Manky's Pop.

[VALLEYSBOY]

cracking thread/Pop project luv the concept that yer heading for keep up the good work

[Manky Monkey]

Thanks 
Shaun & I will both be building Pop pickups this Winter, both fenderless, 50s basic hotrod style, re-using as many orignal parts as we can & definitely both on shoestring budgets. So it'll be interesting to see what rolls out of our respective garages in the Spring!
I plan to keep the original tatty brown leather front seats from mine, together with a Bakalite dash from a 40s Ford Prefect & early LandRover or Morris Minor "banjo" steering wheel, both picked up from the NSRA swapmeet in Purfleet earlier this year. I want to spray the bodywork in the pale green used on original Pops.

[Manky Monkey]

Shaun intends to carry his old Panther motorcycle in the pickup bed of his rod, so obviously it needs to be long enough to accomodate it. Something like this, without the mudguards & with a 3 inch roofchop.

[Manky Monkey]

I wanted a 4 inch chop, but after much discussion, agree with him that 3's more practical for everyday driving -enough to show it's chopped without being too claustrophobic or looking out of proportion with the body. It'd be nice to be able to see the sky occasionally when driving! -& traffic lights etc.
I'd like to "Z" the original frame either end of the cab, to drop the cab lower without the need to channel it over the chassis. That'd raise the engine within the body, making it look bigger, as well as raising the pickup bed, making the roofchop look lower. I'd prefer a slightly shorter, sportier looking bed.
I really like the lines of this, but with a slightly more sensible motor!

[TwistedPatience]

Looks like a perfectly sensible motor to me! but then I'm not the most sensible bloke around eh!

[Manky Monkey]

  With that roofchop & inlet stacks he must have about 4 square inches of windscreen he can see out of!

[VALLEYSBOY]

sheesh those plans sound like the Pops of you twos is gonna be well smart,like the idea of the Z setup i like the dropped cab look nice too see some peeps chasing yer dreams u still using the moggy panel,the pickup one? cant wait to see wot the two of u do luv the idea of the pickup Pop versions reminds me of Krazy customs car/bike combo that happens to be green too, well i'll just sit back in admiration

[Manky Monkey]

Yup, we're both using steel Moggy cab backs.
Watch this space!

[panthershaun]

keep watching, it will happen one day if this rain ever stops

[Manky Monkey]

Can't wait to make a start on them.
Shaun reckons he's chopping the roof & sorting all the other body mods first, then strengthening the chassis if it needs it afterwards.
I plan to add some temporary bracing to the body then lift it off in one piece. Rework the chassis -cutting & dropping the centre section then boxing it for strength, adding Sherpa axles & a Ford Consul motor. Then I'll drop the body back on & remodel it to fit.
Will be interesting to see which works out best. 

[VALLEYSBOY]

will that be in the new workshop Manky? or u starting it at loonies?

[Manky Monkey]

New workshop?!
Tazzie's got a wooden shed at the bottom of her garden, where we'll put together her trike over the Winter/Spring. I've got a rented council garage in Basingstoke where I'm piecing together my own trike. The Pop's too big to go in either so will, (hopefully), be done at Lunatic's workshop, (a unit on a farm). As he's a paint sprayer, all the messy stuff will have to be done outside, so the weather will play a big part in how long it takes.

[VALLEYSBOY]

Oh right when i was reading the ideas surrounding tazets place i think you mentioned if the sale works out there may be room to expand that current shed? i maybe wrong or just thinking to far ahead,typical dreamer me

[Manky Monkey]

Yup, some sort of expansion but not sure what yet. Part of the reason for clearing the bottom of the garden this weekend, so we can see just how much room we've got. The cottage isn't ours, it goes with Taz's job, so don't want to invest too much money in it. Also depends on her boss & her neighbours as to how much we can develop it. This is the Surrey countryside we're talking about! -a fully equipped machine shop in the back garden might not go down too well!
The existing shed's the size of a council garage. We can probably put up another the same size & maybe even link them together providing it doesn't contravene planning regs. Can't really build the Pop there but once it's done I'd like some sort of carport to keep the worst of the weather off it.
We'll see.

[VALLEYSBOY]

sounds good anyway with enough scope to continue Manky frames etc and space to park the Pop at least i ahve one open air carport and two corriders lol so could be worse