Things are starting to shift (rat rod build 11)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Old crow gets a shifter. Covid 19 craziness is still in full force so I just use what is laying around to get it done.
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From what the Shifters of Southern California created, to this. Things have definitely changed. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a Rat Rod was a traditional Hot Rod that lacked certain elements such as paint and/or upholstery. Those Shifters cars had neat vintage Olds,Caddy,Pontiac, & Flathead engines. Even the owners were a throw back to the 50s with their Ducktail hair , white t-shirts, and rolled denims. Somewhere along the line however, things changed. Rat Rods went from period correct nostalgic time machines, to these Mad Max Warrior nonsensical cars that are purposely built to be rusty, and have several different era's thrown together. People like Welder Up perpetuate this movement. Thank God for magazines like Rodders Journal.
So if not a rat rod, what would you call a car that has rust or patina for a finish and made out of random makes of cars?
@@HardCoreFab Simply put, a pile of rust with no sense or creativity . Following fads is easy. Starting one (and building a period correct 1950s Hot Rod) is a lot harder to do.
@@HardCoreFab We used to call them a Jalopy.
HardCore Fab brother you do you. Dudes like this are probably moderators on the HAMB and hate when you ask a question about something that isn’t period correct. Hot rodding and rat rodding are about using whatever you have to express yourself and be cool! Your build makes sense and it has a theme. It’s the old crow, and I see it all over your truck and in your spirit. As far as a shifter goes, I’d use torch mate to cut one out of flat stock and make it look similar to the old hurst shifters. Then put holes in it to mimic your cantilevers, engine mounts and trans mounts. Technically speaking that’s part of your drive train so why not keep the theme going on your gear shifter like you did on your bracketry? You could always get several old wrenches and use small pieces of thread all with buts on them to connect them together. You could shape it with any curve you want, then weld it in place.
Jalopy was meant as a term of endearment to us and not derogatory. My grandpa probably didn't like them
I hear ya and I also refuse to go to town or online for any parts if I can find junk around the shop to make it out of. After all, who cares, it's a Rat Rod!
Don’t cut up that gun.
How about a small, "CROW-bar"? lol
Hahaha! That's not a bad idea!
Hut you up some Horse Haynes, Bay make real nice shifters
Make a shifter out of a old wrench closed end upwards then you could get medalions made or make some of a crow put in closed end hole or corona bottle caps so you bring corona inside cab also
If you want to go with your gun theme for the shifter. Go to a gun Smith and get a junk cylinder from a 357 or 44 mag. Get some empty shell casings. Weld it to a piece of rebar and there you go. A shifter.
Alt spacer for SBC is what that was.
As far as the shifter goes, maybe an old BB pistol or something similar.
Cool video by the way.
I wonder what Isambard Kingdom Brunel would make of your plasma cutter probably would be more interested in the rat 😆 Another quality video all the best from the UK as usual.
I would not cut up the gun! With your skill you will come up with something cool. Love the truck!
Use an old piston, or make a metal dog bone
You should watch magnet fishing and get in touch with those guys finding those old guns in water and use them.
The shifter could be made on your nice cutting machine with the same design that’s on your front struts curved with the holes in it. But instead of the holes you gotta tag your shop name into it or put old crow cut into the shift arm.
what if you just buy the stock of a rifle and fab the barrel part of it
crow rock raven beer tapper
Get an old fence post from a farm. Maybe wrap some barbed wire around it. That would be sweet. And old crow sitting on an old fence post. Love the build man.
Gday i was thinking that you make a brass crow head but easier option would be a small piston and its period correct and flat bar with lightening holes bigger to smaller at the top .. all the best .
What about a half empty Old Crow whiskey bottle on a brass pipe? I about had a heart attack when I saw that gun! Thinking you were going to cut it up...
Fabricate a crows claw for the top of the shifter.
I hope that you plan to add a reverse and neutral lockout.
