New from BC

Hi all. I signed up a while ago and have found an amazing amount of information on this board. I thought it was time to introduce myself. I live on Vancouver Island in BC. I was a mechanic for 12 years before changing careers but never stopped working on vehicles. I am well over 50. This is my first adventure into old cars/trucks, I have built numerous 4x4's/Rock crawlers. I now am the proud owner of a 53 Ford Victoria. Bought the vehicle totally stripped down to a shell with all the parts in a trailer. Been a fun puzzle. Stock drivetrain. I have spent 6 months on it to get it to this point. Just primered for now. Anyways I am learning alot about the old stuff.
Cheers
Jeff

 

Welcome.Nice car! Still has the flathead or is it a 6 cylinder car? Manual or auto?

 

Lots of HAMBers on the island. HB32, 29hiboy, dumprat, chevbucket, retrosteel, ss34coupe to name a few.

 

Thanks. It has the flathead with an automatic.

 

Thanks falcongeorge. I met dumprat many years ago when he was into 4x4's

 

Welcome to the club!


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I thought that was a good possibility when I read your first post, but I didn't think it was right to leave him out of a list of Island HAMbers. Oh yea, better add Duncan too!

 

I'm an islander too

 

Welcome, nice to see another Islander !

 

I'm not an Islander,but Welcome anyway.

 

Welcome from another Vancouver Islander. Going have to check out your 53 Victoria some day - I have a 53 Ford convertible project - we need to compare notes.

 

Hello from the Mainland!

 

Hello and welcome to the H.A.M.B. enjoy your ride!!!

 

Sounds like a good idea. Any info is good.

 

Welcome , great sking up them parts !