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Offline JakesBackyard

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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2008 7:40 pm »
I think they still call it a "rake"....but I like the term "tail draggin" my self.  :)
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2008 8:04 pm »
If you don't get the "rake" you want I guess you could always rise the front a bit as wrong as that sounds.
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2009 10:01 pm »
I had another thread on bagging the 4d but I’ll  stay with this one. I redid the top mount so it would set and ride lower. I hate do over’s but I seem to have a lot of them. Any way I cut out the top of the old coil spring mount, made new top mounts and then boxed out the floor to cover them. I also had to redo the cross member to clear the rear end ( no pic ).
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2009 10:07 pm »
When aired out it's against the frame, can’t go any lower without “c’ing “ the frame. I’m trying to get that fifty’s, sixty’s look so this should be low enough.

Also the back bumper has been moved in about 1 ½ in and a 52 Chevy front bumper guard/license plate holder was modified to fit than sent in to be chrome plated.  I had new exhaust installed by Dave Barth here in Bismarck, if you need exhaust work he the guy to see. The last 2 and a half feet of the exhaust is stainless steel.You have to furnish the stainless steal pipe.
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2009 10:42 pm »
I like it. Purty good lookin' Chebby!:)

Got any more of those bumper guard/license surrounds laying around?
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« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2009 12:31 am »
I didn't get a close look at it in Watertown but the black skirts and hood sides kick ass! Really set it off just right. What are the port holes from?
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2009 2:45 am »
still looks level to me
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2009 3:21 am »
It Looks Much better Tom.  the work you have done to change that thing around is looking really good.
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2009 1:34 pm »
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I like it. Purty good lookin' Chebby!:)

Got any more of those bumper guard/license surrounds laying around?


Yes I do. It cost 176 bucks to have mine plated. You still intrested??
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2009 1:40 pm »
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still looks level to me


Ross , here's a `40 Chevy that was built in the fifty's also a `40 Ford ( not sure when it was built ), that's the look I'm after, not the 2009 look.
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2009 1:48 pm »
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I like it. Purty good lookin' Chebby!:)

Got any more of those bumper guard/license surrounds laying around?


Yes I do. It cost 176 bucks to have mine plated. You still intrested??



Yup.  How much?  

Are you having it plated in St. Cloud?  

Also..Are those stock 40 Chev. Bumpers? Can you measure them for me (straight across from tip to tip)?

Thanks......Jake
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2009 2:15 pm »
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I didn't get a close look at it in Watertown but the black skirts and hood sides kick ass! Really set it off just right. What are the port holes from?


The black is DP90 sealer to cover the primer, in time the car will get a new paint job.

The port holes are `50 Buick, if I have my info right they are the only year Buick had them on the hood. The other years they were on the fenders. The port holes were used with the idea that's something a guy would have done back in the day, try to make his poor Ford or Chevy look like one of the high end models. They just happen to also vent the engine compartment.
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2009 2:55 pm »
Yup.  How much?  

Are you having it plated in St. Cloud?  

Also..Are those stock 40 Chev. Bumpers? Can you measure them for me (straight across from tip to tip)?

Thanks......Jake[/quote]

Jake, check this link, might be the way to go.
http://www.brizbumpers.com/guard.htm
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2009 3:39 pm »
I've looked and thought about the Briz Bmprs., but just not sure I like them.  The price is reasonable, but I'm just not excited about the look.  I'd really like '41 Ford Deluxe bumpers, but they're tough to come by and big bucks when you find them.  So I've been leaning toward 39 or 40 Ford bumpers, but I do like yours.

So how much for the surround and can you measure your bmprs?  What year are the bmprs.  I'll have to check out Chevs. of the 40's.  I'm just not sure I can come to grips with using that off brand stuff on my Ford. :)
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Re Do the 4De
« Reply #29 on: October 02, 2009 4:33 pm »
Just say no to the Briz bumpers.............. 41 Deluxe bumpers must be as hard to come by as the 41 zepher front bumper I am looking for.
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