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1934 Ford Pickup - First Time's A Charm

Eric Hill's Homebuilt Hauler
By Jim Rizzo
1934 Ford Pickup Front Left View
1934 Ford Pickup Right View
A great color choice, nice... 
   
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1934 Ford Pickup Right View
A great color choice, nice rake, and a quartet of bias-ply wide whites make Eric's first-time project an impressive accomplishment he should be proud of. And, as is the case of all of us in the same situation, Eric credits his family for their support and patience, and all his friends for their help, as well.
1934 Ford Pickup Engine
Eric spent a lot of time and... 
   
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1934 Ford Pickup Engine
Eric spent a lot of time and effort on his traditional powerplant. It took three blocks to come up with a solid foundation-a '51 239 he bored 0.125 over and fit with a '51 Merc 4-inch-stroke crank, Ross pistons, an Isky cam, valves, and springs. The rare (at least for us down here in the good old U.S. of A.) aluminum Canadian cylinder heads help pump compression up to 10.5:1 for a powerful but high-test slurping flathead. Eric also fabricated adapters, allowing him to utilize a Chevy 409 water pump in place of the dual Ford units with which it was originally equipped. He then backed it with an old Ford top-loader four-speed.
1934 Ford Pickup Cockpit
The pickup's interior carries... 
   
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1934 Ford Pickup Cockpit
The pickup's interior carries on the traditional theme by keeping on the Spartan side. No frills, just a good-lookin' narrowed '36 Ford dash and some nice VDO gauges. The swan-neck shift lever was found in a local boneyard and grafted to a Jeep CJ shift tower Eric installed on the top-loader, which works well moving it forward and away from the front seat base.
1934 Ford Pickup Bed
Since Eric didn't end up with... 
   
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1934 Ford Pickup Bed
Since Eric didn't end up with a bed to go along with the rest of the sheetmetal, he utilized a pair of aftermarket bed sides and a tailgate, and then fabricated the rest of the box and supports to complete the job. He also had 30 louvers punched in the gate.

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