Projects Pics of my 1922 franklin hope you enjoy

Amazing car and they had excellent chassis and steering for the day. Steering and axle were often used in race cars as others have pointed out. The full elliptic springs give rearward compliance, an idea others did not figure out until the late 30s or later. Wood frame was resilient and absorbed a lot of vibration and noise.

The upshot was, you could cover more miles in a day in a Franklin, than in more powerful cars with bigger motors and higher top speed.

A lot of original thought and engineering went into the Franklin.

PS if the frame is showing its age, blueprints are available from the Franklin club. The frame rails are not very hard to replace if you know how to do it.

 

Man, you found a gem. I like your idea of getting it on the road and showing it. It is really too cool to hot rod. Most of all enjoy it and have fun.

 

What an amazing find. Thanks for posting the video. This is a real time machine.

 

Reminds me of my first restoration project. A '29 Franklin Victoria. It was a true barn find much in the condition of yours. This was the mid 70s. Join the H.H. Franklin Club for lots of help

Photos during Restoration:

 

Congratulations on a rare find,it looks like is in amazing condition. HRP

 

A wooden frame and still in good condition, wow. That's something. Interesting car by the way.

 

That is what we are working for since we got the motor working and the lights we are now working on getting the gas tank back on and then a little work on the interior and the tires on that we are hopping will be getting next month.

 

Very nice job on the restore how long did it take you to do all that work.

 

What a nice Franklin. I am from the Syracuse NY area and my Grandfather was an
Upholsterer at the Franklin Plant in Syracuse.Who knows, maybe he Upholstered
your car. I still have his Plant Lapel Pins and Upholstery Bag with his tools inside.
I agree with your son, restore it and enjoy it (I can't believe that I just typed that).

VR&C.

 

very cool, keep us updated.

 

WOW What cool piece of history in such fine condition too. Thank you for sharing. My dad had a Franklin way back in the early(war time or even before the forties). I haven't a clue as to what year tho. How did you beat J. Leno to that one? heh heh he

 

Very nice find, I'm glad to see you're going to take good care of her.

Just imagine all the careful assembly work, quality engineering and materials that went into building that car over 90 years ago, such that it could be fired-up from an over half-century long sleep and still run so well.

That air-cooled six-in-a-row is such an unusual feature, doing anything other than restoring this car and keeping it 100% original would be a crime.

Good luck with it, I really enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos.

 

Thank you after reading your title I can't be leave that you said that but it is funny you did being a hot rod man

 

Thank you will do once we get the tires we will take out the camera and take you all for a ride.

 

Hi bob to let you know how I got it was I'm a contractor and the man I bought it off of needed a new roof on his house so I swapped him for the car and some cash did not know if it would run are if it was even any good as far as the wooden frame goes but after getting it and bringing it out in to the light I could not be leave how good the car was.we will keep you guys up to date on the progress. Thanks again

 

Thank you and we will keep you up to date on the progress.

 

very very nice! thanks for sharing!

 

Its pretty rare to see HAMBers tell you to restore a car. I agree its too nice to build into a hot rod. Looks incredibly complete and in great shape.

 

Isn't this the customs thread, No offence but all this talk about restoring stuff first thing on a monday morning without enough coffee has lost me

 

Sorry pgj if I have this in the wrong thread I'm new here and if I'm in the wrong thred I'm sorry I will try and fix it to be where it should be thank you

 

My '29 took 4 years. Did everything myself except for the paint & upholstery. I had less than $2,000.00 in the car and sold it for $8,000.00. The good old days.

 

Try the AACA. Great website and they have a Franklin section. You can get lots of help there and also the H.H. Franklin club/site. I hope you can stay here on the HAMB also with updates. Good luck with your restoration.

 

No worries, not trying to be a jerk, just not a custom!

 

Very nice!

 

A Franklin starts out looking like a full custom--if you had customized a "normal" 1920s car in the 1920s.

There's a Franklin museum in Tucson....they have several to look at. Amazing cars.

 

This is a real find, loved viewing the pictures, good luck on the car, thanks for sharing.

 

Nice!

 

Cool car. Glad you brought it here.

 

Thank you