I used an old pistol. I threaded it and screwed it onto my shifter
Kind of looks like its the spacer for alternators on GM's for the bottom bolt it bolts righe on the alternator
Please, don't cut the rifle! You'd be better off finding an old single shot 12gauge, and a shotgun fits better to the build. When the truck was new, everybody had a shotgun in their truck. Building your own shifter setup is in the true spirit of the era from the time when the truck was built. You couldn't always go to a store to get what you needed, so you had to rely on ingenuity and your own skills. It's just the way it was. By the way, the shifter setup looks great! Sure hope the wheels show up soon, so we can finaly see the end result!
thats exactly what I have setting here for him! LOL
Old crow was a brand of whiskey during the era of the cabs original run, so mai if you come across some vintage items?????
Cool fabin man. Find an old pistol & stick a rod in the barrel, weld er up. Just think a pistolee would look better. Ha.. .
It's got to be a Crow.Make it out of flat plate built up in cross section.
Make a shifter to match the other fabbed parts; continue the design theme.
CnC cut out a gun and rivet some wood on each side for a stock, you can stack the metal to make it a hexagon barrel and make the trigger look more realistic.
Find an old single shot 12 gauge or a double barrel
In my T I used a long tapered rod " old shifter handle? " topped it off with a WW II dummy pineapple grenade
Howzit man, all the best for your channel, rummage a shifter in your box of bits
Use a axle flange ,
I want to thank you for not cutting up the 22
Please don't cut up that gun!!!!!!!!!!!!
BBC connecting rod or welding lead
I have all kinds of old fun parts.
I think the gun would be too heavy when you hit the gas it shipped down in the first year with all the weight of the gun
How about an old fence post small one with a little bit of barbwire on top .. Looking good very inspiring work .. Keep up the good work and stay safe
Youve got to keep the gun so its still usable but barrel short
Find an old tap handle from a old beer keg.
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Howdie it,s what You Want to do with it Like ya Said it,s crazy still Here in Canada Sk Covid Ain,t Slowin down were I Am From Cold Now so been workin on 28 chevy floor boards 350 Suicide Doors like what ya Doin keep it goin Ya Got This thks for Sharin
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The piece of pipe and buy a cheap gun stock
A flat cam shaft would make a bad ass shifter
Find an old junk gun and keep that one.
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Everyone helps! Thank you sir!
Awesome Work Brother, Sell or KEEP The Gun Find Something Else to Use. Hope You Had a Blessed Week Brother.
Old 1" black pipe with shut off on top ?
How about a crow foot wrench for a shifter handle
That's not a bad idea
Don't chop the gun up maybe use a piston
I'm sure other may have mentioned this but you have an audio problem where your voice only comes out on one channel or in my case only one side of my headphones play your voice the other the music. It's a bit annoying because if I'm laying down thats the side I lay on and don't use my ear bud on that ear normally. Anyway that my problem but the audio issue I just wanted you to know about. Great job with the truck man I'm loving it big fan here!!!!!
yeah audio has been a thing
use a golfclub
Your bracket was for an alternator
lol, it was likely worth a couple hundred when you bought it. I have a tomato stake I will send you a pic of
Gm alternator
Know a blacksmith?
I don't
Don't cut the gun, sell it and fab a pistol grip!
Use a toy gun,a metal one,
Won't the shifter work backwards
Nope it worked out fine!
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A 32 cal. Works great is. I
Sell the gun, buy cool stuff. Find old crowbar, something unique or hammer out an iron crow 🤷🏼♂️
fab up a fake one
sell the gun
IMO ,,, never Kill a Gun!! Also, why so Tall for a Shiftier ? Shorter is better IMO .. Dan
something tall just for the crazy rat fink kind of look
Please don’t ruin a beautiful classic old rifle
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Chop the gun up it will look awesome with that as the shifter!
no, just no, I would love to have one of those old pump .22s.