Hello, my name is Randy and I reside in Greenfield, Iowa.
I came to this forum with a desire to learn more about shaping some metal. I have a big interest in old cars and just about anything mechanical with some age on it. I'm not real interested in the new stuff. My interest in cars has prompted me to buy several older vehicles over the years. Most are still pretty much in the state I bought them but I'm reaching the age that if I don't start on them soon I might run out of time before I get them done. Maybe I went wild with the buying, I don't know.
The best of my collection of old vehicles is my 1941 Chevy Master Deluxe 2-door sedan. It's not perfect but it's a lot of fun to drive around. I've had it in several parades and a few car shows.
If it dries out this afternoon I should go out and put the starter in my 1987 Chevy El Camino. I should be driving this one soon but it does need some bodywork. Yes, it's sitting in my back yard.
I have a 1969 Lincoln Continental and while it isn't perfect it is also a lot of fun to drive around. It would be fun to do the bodywork it needs sometime.
I have a 1965 IH Scout along with a 1963 that I bought for parts. I've been thinking I'd be having some fun with the Scout for several years now but things move slowly at my place and I work a lot of hours.
Hopefully I'll get around to my 55 Ford Courier. Completed versions of it dance in my head. My wife called it a life sized model car when I brought it home. I have several 55-6 Fords, one of my favorite cars including the 56 my parents bought new and the 55 that I bought when I was 16, that one is still sitting in the shed where I parked it when I was 17. That's the sedan delivery sitting on my 1972 Ford truck the day I brought it home.
My 1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan the day I brought it home. It's hooked to my daily driver 1986 Ford F250. I won't put up pictures of all my 55-6 Fords since it will get a little redundant. But as another forum put it, "with no pictures it didn't happen", so I thought it was appropriate to post pictures on the introduction.
I had to have a shoebox Ford so I bought this 1950. My uncle had a 49 2-door that he put a Thunderbird engine in and I remember that thing would fly when I was a kid. That is my 1940 M Farmall behind the 50.
I should work on my 1959 IH pickup this summer. I got the stuck engine freed up on it last year. Needs some bodywork and patch panels are hard to find for this. I do have a 1958 one ton for parts.
I have more stuff that I want to work on sometime but it would take a lot longer and I've probably exceeded the allowable space for an introduction thread anyway. If you've taken the time to read down this far you get the idea anyway. I'm getting pretty interested in banging on some metal.