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My Father just phoned me to inform me that his 37 chevy truck was totally destroyed in a fire. His garage, tools, everything, total loss. Spark from wood fired boiler. Interesting lesson here for the guys on the forum. Because the truck was semi finished and not licenced yet, he had not bought insurance. I know he should have known better, but sometimes when you are not using the vehicle, you do not even think of storage insurance or even just fire and theft. Same garage the Essex would have been in had he not given it to me a few years earlier! He wants to get right back in the saddle with another project. I think I have one for him. You have heard the stories of old farmer with hidden cars right, well I have one for you. Me and a buddy were over at another friends place checking out some war era army jeeps that he had bought and I was making a comment like " not too much old stuff left around" and he says, that he had bought the property a few years ago and the owner had some stuff stored in the chicken coup on the back of the property and he thought there was a 20s something car in there. I whip back there in a flash and find guess what 1929 Model A Roadster Pickup!. Sitting there, top rotted off, but all complete, air still in some tires, motor will turn with crank, basically complete truck. Even has tailgate attached. Told my Dad about it and we are in the process of haggling a deal with the old farmer. Have already located a flathead and are going to build a highboy style 50's hotrod out of it. Cool eh! 10 minute drive from the house. I am not a Ford guy, so can anybody fill me in on the interchange of parts to modifiy the existing frame and suspension like they used to do? Like using the A axle and turning the spring around and adding disc brakes and such?