Features 41-48 Ford and Merc Picture Thread!

What kind of steering column are you guys using. I want to try to keep it as much Ford as possible.

 

A couple of pics I took while the weather was decent...Damn she needs to be painted.

 

Holy Smokes, that's low. Sub-framed?

 

Gr*** needs mowing...
This is the true height (not adjustable)...
Front suspension ....

 

My 48 and a friends 29

 

Dave, I've enjoyed seeing your car posted here on the HAMB maybe I'll get to see it in person one day. By the way, check out the Photoshop work that The Moose has done for me to give the car more of a '40s Taildragger look. ( The Photoshop thread to end all Photoshop threads ) mine starts on page 802 - 805. Later, BigO

 

Please don't mess with your car! Its perfect as it is!

 

Hi

can someone tell me the wheel bolt pattern for a 46 Merc ?
I ***ume its the same as a Ford ,

I have checked Google and I get 3 answers , 5 x 4 1/2 , 5 x 5 and 5 x 5 1/2

I would just go measure it but the car is in storage ,

Thanks for your help ,

 

Thanks. I liked it when I got it of course but after driving it everyday it just doesn't feel like my car, sadly I had to buy it with all the hard work already done, I've never had to do that beforeI've always built my own cars (started building cars in '75) but this is the direction the road of life took me, anything I'll be doing is easily reversible so that's not to bad, but it'll be spring before much gets done. Thanks again, BigO

 

Should be 5 on 5 1/2 as far as I know, mine is.

 

What an adventure that car has been on and has been loved and cared for, thanks for posting all the pics, fist time I saw it was when it was Green and feel in love with it. BigO

 

If it's original it will be 5x5.5 same as Ford trucks up to when they went to 6 bolt

 

A couple more of my tudor.

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After 8 months of trying I finally managed to get my 46 running and driving and the first place I went to was the gas station across the road from where I live, Hey I needed fuel !!! Running a 96 Ford 5 Liter V8 with 3 computers on board and using the whole harness out of the 96 Ford. and I know nothing about electrics, only needed help with a few wires that I had hooked up wrong , now I can get the bodywork done without having to push it.

 

Chopped top fat fender cars never looked right to me, but this one was pulled off nicely

 

Pictures from January 2020,we were at Motorama in Lebanon.

 

BTT, must be some new pics out there. BigO

 

My Dads 48 Ford Sedan in the early 90s. Dads had it almost 50 years .

 

That cars has a nice look to it, thanks for posting it. BigO

 

New tires on the sedan today. Added some rubber rake!

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I like the new look.

 

A couple l used to own

 

Here's mine

 

One of my favorites...

 

^^Old timer "Boy that guy needs new springs his are broke"^^

 

Dixie Delux, my mechanically restored, rod 'n custom project: