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Discussion in 'New to the H.A.M.B.? Introduce yourself here!' started by BoilermakerDave, Mar 4, 2016.

  1. I've always had good luck with impulse buys, but this one might have broken my streak. While visiting relatives last winter I did my standard tour through my uncle's wrecking yard and spied a shoebox Ford with louvers on the hood - a '50 Club Coupe with a '51 hood and Chevy grille with a few extra teeth. Oh, that's cool. It has a flathead (that runs like a champ!) with Red's headers and Smithy's glasspacks. I snapped a photo and went on my way, looking at other cool stuff.

    After getting home I couldn't stop thinking about the car. A couple months later I called my uncle and settled on a deal that I thought was great, so I sent him a check. After a long wait, a trailer was finally headed to southern Nevada from northern Oregon, pulled by a friend from Arizona. So I finally got my dream car.

    I have rescued a lot of cars from the crusher in my time, most of them not worthy of the H.A.M.B., but I'll mention them here: a '52 Ford 1-ton dually (my first car) with a swapped-in 352; a '52 Chevy 1/2-ton pickup with a '54 235 I-6; a 54 International (yeah, I was a country boy, lotta pickups back then). Okay, then I got civilized: '67 Simca; '65 Mustang; '71 VW bus; '67 Cadillac Calais; '79 Jeep CJ-7; '86 Bronco; '96 Thomas school bus being turned into a camper...

    Okay, you get the picture, I'm no stranger to a wrench. But this shoebox Ford could test my limits. My uncle told me over the phone that it would need new floor pans. Well shee-it that was an understatement, but I can't really blame him - he's got about four hundred cars, so he can't know all of them too well.

    So here I go. It's a coupe, so it's worth saving. It will never be a beautiful restoration, at least not on my budget, but I will make it cool through hell or high water. I want to drive it sometime before I die. photo 1.JPG
     
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  2. zip357
    Joined: Mar 30, 2008
    Posts: 46

    zip357
    Member
    from fresno,tx

    Welcome looks like you have a good head start looks nice.
     
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  3. welcome, thats somebodies dream your saving
     
  4. DERPR30
    Joined: Jun 3, 2010
    Posts: 839

    DERPR30
    Member
    from HARVEY LA

    GOOD LUCK ON YOUR PROJECT I HAVE A 51 VICTORIA KUSTOM THAT I DRIVE EVERY CHANCE I GET
     
  5. mike bowling
    Joined: Jan 1, 2013
    Posts: 3,559

    mike bowling
    Member

    Welcome to the HAMB.
    That doesn't look bad from that angle.......
     

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  6. Stick with it. Love those shoe-box Coupes. Welcome to the HAMB.
     
  7. Thanks guys, I'm sure I'll need some advice along the way...
     
  8. butcherted
    Joined: Oct 17, 2006
    Posts: 761

    butcherted
    Member
    from hagerstown

    hang it will get better
     
  9. The floor pan before I started hacking:
     

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  10. As of now:
     

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  11. Just for kicks, here's the motor:
     

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  12. Dutchwonder
    Joined: May 24, 2015
    Posts: 18

    Dutchwonder
    Member

    I thought you wrote the floor pans were shot. Hell, I'm seeing more metal on that floor than 3-4 other similar shoebox restorations combined!
     
  13. ROADSTER1927
    Joined: Feb 14, 2009
    Posts: 3,204

    ROADSTER1927
    Member

    Looks very good to me! The floor is no big deal, I would have said it needs some repair! Gary
     
  14. wicarnut
    Joined: Oct 29, 2009
    Posts: 9,165

    wicarnut
    Member

    Kool Find/Save ! Welcome !
     
  15. welcome to the H.A.M.B., nice car with a nice grill treatment. and a good car to learn some metalwork..
    have fun,

    Cheers, Carsten
     

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