Hey, why mess around with that old beat-up frame, suspension, and sheetmetal? Just order up a chassis out of a catalogue, and have somebody repop a body out of plastic. Then order a 350 crate motor, and all the trimmings: 350 automatic, power steering, electric windows, the works. Then you'll have a true "street rod"--"pre-'48" but no part made before 1990. Pretty, reliable (maybe), surely expensive, but not "the real thing." One thing about these old inlines and that old chassis and sheet metal: they're a lot of trouble, but they are real. Trouble is real, and real is always trouble.
Some of us would rather have a real hot rod, but like the man says, it's "a lot of grief." i'd just as soon go to a dealer and buy a loaded PT Cruiser as to assemble a plastic street rod from modern parts. But . . . let us each do what makes us happy . . . and be happy with the happiness of others.
God's Peace to you.
d
Inliner (for sure!) #1450
