1952-59 Ford My 56 wagon came home today

Good ones are worth the wait...

 

Brake lines run and bled. My ride now has brakes. It will stop. It will not go or turn yet, but, progress!

 

Nice work!

I really like these wagons. I want one!

 

My ride now has a radiator, fan, and hoses in place along with the inner fender panels.

 

Are you using a bench seat? Will that shifter clear? I'm asking because I'm installing a T5 this spring.

 

I am using a bench seat. The tremec shifter plate is in it's forward location. The hole is right next to the old hole for the original transmission. It should clear the seat but I have not confirmed that with installation as yet. There is also a kit for the tremec to move the shifter yet further forward if needed.
Now I am working on the battery box, the steering column to hook to the Borgenson box and then will tackle the clutch linkage. The z-bar will not clear the headers, so hydraulic or cable of some sort is necessary.

 

Boy, it is looking good.

 

Not too sure about your fan, shroud , radiator set up. Pusher fans are kind of iffy and the shroud and fan looks like it would block lots of air at speed.

 

I agree with diyguy and always do what it takes to accomplish mounting a puller. However, it seems that if no a/c condensor is involved a pusher often works ok.

 

I have mine set up with dual pushers and full shroud. I never run both fans at once and it never goes over 185°. 302/5 speed.

 

Lot of work done... looks good. My easy ****on was to go with the hydraulic clutch, it works very nicely and the pedal pressure is pretty low.