1952-59 Ford 1953 Ford Customline

althoug my english is bad, i will post here some pics of my 1953 Ford Customline

8 Month ago i have decided to repaint my car and put the airride out because flatblack ****s since new Mercedes and other new cars drive around here with this Color and the airride because of the law.
here are pics bevor i chanced the Color to brown









the Color getting worse (because of the sun)

 

It looks like a cool car.

 

will post more pics the next days

 

Very nice car. What hubcaps are those?
Might be going to the Weil Am Rhein Road Devils CC WAR2015 meeting in August. Very close to Basel.

Regards

 

this hubcaps are from a 1952 kaiser

 

a Buddy has helped me with sanding and painting (he`s a professional painter).

 

i`m verry happy with the result when the car came out of the cabine

 

That is one fine looking business coupe!

 

X2, very nice.

 

Shiny....

 

after the paint was finished my original Ford-o-matic broke down. so i bought me a aod ****** off a 1995 Ford Mustang. i bought that Transmission because it`s a 4 gear Transmission and the gear Ratio of the 4th gear is 0.67 instad of 1:1 of the original ******.

 

as a result of this restructuring i bought me also this parts:

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Flathead-V8-to-Ford-C4-Transmission-Basic-Adapter-Kit,11051.html

i also bought the starter 49FH Ford/C4 Auto. Part Nr UP49838 (cant`t find this part on speedway right now)

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Lokar-COS6AODAN-Nostalgia-Cable-Operated-Shifter-Ford-AOD,43368.html

the selector shaft arm of this kit was wrong so i ordered this selectoer shaft:
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Lokar-ATA-1001-Ford-AOD-Selector-Shaft-And-Arm-5-16-Slot,67502.html

at last i needet the kickdown cable:
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Lokar-XKD-2AODHT-Black-Hi-Tech-Ford-AOD-Kickdown-Cable-Kit,67688.html

 

the Transmission Adapter kit works fine. everything is bolt on without Problems.
here`s the instruction from speedway:
http://static.speedwaymotors.com/pdf/916-28901.pdf

 

for me the Transmission tunnel was to narrow so i cut the whole tunnel out and made a new one.

 

of course before i done that i made a new Transmission crossmember

 

i hope you understand what i write i know my english is bad but i never learned it in School.

 

Gurru,
your English is just fine as is your Customline.

 

Very nice! Dont sweat the English we all speak hot rod here. Love the new color. Also digging the roof rack. Would love to find one for my wagon.

 

Ssswweeet!

 

I'm diggin' it!!

 

wow

 

Since you have a 1995 AODE I guess you be needing this: http://www.usshift.com/ Since that is a computer controlled transmission.1993 and earlier transmissions were non-computer,more info can be found here: http://www.becontrols.com/aode.shtml

 

huh, i was wrong: it`s not a 1995 aode ******, it`s a 1989 Ford Mustang 168kw, 5.0 ******

 

That's good it's an '89 no electronics to mess with,the AOD is very sensitive to having the pressure set correctly there are some good youtube videos on that available.Get the throttle pressure wrong and you will fry it in minutes.

 

Really nice... love the color and everything else you've done.

 

What is that front grille bar from in the third picture you posted? Are you going to reuse it?

 

Great looking car. HRP

 

Realy like your car and the color.