1952-59 Ford My 56 Build thread. (Lots of pictures)

I thought I would post all my pictures in one thread to show progress on my car.

Here it is when I bought it from Rice, Tx.





It has the straight 6 with a 3 on the tree. That lasted a few months then I swapped in the 5.0l from my Pinto.






Mounts before and after.






In with the new.



Fox body Mustang 5.0l mounts.






I made a transmission mount.



Hedman headers.




I had originally installed a Griffin radiator, Spal fan with my Ford Motorsport short street rod pump and pulleys.


This has served me well for a few years now. I want to install A/C this summer so I felt it necessary to upgrade the cooling system even further for the extra load. I added a larger crossflow rad from Northern Radiator.


New lower rad mount.




Ready for install.

 

looks good! keep on buildin!

 

looks great man. good job. cant wait to see more..

 

Mad skills Jay.

 

Well I have been making some radiator changes to the wifes T bucket so not much progress on the 56 this week. I did manage to get one step closer and finish the rad support.I just need to finish the condenser mount, wire in a fan controller and we will be in business.

 

Turned out good Jay

 

Finally almost finished with my new rad install.

 

Well I have made a few more changes lately. I installed some new front end parts as well as the aerostar springs. I posted pics in this thread here.

I have also been working on my doors. I sanded the insides then applied some silver Por 15 to seal them up. Then I applied a layer of Dynomat extreme to help kill any vibrations. Sorry it is hard to get good pictures inside the door.



Then I applied a layer of Second Skin Audio luxary liner to help with the noise. It is 1/2" thick high density foam that is glued on top of the dynomat.
http://secondskinaudio.com/noise-barrier/luxury-liner.php


Then I installed power windows from Nu Relics. These kits are more expensive then most but they are a direct bolt in and use GM motors. They were easy to install and worth every penny.






I broke the pin on the vent window so I need to dis***emble it for repairs so I don't quite have everything back together again but soon. The down side is I will need some new gl*** because there is no way I can get it out of the vent frame without breaking it.