.

Hello Joe,welcome to the forum. I am also building a T mine is a '27 on a '32 frame. I am making the body from scratch, I have a thread on here somewhere.

David

Hi David. Thanks for the welcome. :)
Your T is amazing, like all of your work.
Mine won't be so amazing but it's a start.

I've only watched your DVD once so far. A second viewing starts tonight. :)

I've been working on an '87 Ford Ranger (BAD shape but I got it cheap). I finished the rear section of the frame today. Soon I'll attack the bodywork and try out some of your methods.

Hey Gizmojoe, was that you i seen over on tbucketeers? Tried to send you a pm but i couldnt...my internet is being stupid today.

Yup.. I was over there. I don't go on much though and when I do I don't post.
I like things. hmmm...should I put it... less dramatic.
Plus my dollar invested level is low so my stuff isn't as bling-filled as others. ;)

PM away. I'll always reply. :)

where abouts in nova scotia are you? we were on our way to Yarmouth but fate got in the way of that lol, delaying it until next spring.

I never did register over at tbucketeers only have a hotmail adress lol, so i just did a LOT of reading :)

Yarmouth? Seriously?
That's where I am!
By all means let me know if you (or anyone else) head this way. :)

Yes, lots of info on Ts there. I don't have the luxury of unlimited parts or budget so I don't really fit in most places.
I'm a build-it-from-scrap kinda guy.

My e-wheel was built from a piece of 4x4 tubing someone used to make a truck bumper and (laugh if you will but it got me going..) heavy casters with needle bearings from Princess Auto.
It works for what I use it for. :)

Now you know why I don't post my work very much. ;)

I'm the same, i used to have the luxury of having an old school style dump where i used to live, tons of vehicles dumped there that i could access parts fairly cheap. Spent many hours there scrounging parts with my dad lol.

I havent done to many projects yet, i built a utility trailer from scrap lol....it has an old dodge caravan axle & leaf setup from the dump, the frame is made from cross rails from an old pallet racking setup....my fenders are made from an old super 8 sign lol....and the deck is made from decking from an old beaver lumber green house....oh and the tail lights lol, they came from a caravan to.... its a little funny looking but its strong lol. Only a 4x8 but it hauled the front half of a minivan to the dump on its trial run lol.

I downsized most of my tools.....and spare parts i'd collected over the years when we left bc lol. It was to costly to get a uhaul to go across canada was going to run me around 8000 in total :S figured i'd could replace or rebuild new tools once i got out there :)

Have you read the gingery books? I found them online a while back, there's some interesting stuff in them. I plan to build a T....just still trying to decide how i want to build it lol, luckily i have some time before i plan to start :) For the mean time I'm doing a lot of reading,etc :)

How far along are you on yours? I have a ton of questions lol...hopefully i'll be able to pm soon, for some reason the campground here wont let me get into the control panel,etc :S what about inspection? Are you allowed to weld your own frame there? when i looked into it in BC i had to have a certified welder do it...I havent looked into it here in alberta tho ( regulations from what i'm told here are pretty lax ).

Ya.. we had a dump or.. the spare parts depot as I used to think of it as.
sigh. Times change.

Your trailer sounds like my kind of fun! :)

I can only imagine how rough moving and not being able to take stuff with you was. 8000. ouch.

No, I haven't read those books. I'll check them out.

Ts are fun. I built the frame, pieced together a body from junk (re-skinned or built most panels), mocked up front and rear suspension and set an engine and trans on for fit.
It's a rolling chassis.. mostly.

As for laws... it's a pain. There are ways to do it legally but it's not simple.
One way is to have a pro weld the frame and a provincial inspector check it over. We have to get the inspector from New Brunswick. He doesn't like hot rods or straight axles so we try to avoid him.
We also have fender laws. So I'll be beating some out of metal if I get good enough. ;)

I sent you an email instead of a PM. Let's see if that works.

got it :) emailed you back

Hey, Joe,
Good to see you found your way here. You'll find lots of good information and friendly people on this site. Keep working on your "T", it's a lot more fun than your Ranger :D

Thanks Joe, I hope it helps. Yarmouth is just up the coast from me (Great Yarmouth UK that is)

Cheers,

David

Hi Fred...
Yes, a good group.
T = fun. Ranger = work. But I'll have a truck. :)

Funny guy! ;)
You have a "Great" Yarmouth. My Yarmouth isn't as great as it once was but it's home.

If I can ever get the mechanicals done on the truck I'm working on, I have a lot of bodywork to do to it.
I will make the outer panels for the box and try to make the fender "flares". I say flares for lack of a better term. The '87 Ranger bulges out around the wheel wells.

I bought an air operated palm-nailer months ago with the intent to make some attachments to use it like a small planishing/shaping hammer. It works quite well messing around. Hopefully it will save me some time along with elbow and hand pain.
Also.. I really do want to build a slapper/flipper.
So much to do. Never bored.